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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.
 

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Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker is our host for this program dealing with the "General Strike" being called for by Occupy Oakland, the fraud and corruption of Wall Street, some music about death row, and a film about the Black power movement of the 1960s using never-before seen footage.   For ... Read more

Report from Occupy Oakland

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Occupy Oakland is calling for a city-wide strike for Wednesday.   Bill Balderston is a long-time teacher, activist, and writer in Oakland, and now working with Occupy Oakland.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what's going on there and the prospects for... Read more

Totally Corrupt

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Host Tom Becker reads an indictment of the frauds perpetrated by the finance industry that brought on the this  long-lasting economic crisis.  It's by former Wall-streeter Paul Craig Roberts; it's called "Reckless Endangerment: Totally Corrupt America." Read more

What's Ahead for the Wall Street Occupation?

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 What will it take for the Occupation movement to maintain its momentum and grow?  Stephanie Luce, who teaches Labor Studies at the City University of New York, has been very active in the Wall Street Occupation, and she talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about wha... Read more

Movie Moles: "Margin Call"

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What happened inside a big investment bank when it suddenly realized that what it was selling was going to be worthless? The new movie Margin Call, with Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons, takes us inside, and our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement discuss the film's politi... Read more

Sleeping Over on Wall Street

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Last weekend, hundreds of children and their parents  had a sleepover at the Wall Street Occupation.   Two parents who participated talk with Bill Resnick about why they did it and and what it was like.   Read more

Book Mole: "Thirty-six Arguments For the Existence of God"

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Philosophers have often tried to prove that God exists, but belief is rarely the result of  logic.   Novelist and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein, in her novel Thirty-six Arguements for the Existence of God,  tells a rich story set in academia about the philosophy and psycho... Read more

A Proposal from Occupy Portland

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The Old Mole's Joe  Clement has been participating in the Portland Occupation's General Assembly, and he reports here about the decision to work with members of the Portland City Charter Commission to change the way we elect city officials to  Instant Run-off Elections (IR... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 10/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show dealing mostly with the growing Occupations, from Wall Street to Portland and beyond. We hear from people on the ground in New York, including two parents who participated in a  sleep-over with their kid.   We also get news about a concrete dem... Read more

Occupy Wall Street Rediscovers the Radical Imagination

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement reads an essay titled "Occupy Wall Street Rediscovers The Radical Imagination" by David Graeber, a noted anthropologist-activist involved with Occupy Wall Street. He argues that if anything the occupation movement breaks a decades old consensus about the inesca... Read more