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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 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Hosted by Frann Michel, this episode features segments on African films, on public schools in the the making of Black masculinity, and more.   On the Legacy of PATCO 1981 In the aftermath of the midair crash over D.C on January 29, and Trump's racist response, Frann Mi... Read more

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Frann Michel recommends the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, directed by Belgian media artist Johan Grimonprez, and available streaming through kanopy via the Multnomah County Library. The film opens with, and returns to, the moment in February 1961 when singer ... Read more

Defending the Resistors

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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On January 23, 2025, Salem Younes, a first-generation Palestinian-American college student, and K Anton, a Lebanese-American human rights activist, were found not guilty by a unanimous trial jury in Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene, Oregon. The two activists faced charge... Read more

Indigenous Voices in Poetry

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Nimiipuu Mole, creative writer, and Director of Native American Programs at Washington State University Vancouver, Julian Ankney reads poems by Natalie Diaz, Mojave, and more. Read more

"Learning to Breathe Through the Apocalypse"

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Laurie Mercier interviews Desiree Hellegers about  her web series, a surreal and hallucinogenic monologue set entirely inside their mind during a thirty-day silent Buddhist retreat in the woods of British Columbia during the 2005 winter holiday. While outwardly appearing to... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 3, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 02/03/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Defending the Resistors: On January 23, 2025, Salem Younes, a first-generation Palestinian-American college student, and K Anton, a Lebanese-American human rights activist, were found ... Read more

Notes Toward a Nuclear-Free Future

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Gil Scott-Heron, Karen Silkwood, and the 1979 No Nukes Album: For those who came of age in the 1970s and 80s, political awakening to the dangers of nuclear power came as much via pop culture as it did from watching the nightly news. The 1979 triple album No Nukes: The MU... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 27, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Frann Michel hosts this episode, with these segments: Big Tech and Big War: Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s ... Read more

Barbara Ford on Activism and Art

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  We hear excerpts from an interview Desiree Hellegers conducted with the Portland activist, writer, artist Barbara Ford in 2017 about her history of activism as part of the Thin Green Line is People History Project, a digital archive of Pacific Northwest fossil fuel resis... Read more

Big Tech and Big War

Airs at: Mon, 01/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Laurie Mercier speaks to Roberto J. González, a professor of anthropology at San José State University, about how Silicon Valley is transforming the Military-Industrial Complex. Some of Gonzalez’s recent books include American Counterinsurgency: Human Science and the Hum... Read more