Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Luisa Martinez was part of a small DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) electoral delegation for the Venezuelan national elections on November 21st. Hear her second Dispatch from Venezuela, assessment on the political situation in the country currently, and possible le... Read more

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Ecological Equity: Most U.S. North Americans support climate action but manage to repress the knowledge that saving a habitable planet from climate roasting will require international ... Read more

Most U.S. North Americans support climate action but manage to repress the knowledge that saving a habitable planet from climate roasting will require international cooperation. The industrialized countries of the West, which have emitted the bulk of greenhouse gases for... Read more

Sarah Chivers talks with Karen Morrison, founder and director of Odyssey World International Education Services, a Black-led non-profit that has built a network of community partnerships to support refugee and immigrant families. They discuss the ways that homeless and B... Read more

We remember Portland's own Mike Munk, who died in July 2021 after spending decades excavating and documenting Portland's radical history, including for his book "The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past.”   Read more

One thing we know about the history of abortion in this country is that whether it is prosecuted or tolerated has less to do with the laws that are on the books and much more to do with prevailing social and political forces. The primary effect of anti-abortion laws is n... Read more

St. John’s is a distinct geographic district within Portland. More than that, it is a community with a vibrant history of labor struggle and demographic diversity. Norm Diamond talks with Michael Brown about the importance of community history and about the City of Portl... Read more

Last week on the Old Mole Bill Resnick interviewed Tina Gerhardt, a researcher and environmental journalist who observed this month’s international United Nations Conference on reducing climate change to manageable levels. The Conference was captured by corporate interes... Read more

Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour, which includes the following segments: COP 26: Last week on the Old Mole Bill Resnick interviewed Tina Gerhardt, a researcher and environmental journalist who observed this month’s international United Nation... Read more

Healthcare workers have felt the shocks of disaster capitalism for nearly two years. The demands covid has placed on our already broken healthcare system have shifted the way in which people are seeking care for illness and the conditions of their death. Sarah Chivers sp... Read more