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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

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick is our host today with live coverage of the West Coast port shutdowns.  Bill talks with activists on the scene here in Portland and in Oakland.  Also on the show, the Movie Moles take us back in time to the politics of It's A Wonderful Life, Tom Becker reads a... Read more

Live from the Oakland Port Action

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the midst of the successful closures of the Ports of Oakland and Portland, Bill Resnick talks live with two activists on the scene -- Betty Olson Jones, an Oakland public school teacher, and Dustin Hawk in Portland. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/05/11

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Chris Williams about the International Climate Change Conference and how the US is undermining it. Clayton reads and comments on an essay by marxist economist, Richard Wolff, about the signific... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Dec. 5th

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
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  Joe Clement hosts today's old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chris Williams about the COP-17 international climate change conference. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Richard Wolff about workplace democracy and the occupy movement. Laurie M... Read more

COP-17 & International Climate Change Action

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Williams, Physics/Chemistry professor at Pace University and author of "Ecology and Socialism", about the COP-17 international climate change conferences. The 17 stands for the number of years the conference has occured. They talk about report... Read more

Occupy, Women and Homelessness

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
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Laurie Mercier talks with Desiree Hellegers. Desiree spent time working in women's homeless shelters in the 1980s and she describes listening to them tell their stories. She says of her new book about homeless women, based in part on that experience, that "she wanted to exp... Read more

WRR: Occupy Production!

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay (edited for radio) by marxist economist Richard Wolff, published in Monthly Review and Truth-Out. Wolff makes a quick, but potent case for workplace democracy as the next phase for Occupy. Read more

WRR: Capitalism without Capitalists? Is It Possible or Desirable?

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
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Joe reads two two inter-related blog-posts - "Are CEOs workers, and should we care?" and "Capitalism without Capitalists" - by Peter Frase. Joe mistakenly says Frase teachs at CUNY, where he is only a doctoral student in sociology. Frase writes his own blog, but is an edito... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 11/28/11

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole in which Oregon State professor of Peace Studies Joseph Orosco talks with Bill Resnick about the Occupy Movement's call to revitalize democracy; Our Movie Moles take a look at Clint Eastwood's take on J. Edgar Ho... Read more

The Meaning and Future of Occupy

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 What has the Occupy Movement around the country and the world accomplished?  Should it have definite goals, and if so, what should they be?  Joseph Oresco teaches philosophy and is head of the Peace Studies program at Oregon State University, and he talks here with the Old... Read more