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Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist.  We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater. 

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement,  and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton  

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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Politics of Full Employment

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Michal Kalecki from Monthly Review, "Political Aspects of Full Employment," explaining why capitalists object to government support of full employment: without painful consequences to job loss, employers lose a powerful tool for coerci... Read more

The Living Death of Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale reads an essay by philosopher Lisa Guenther on "The Living Death of Solitary Confinement" on how forcible isolation destroys the capacity to understand the world, can lead to prisoners losing touch with reality, and fails to provide the opportunity and obligation t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 27 August 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts and we hear about German socialist history, the novel Sense of an Ending, Political Aspects of Full Employment, and The Living Death of Solitary Confinement: Bill Resnick continues his Interview with Historian Bill Smaldone about the German Social Democratic... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/20/12

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts and we hear: -> Bill Resnick talks with historian Bill Smaldone about the rise through the late 19th and early 20th centuries of German Social Democracy, the most radical mass movement towards radically democratic socialism, including the goal of worker ... Read more

Bill Smaldone: History of Social Democratic Party - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone start a two-part conversion about the German Social Democratic party in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Smaldone lays out the historical context of the consolidating and industrializing German state, then explains how the Social Democrats emerged... Read more

Red and Black Cafe: worker-owned AND collectively-managed

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement interviews John Langly of the Red and Black cafe, an all-vegan cafe that's cooperatively owned by its worker as well as collectively managed. They talk about this radical approach to managing an organization, the intersection between community and workplace orga... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 20th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 On Today's Old Mole, Frann Michel hosts, and we hear about how German social democrats built a parallel society for working people, a movie review of a Bob Marley biopic, and from a worker at the Red and Black cafe about their cooperatively owned and collectively managed m... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/13/12

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bil Resnick continues his conversation with Chris Toensing about the future of the Arab Springs Movie Moles, Joe and Iven Hale, review The Trotsky, which is a farsical film about a young Quebecois man who believes he is... Read more

Chris Toensing on the Arab Spring Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring and its implications for the West. You can find Part One here. In this audio, they briefly review their earlier conversation, and they discuss the destabilizing effects of competition for oil reso... Read more

Movie Moles review The Trotsky

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Iven Hale review the Canadian film The Trotsky.  Although students in Quebec have been massively politically active against austerity, the 2009 feature The Trotsky treats student politics as farce.  The well-acted film, about a young man who believes he is t... Read more