Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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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

Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"

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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 April 14, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Health, care for all or for some? Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode of the Old Mole includes these segments: Healthcare for ALL Oregon:  Oregon is poised to become the first state in the union to enact a single payer health care plan. In June of this year, the Uni... Read more

Eugenics Logic

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  The current federal government has slashed resources for public health and for people with disabilities, and in doing so has suggested that vulnerable people are social burdens, "waste" to be cut.  In her article "The Eugenics Logic Behind Running a Government Like a ... Read more

Health Care for All Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Oregon is poised to become the first state in the union to enact a single payer health care plan. In June of this year, the Universal Health Plan Governance Board for the State of Oregon will present for public input the first draft of its comprehensive plan. The fina... Read more

Rise for Climate Justice

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  This Saturday afternoon, April 19th, a climate justice rally will be held from 3-5 pm at the Elizabeth Caruthers Park in Portland. The theme of the rally is local and global: From the US to the Philippines: Defend Lands and Land Defenders. Jan Haaken talks with two or... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Rule of the billionaires: Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast of a show from Against the Grain. The rich have not been so powerful and mind-bogglingly wealthy since the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. Yet their grip on society ha... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 31, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Improving Taxation, Empowering Coalitions: This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments: Improving Taxation: Economist Mary King explains the need for taxes and the  inequities of current property taxes in Oregon,  and she proposes several ways ... Read more

Not a Nation of Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz argues that migrants to the US, largely from the global south, are Americanized in ways that obscure the settler-colonialism that this country was founded on and that we have yet to reckon with. Our Well Read Red, Patricia Kullberg reads excerpts fro... Read more

El Norte

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Frann Michel discuss the 1983 film El Norte. Directed and co-written by Gregory Nava, El Norte is an award winning, independent epic US film, notable for centering the experiences of two indigenous Mayan migrants from Guatemala as they move... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 24, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments on immigration: Growing up Undocumented: Patricia Kullberg speaks with Luisa Martinez about growing up undocumented in Florida and the deprivation and shame entailed in living... Read more

Growing up Undocumented

Airs at: Mon, 03/24/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Patricia Kullberg speaks with Luisa Martinez about growing up undocumented in Florida and the deprivation and shame entailed in living as an impoverished Latina without papers. She relates how encountering the ideas of socialism offered her a new perspective on how imper... Read more