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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

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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 February 27, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Jazz Great You Never Heard Of: Patricia Kullberg takes a look back at a famous Black entertainer whose career was ruined and her legacy pretty much erased from history after... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  On this episode of The Old Mole we rebroadcast Du Bois on Race and Class hosted by CS Soong for Against the Grain. ATG is a syndicated radio program about progressive and radical theory and activism on KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley Ca. Originally aired on February 1... Read more

Saving the Planet

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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With climate change denial a dead letter, with many countries now deeply injured and a great majority of the world’s population concerned and seeking action, two programs have emerged to solve the crisis, one from the left, the other from Capital. Bill Resnick interviews... Read more

The Erotic

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Selections from Audre Lorde's 1978 essay "Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power," available in her 1984 collection Sister Outsider, read by Frann Michel.   Read more

African Film Fest

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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From February 3rd through March 4th, the Cascade Festival of African Films brings its annual feast of films to Portland. The festival offers a window into the richly diverse regions and countries of Africa through the eyes of African filmmakers.  This week, Jan Haaken t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 13, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Saving the Planet: With climate change denial a dead letter, with many countries now deeply injured and a great majority of the world’s population concerned and seeking action, ... Read more

Zionist Israel

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Israel, which Human Rights Watch and many others have designated as an “Apartheid state”, has "elected" (only one in five Palestinian adults allowed to vote) a religious Zionist nationalist right wing government. This religious Zionism is openly racist and considers Pale... Read more

The Near Suicide of Public Health

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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When the covid pandemic broke out in 2020 the public health system in the US was at a low point: underfunded, fragmented, and politically weak, kicked to the curb by its overbearing cousin, clinical medicine. It was not always so, notes Ed Yong in a commentary from Octob... Read more

Zenith Action

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On December 14, 2022 activists gathered at Portland City Hall to educate City Council members about the dangers of Zenith Energy, and the gross betrayal of trust by Commissioner Ryan when he granted Zenith a new LUCS (Land Use Compatibility Statement). Jan Haaken talks w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 6, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Zionist Israel: Israel, which Human Rights Watch and many others have designated as an “Apartheid state”, has "elected" (only one in five Palestinian adults allowed to vote) a relig... Read more