Old Mole Variety Hour
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, broadly socialist, and feminist. (We count Karl Marx as a friend).
Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"
Our theme "Mole in the Ground" is by Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1924), somtimes blended with a newer versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren. It's on the album Special Gunpowder.
Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola.
You can leave comments for the Moles at oldmolevarietyhour@gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.
Audio
City Gardens
How can our gardens contribute to saving the planet? One neighborhood at a time! Alissa Hartman and Dreya Mancini offer tutorials on sustainable landscaping, and they talk with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about their work.
- Title: 02 City Gardens
- Album: Sept. 8, 2008
- Length: 10:33 minutes (6.04 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
Immigration Organizing
Community Organizing is going on around immigration issues in the Willamette Valley; two such activists are Amelia Cates and Amy Dudley. They talk with Old Mole Denise Morris about their work with PCASC (Portland Central American Steering Committee), PACT (Portland Allies Coming Together), and the Rural Organizing Project. Of immediate concern are two Sizemore ballot measures aimed against immigrants.
- Title: 04 Community Organizing in Oregon
- Album: Sept. 8, 2008
- Length: 13:23 minutes (7.66 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
Old Mole Variety Hour for September 8, 2008
Hosted by Luz María Gordillo, this show deals with issues affecting Mexican-Americans as well as immigration. We also learn about saving the planet, our city, and our neighborhoods by changing the way we landscape and garden in our yards. You can hear the whole show by clicking on the arrow above; or you can follow the links below to individual segments.
1. Gardening in the City: Bill Resnick talks with two experts, Dreya Mancini and Alissa Hartman.
2. Community Organizing around immigration: Denise Morris interviews Amelia Cates and Amy Dudley.
- Title: OMV 9_8_08
- Album: Sept. 8, 2008
- Length: 55:48 minutes (31.93 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 80Kbps (CBR)
Labor Movement Strategies
Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about debates over building the labor movement, dealing especially with the SEIU (Service Workers International Union), the nation's largest union. He discusses these issues also in a recent op-ed column in the LA Times.
- Title: 02 SEIU Struggles
- Album: Sept. 1, 2008
- Length: 16:57 minutes (7.76 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Sex Work
Attorney Mike Snedeker and the Old Mole's Jan Haaken reflect on the place of sex work --especially prostitution-- in society. They discuss the controversy in Portland about "prostitution free zones" along SE 82d Avenue, and the different approaches to these matters in European countries like the Netherlands, emulated by Proposition K on the November ballot in San Francisco.
- Title: 03 Sex Work
- Album: Sept. 1, 2008
- Length: 13:36 minutes (6.23 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Obama and Progressive Politics
Is the Obama campaign part of a progressive politics? Clayton Morgareidge quotes and sums up pieces from three writers taking very different positions: Steven Rosenfled, writing on AlterNet; Adoph Reed in the Black Agenda Report; and Bill Fletcher Jr. writing in The Black Commentator.
- Title: 07 Obama & Progressives
- Album: Sept. 1, 2008
- Length: 7:52 minutes (3.61 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Old Mole Variety Hour for September 1, 2008
The Moles celebrate Labor Day by burrowing into issues surrounding several kinds of labor. Labor Historian Nathan Lichtenstein talks labor movement strategy and the SEIU with Bill Resnick. Mike Snedker and Jan Haaken consider the plight of sex workers in Portland. Frann Michel analyzes controversies about women's labor and women's sexuality. And Clayton Morgareidge reviews progressive takes on Barack Obama. Hear the whole show by hitting the arrow above, or separate pieces by following the links below:
1. Labor Strategy and the SEIU
4. Obama and Progressive Politics
- Title: OMV 9_1_08
- Album: Sept. 1, 2008
- Length: 51:32 minutes (23.59 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
The Labor of Women
Old Mole Frann Michel draws on Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale to focus on the exploitation and coercion of of women's reproductive labor. More specifically, she examines recent political battles over access to abortion, contraception, and sex education, and the need for women to be free to choose when and whether to bear and raise children. You can read her piece with many links to follow up on right here.
- Title: 05 Reproductive Labor
- Album: Sept. 1, 2008
- Length: 7:10 minutes (3.29 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Movie Moles: "Soy Cuba"
Frann Michel and Denise Morris review the 1964 film Soy Cuba! made by Russian film makers in support of the Revolution. It's known now as much for its revolutionary film-making as its revolutionary politics.
- Title: 04 Movie Moles- _Soy Cuba_
- Album: August 25, 2008
- Length: 9:53 minutes (4.53 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Prospects for Cuba
Samuel Farber is a long-time socialist born and raised in Cuba. He is the author of numerous works on that country including The Origin of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered published by University of North Carolina Press. The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with him about life in Cuba today as it makes the transition to the post-Fidel era, and about various scenarios for its future. You can read his thoughts on these issues here and here.
- Title: 05 Resnick & Farber on Cuba
- Album: August 25, 2008
- Length: 31:19 minutes (14.34 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)
Comments
Avatar's Jake Sully is ---- Tarzan - - -
A great review I've seen on Avatar (and how the soldier will save the people):
http://www.progressive.org/mp/danto010510.html
There is a link from there that exposes Cameron's plot as a mirror of Pocahontas, amazing parallel! http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/
Since watching Avatar, I have viewed older videos on DVD and would rate that ahead of Avatar.
mel
commentary transcripts
It's convenient to have the Old Mole audio files available.
Even more useful for some of us would be transcripts of the commentaries (Clayton Morgareidge). Written material allows a person a chance to review, consider, digest and refer to mentioned references & thinkers. The "Well Read Red" commentary from 4 Aug 08 is a good example of a piece I'd like to read at my own pace.
These folks are so profound
These folks are so profound and fascinating, especially the Resnick guy. Wow!
good post
You produced some excellent details right now there. I did searching around the topic and discovered most people today will recognize in your blog. Visit <a href="http://www.arnima.com/Search-Engine-Optimization.aspx">SEO Florida</a>
Programs & Schedules
- On-Air Schedule Grid (HTML)
- Schedule By Genre (PDF)
- On-Air Schedule (3/2012, graphic)
- On-Air Schedule (3/2012, PDF)
Next Board of Director's Meeting
JUNE 3, 2013 - 6PM
Community Events
podcast
Hi, when will the August 13th podcast be posted?