Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective
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Patricia Kullberg, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour
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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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Activism, Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Labor, Legislation, Environment/Climate, Government/Politics, Energy/Natural Resources, Economy, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Arts/Culture, Fiction, Film, Movement for Racial Justice, Indigenous, Housing/Homelessness, Health, Disability, COVID19, Education, Community Building
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November 29 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this show in which we see more  efforts to sell us on policies born of fear: the sting operation resulting in the arrest in Portland of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the so-called "Christmas Tree Bomber"; stripping us of our dignity in airports with scanners ... Read more

Gropings and Nude Images: Your TSA in Action

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Drawing on sources from the Left Press, Well-read Red Frann Michel analyzes the weird convergence of political  opposition to "enhanced screening" procedures being instituted at airports, and shows how the understandings of Left and Right differ.   The text of Frann's p... Read more

Digital Sampling and the Contradictions of Intellectual Property Rights

Airs at: Thu, 11/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Nate Harrison narrates an impressive history of the use and dissemination of the "Amen Break," a 6-second drum solo in the middle of the Winston's 1969 hit, "Amen Brother." As the Amen Break became re-appropriated through eletronic sampling, its story stands as a testeme... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 22nd

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's show, hosted by Denise Morris, features interviews about poverty & healthcare, the General Motors bailout, a commentary about building a maintenance economy, and a brief history of the world's most important 6-second drum-loop.   For information about our theme m... Read more

Poverty and Health

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill talks with Dr. Andrew Wilper about the relationship between poverty and healthcare, and how it even affects those with insurance. Dr. Wilper is an internist with Cambridge Health Alliance and a fellow in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School. Read more

A Maintenance vs. Manufacturing Economy

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Ken Ingham is a writer, and in the early '90s responded to NPR's MarketPlace Report challenge to suggest ways to kick-start the economy. Ken's brief response was about building a maintenance economy through market mechanisms. In this essay that he wrote later, he expand... Read more

GM's Bailout

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick Talks with Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes a Workers Movement journal. Bill and Jane talk about the General Motors bailout, the new contracts that cut new employee wages literally in half, and the potential to create a green industry in mass-trans... Read more

Movie Moles: "Cool It"

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Wendy Webb review Cool It, a documentary about Bjorn Lomborg, the Danish economist and environmentalist.  Lomborg does not deny global warming, but urges a more measured and adaptive response to it while refuting some of the more catastrophic p... Read more

Welfare for the Well-off

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The US government provides  spends more on subsidies for the wealthy than it does on aid to the poor, and almost as much as it spends on the the military.   This op-ed by David R. Francis, read here by Tom Becker, explains how public policy widens the growing gap betwee... Read more

Single Payer in Vermont

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Activists in Vermont are working to get their State to enact a single-payer health plan.  Bill Resnick talks with activist Traven Leyshon, a member of the Vermont Workers' Center.  Leyshon also broadcasts on Equal Time Radio in Vermont.   Read more