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News and views from a feminist-socialist, decolonizing perspective.

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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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The Gaza Attacks

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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The Old Mole's Jan Haaken interviews Portland Peace activists from Americans United for Palestinian Rights and Portland Peaceful Response. They take down the Israeli arguments for the attacks piece by piece. For more about boycotting local supporters of the destruction... Read more

Molten Lead: Terror in Gaza

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

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Uri Avineri, former Israeli Cabinet member and Israeli peace activist, argues against the current attacks on Gaza in this piece called "Molten Lead," read here by Jan Haaken. The printed text is here. Read more

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

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The Earth Stood Still back in 1951 -- a different world and yet very much the same. Our Movie Moles, Frann Michel and Denise Morris tell us why the old movie has more to say about war and peace than the version currently playing in theaters. Here's another review com... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

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Bill Resnick hosts this edition of the show which deals with the crisis in Gaza, a 1951 Sci-Fi movie about war and peace, and why the minimum wage needs raising in the current economic crisis. Resnick also plays music by Palestinian and Israeli musican exiles from the... Read more

Wages in the Economic Crisis

Airs at: Sun, 01/11/2009 at 4:00pm

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Raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2010! That's the proposal of well-known author and activist Holly Sklar and Let Justice Roll. Holly talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the gap between the minimum wage and a living wage, and why raising the minimum is goo... Read more

Move Moles: "Slumdog" and "Wendy"

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 4:00pm

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Movie Moles Fran Michele and Jan Haaken compare, contrast, and recommend two current films, "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Wendy and Lucy". Wendy and Lucy was shot here in Portland. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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The housing crisis continues as more people become homeless because of foreclosures. On this program, Bill Resnick talks with Chester Hartman, Director of Research for the Poverty and Race Research Action Council, about the problem and how it could be solved. The Movie M... Read more

Solving the Housing Crisis

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm

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Foreclosures. Unemployment. Poverty. At least a third of the nation ill-housed or un-housed. What to do? Chester Hartman has written widely on housing issues, and he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. Hartman, an urban planner and author, is Director of Research... Read more

Insane War in Gaza

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm

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"ISRAEL’s war in Gaza is an act of political insanity. It is the product of a deeply disturbed society, able neither to curb its military arrogance nor calm its profound paranoia. The consequences are likely to be painful for Israel’s long-term prospects." So argues a lead... Read more

A New Capitalism?

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm

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Neo-liberalism has been discredited by the current economic crisis. What will replace it? Walden Bello argues that it will be "Global Social Democracy" -- in some ways better than the failed ideas that got us into this mess, but it's still as undemocratic as capitalism h... Read more