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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive 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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Ethnic Studies in Perspective

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am

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Ethnic Studies Week October 1-7, 2010 is a nationally coordinated week of actions to defend ethnic studies and academic freedom. It was inspired by opposition to the May 11 passage of HB 2281 in Arizona banning ethnic studies in the AZ public schools and the May 21 pass... Read more

Teaching Global Politics with Role Playing

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am

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High school students can learn to see the world through the eyes of indigenous people and other nations. Two Portland teachers, Julie O'Neill and Tim Swinehart, explain how role playing in the classroom can help young people achieve a broader perspective on global issu... Read more

Arne Duncan and Our Schools

Airs at: Mon, 09/27/2010 at 12:00am

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Arne Duncan, Obama's Secretary of Education, and previously CEO of Chicago Public Schools, is a fan of charter schools. In this discussion with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick, Chicago journalist David Moberg describes the illusions and failures behind the charter school m... Read more

Rally Against Privatizing City Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am

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A Rally against the privatization of Portland city services and the farming out of jobs to private companies will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 4 pm at Chapman Square, SW 4th and Main. Wesley Buchholtz, shop steward for Local 43 and member of the bargaining coun... Read more

Book Mole: "Next of Kin"

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am

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Joanna Trollope's novel Next of Kin is a family drama set on a small farm facing the challenges of surviving in a world dominated by agribusiness. Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden describes it as one of those rare books that "provide an oasis of hope and solace even while ... Read more

September 20 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program deals with Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens, how oppression drives the oppressor mad, a rally in Portland against the privatization of city jobs and services, and a novel by British writer Joanna Trollope. For inform... Read more

Driving Mad the Occupiers

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am

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Lawrence Davidson, historian of the Middle East, talks with Bill Resnick about the expulsion of a Bedouin community from the ancestral village in Israel, about the plight of Arabs within Israel, and how occupation corrupts and drives made the oppressors, and what can be... Read more

Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant"

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2010 at 12:00am

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Illustrating the point made in Bill Resnick's interview with Lawrence Davidson that the oppressor is driven mad by his role as oppressor, Clayton Morgareidge reads from George Orwell's account of how he lost his freedom when he served as a British colonial policeman in ... Read more

Well Read Red: Economic Growth Does Not Mitigate Poverty or Inequality

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2010 at 12:00am

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Well Read Red, Tom Becker, draws on two articles* to connect the ideology of economic growth with growing poverty/unemployment and growing concentration of wealth. *Dave Lindorf's "Obama's Rose-Colored Glasses: Growth Has Little To Do With Jobs or Reducing Poverty" *Dav... Read more

Left and the Law: Violence, Drugs and Mexico

Airs at: Wed, 09/15/2010 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken talks with Mike Snedecker, an appellate lawyer, in another installment of the Left and the Law. Today they discuss violence near the Mexican border and portrayals of this violence in the United States as simply a Mexican problem. Fueling the violence are U.S.... Read more