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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.
 

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Old Mole Variety Hour August 6th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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New Mole, Iven Hale, hosts today's show. We hear about the Arab Spring, the politics of work and basic income, and a movie review of "Heist".   Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about the the Arab Spring. Joe Clement reads a blog-post by sociologist Peter Fras... Read more

Chris Toensnig on the Arab Spring - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring over a year later, looking back at how it happened, what has happened since and emerging directions. They consider economic factors, demographics, the outcomes of elections and the ripple-effect felt in other par... Read more

Well-read Red: Do They Owe Us A Living? 'Course they do, 'course they do!

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement reads Peter Frase's case against the assumption of wage-labor in both capitalism and market-socialist visions of a fucture economy. Frase argues for a universal basic income, explaining why it would more directly address the problems with wage-labor, make it mor... Read more

Haaken and Snedeker on American Men with Guns

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2012 at 12:00am
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  Psychologist Jan Haaken and lawyer Mike Snedeker discuss recent events in Aurora, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, and mainstream news media. They consider the correlation between violence and social inequality, the likelihood that violence is committed by young men, the diff... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/30/12

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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-> Jules Boykoff talks from London with Bill Resnick about the Olympics and the corporatization of sport. -> The Left & The Law with Jan Haaken & Mike Snedeker discuss the latest shooting in Colorado and media narratives about such events. -> Movie Moles Iven Hale and Joe Cl... Read more

Jules Boykoff on Corporatizing the Olympics

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
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  Bill Resnick talks with Jules Boykoff, a former Olympic athlete, current Associate Professor of Political Science at Pacific University, and author of the forthcoming book Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London (Rutgers University Press).... Read more

Movie Moles on The Dark Knight Rises

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
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  The Dark Knight Ruses: Joe Clement and Iven Hale discuss the failure of Christopher Nolan's latest Batman film to live up to the rumors about its representation of the Occupy Movement, and how the film instead rationalizes a police state, and bears closer comparison to ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 30 July 2012

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick hosts this episode, which features Jules Boykoff on the London Olympics and its discontents, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker on gun violence in America, and Joe Clement and Iven Hale on how The Dark Knight Rises is not about the Occupy Movement. We also hear musi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/23/12

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Just Banking, Queer Justice Bill Resnick talks with attorney, author, and president of the Public Banking Institute Ellen Brown about alternative public and community banking, radical banks devoted to investing in worker cooperatives, all to replace the predatory too big ... Read more

neoliberalism and queer resistance

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel reads comments on neoliberalism from two essays from The Scholar and Feminist Online: Robert McRuer on Cripping Queer Politics and Lisa Duggan on After Neoliberalism. Read more