Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  Jon Nelson hosts this episide which includes   U of O hunger strikes in support of Gaza:  Since early May, students on university campuses across the US have launched hunger strikes in solidarity with the people of Gaza who have suffered starvation after two months of... Read more

On this week's show, hosted by Desiree Hellegers, we bring you: Genocide in Gaza: On May 2, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded public hearings into what Israel’s obligations are regarding allowing United Nations agencies to work in the Palestinian ... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers speaks with long time Portland Veterans for Peace organizer Dan Shea, and we hear audio of VFP organizer Mike Hastie at Chaddock's April memorial service,  as they reflect on the deep commitment to peace and justice that animated Chaddock's wide-rang... Read more

  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more

  Labor Internationalism, Malcolm Chaddock Remembered, Saving Social Security: Frann Michel hosts this episode, featuring these segments: Labor Internationalism:  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW pr... Read more

  We share selected audio from a briefing on Social Security presented by Alex Lawson of Social Security Works for the group Radical Elders on April 10, 2025,  shared here with their permission.  Lawson explains how Social Security works, how and why it is being intenti... Read more

  News media, public officials, and the police themselves keep telling us that public safety requires ever more policing, despite all evidence to the contrary. In Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News (New Press, 2025), civil rights lawyer Alec Karakat... Read more

According to the 2025 Annual Report of the American Lung Association, fifty-five years after the passage of the landmark Clean Air Act, nearly half of US residents breathe unhealthy air. One significant contribution to this problem is the inadequacy of the regulatory app... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Copaganda: News media, public officials, and the police themselves keep telling us that public safety requires ever more policing, despite all evidence to the contrary. In Co... Read more

  After four decades of neoliberalism, capitalism is becoming neofeudal. So argues Jodi Dean, who lays out neofeudalism’s main features, explains why she believes capitalism is on the way out, and identifies which sectors of society could spearhead the struggle against ... Read more