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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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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 15, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Denise Morris Hosts this Episode of The Old Mole which includes: COVID 19, its Variants and the Future: Bill Resnick talks with evolutionary biologist Mike Friedman who teaches and writes and has studied the COVID pandemic since it appeared. They discuss the recently... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Joe Clement continues their conversation with Marianne Garneau, an organizer and educator with the Industrial Workers of the World, and publisher of the online worker journal Organizing.Work about the politics of the Big Strike and the retreat from direct action and orga... Read more

COVID 19, its Variants and the Future

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Bill Resnick talks with evolutionary biologist Mike Friedman who teaches and writes and has studied the COVID pandemic since it appeared. They discuss the recently discovered COVID variants – from South Africa, Brazil, England, and more, and the risks they create as o... Read more

Life and Times of a Black Wobbly

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Luisa Martinez interviews Peter Cole on the second edition of his book titled Ben Fletcher: Life and Times of a Black Wobbly. A gifted labor organizer, Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW's Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the mo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 8, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Norm Diamond hosts today’s show, which includes the following segments: Another World is Possible: On our regular segment, Another World Is Possible, Luisa Martinez and Norm Diamond discuss Che Guevara’s Socialism and Man In Cuba. As an essay Che wrote in the 1960s, do... Read more

Another World Is Possible

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On our regular segment, Another World Is Possible, Luisa Martinez and Norm Diamond discuss Che Guevara’s Socialism and Man In Cuba. As an essay Che wrote in the 1960s, does it have relevance for us today? It suggests that people would act differently, would hold differen... Read more

Community Energy

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick talks to Al Weinrub, the Coordinator of the California Alliance for Community Energy. The CACE’s ambitious goal is no less than demonstrating to this country and the world how to stop global warming by reconstructing the energy system, by building out networ... Read more

Big Strikes and the Sabotage of Labor, Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Joe Clement speaks with Marianne Garneau, an organizer with IWW New York and editor of the on line journal Organizing Work. They talk about an article she recently wrote on "Big strikes and the sabotage of labor",  which looks at the history and politics of labor organiz... Read more

Clean Energy and Beyond

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews newly elected Representative Khanh Pham (Oregon Assembly District 46). She’s been an activist leader of the Oregon Just Transition Alliance, that developed its proposal Oregon Needs a Green New Deal, and convened the Oregon Clean Energy Opportunit... Read more

Ways of Trying

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Chelsea Ratzlaff talks with playwright Tara Hopebringer on their new play, "Ways of Trying,” a solo show about queer love and liberation with original music. This project is a selection of Fertile Ground Festival 2021 and will premiere on Feb 3 at 7 pm. “Ways of Trying” ... Read more