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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

 

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, Frann Michel, 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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Socialism and Science Fiction

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Who knows what (a real, democratic) socialism will be like?  No one.   But it can at least be imagined in various ways, and that is what some science fiction writers do, as Old Mole Frann Michel explains.  Read her remarks and follow links to her many sources here.  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 20, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The Moles focus today on Capitalism and Socialism.  What is capitalism, anyway, and how does it make us unfree?  What might socialism be like?  Why don't we have more voice in how the government spends  our money, and what would  we say if we did?   Are Americans really co... Read more

Public Opinion Poll: Socialism or Capitalism?

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Only 53% of Americans believe capitalism is better than socialism!  At least that is the finding of a recent Rassmussen poll.  Old Moles Bill Resnick and Norm Diamond discuss the poll results and what they suggests about how people are reacting to the economic crisis.   Read more

Less Militarism, More Security

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What else could we get for the may billions of dollars already spent on two wars? Laurie Mercier talks with Jo Comerford, Executive Director, National Priorities Project about redirecting massive military expenditures to our real security needs namely education, health care... Read more

Getting Clear About Capitalism

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Capitalism is always a drag on the progressive agenda.  But why?  What is capitalism?  In this commentary, Clayton Morgareidge explains how the private ownership of productive property forms and deforms social life.  Cartoon by Janet Stein, Monthly Review (mrzine.monthlyrevi... Read more

About Tupac Shakur

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Gobi Rahimi is a director and producer of films and music videos, and was a friend and colleague of Tupac Shakur. He is author of Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Shakur in Pictures and Words .  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about Tupac's  life and music.  Rah... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 13, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This show features music by and an interview  about Tupac Shakur.   Also discussed are: reclaiming the consensus that  the richest folks should pay the most for the government services everyone needs;  how details  of the Easter story (crucifixion and resurrection) run para... Read more

Executions From The Sky: Protesting Drones

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Pilotless aircraft -- drones -- controlled by "pilots" in California are dropping bombs on targets in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.  What's  the impact on the ground?  On the operators?  Kathy Kelley of Voices for Creative Nonviloence talks with Bill Resnick.  Kelley was ... Read more

Alternative Easters

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Bible is not the only version of the Easter story.  Tom Becker reports on pre-Christian myths that parallel many details of the resurrection.  Read more

Taxes and the Rich

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A good society taxes its wealthiest members to invest in infrastructure and services for all. At least that was the consensus fifty years ago, but now the wealthy pay lower taxes than the rest of us. Chuck Collins from the Institute of Policy Studies talks with the Old Mole'... Read more