Old Mole Variety Hour

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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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Movie Moles: The Iron Lady

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles, Joe Clement and Jan Haaken, talk about the new drama-documentary "The Iron Lady", which looks at the life and political career of Margaret Thatcher (played by Meryl Streep) through her own nostalgic memories. They talk about her status as a powerful women again... Read more

State of the Dream 2012

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads the State of the Dream 2012 report from United For a Fair Economy: "The report examines trends across a variety of indicators including income, wealth, education, employment, health and incarceration. It finds that when the U.S. becomes a minority-majority ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 16th

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick Talk with Malik Miah, a black working-class intellectual. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay about Mitt Romney and vulture capitalism Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review "The Iron Lady", the drama-docu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 01/09/12

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris host and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Rob Ritchie of Fair Vote Monday, starting out with Iowa's recent straw vote, how flawed it was as a democratic exercise, and how it would have been more meaningful if it had been done under a "ranked choice" ... Read more

More Democratic Voting

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
How fair and democratic are "winner-take-all" elections?   Rob Ritchie is the director of Fair Vote, and in this conversation he and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick discuss how most elections work against third-party candidates and how elections could be get more voices into th... Read more

Equal Opportunity...to do what?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Mainstream gay organizations and the liberal media have spent millions campaigning for the end to "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the policy that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the US military.  Is that where the GLBT movement should be spending its money?  Deni... Read more

Why is Brad Manning Where He Is?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Brad Manning, a young, gay soldier imprisoned and accused of giving classified information to Wikileaks, has been abandoned by the mainstream GLBT movement.  Why?  Is it because he shows exactly why the military is not a place gays should be trying to get equal access to? ... Read more

Will Israel Attack Iran?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Israel wants a war, but not with Iran, for that would lead to disaster.  It would rather fight the Palestinians in Gaza -- again -- but Hamas is depriving the Israelis of good reasons.  Uri Avnery explains how Hamas has stolen a war in this  blog post, read here by the Old... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Mole which focuses on how to make elections more democratic, the campaign for gays in the military, and Israel's plans for war.   Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ... Read more

Resnick & Weinrub.whole

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Al Weinrub from the Local Clean Energy Alliance about the coming struggle to control wind and solar energy as the costs for producing the hardware come down. They discuss the differences, advantages and ultimate tension between centralized corporate ... Read more