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The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 8, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Tod Sloan interviews Mary Watkins, liberation psychologist and co-author of Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the US-Mexico Border.   Bill Resnick talks to Maria Svart, national director of the Democratic Socialists of... Read more

Michigan Is Sticking Flint Residents With Bill For Poisoned Water

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Diane Feeley take you to Flint, Michigan, where the state is requiring residents to pay for the poisoned water they received. [Image Credit: www.commondreams.org] Read more

Sex Workers: what hurts, what helps?

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left and the Law with Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker examine sex work, and whether prosecuting sex workers and shutting down websites increases the dangers of sex work. [Image Credit: www.hivgaps.org] Read more

Re-Imagining the US-Mexico Border

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan interviews Mary Watkins, liberation psychologist and co-author of Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the US-Mexico Border.     Mary Watkins teaches at Pacific Graduate Institute.   [Image Credit: www.wikipedia.org] Read more

Democratic Socialists of America on Bernie Sanders' "socialism"

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Maria Svart, national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, about why declaring socialism is no longer the kiss of death in elections. But how does Bernie Sanders describe Socialism. He gets that wrong but still you got to love him. [Ima... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 1, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and David Finkle, talking about a recent Syrian Peace Summit. Clayton Morgareidge offers a reading about "snow days under socialism" Larry Bowlden reviews Terra Konklins, "The House Girl". Norm offers s... Read more

History of Portland's Loyal Legion

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole and labor historian, Norm Diamond, offers some critical history surrounding the namesake of a hip new bar in Portland, Loyal Legon. Rather than a union in any good faith sense of that word, the Loyal Legon of Loggers and Lumbermen were a creation of the US military... Read more

Snow Days Under Socialism

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads from a Jacobin magazine article, "Snow Days Under Socialism".  All this begs the question: what would winter look like in a different world? What might change in a socialist society? In a society where ordinary people democratically controlled th... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 11, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom hosts this episode, with music by Bob Dylan and Creedence Clearwater Revival, and discussions of China, Malheur, and Portland. Like us on Facebook!  To listen to the whole show, use the play or download buttons below.  To hear individual segments and find out more, foll... Read more

China's Eco Apocalypse

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with China scholar Richard Smith regarding China's economic and environmental problems. Smith's writing is available on Truthout , including his article on China's Communist-Capitalist Ecological Apocalypse. They discuss the recent crisis in China's eco... Read more