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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, 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.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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Old Mole Variety Hour for September 23, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which is a re-broadcast from Against the Grain. Health and Place: Every year, more than 80,000 African Americans die prematurely. The medical establishment relies on genetics or dietary patterns to explain such appal... Read more

Portland People’s Photographer

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Before arriving in Portland in 2008, and eventually being dubbed "Portland's People's Photographer," the radical queer white elder activist Kendall had already had a wide-ranging life as an educator and organizer. From a childhood of poverty and abuse in Appalachia, Kendall... Read more

What is Genocide?

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The word “genocide” was coined by secular Jew and Polish attorney Raphael Lemkin in 1948. To him the term meant not only physical obliteration of a certain group of people, but their cultural annihilation as well. The legal concept that emerged from the 1948 UN Convention o... Read more

Woman of Light

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews the 2024 novel titled Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, about Luz Lopez and five generations of a Chicano family. The story, set in Denver in the 1930’s, explores how the racism and colonialism of the past haunts the present and shapes ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 16, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Libraries as Grammar Schools of the Commons: Joe Clement shares commentary and news on the political significance of libraries, examining the material context of social attacks ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 9, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Miseducating for the Economy Frann Michel hosts this rebroadcast from KPFA's Against the Grain: Better Education, Better Jobs? We often hear how poorly educated American students are, ill prepared for 21st century tech jobs, which go to other workers in other countries.... Read more

Yellowface

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Analogous to the term blackface, yellowface means to color your face yellow in order to appear Asian. Metaphorically speaking, that’s exactly what protagonist Juniper Song does in the 2023 novel by Rebecca Kuang titled Yellowface. Book Mole Patricia Kullberg reviews this bi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 2, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Lessons from Labor History: Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies and Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Hofstra University, a... Read more

Nuclear is not the Solution

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On August 29th, The Guardian reported on the billions of dollars rich countries such as the United States spend on false technological solutions to the climate crisis. For many scientists, the government subsidizing nuclear power is one notorious example. Jan Haaken talks w... Read more

Justice and Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its opinion that Israel’s occupation and annexation of the Palestinian territories are unlawful and that its discriminatory laws and policies against Palestinians violate the prohibition on racial segregation... Read more