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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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Taxes, with Steve Novick

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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Oregonians will be voting on two state tax measures that increase what corporations and wealthy individuals contribute to State government. Steve Novick from the Yes For Oregon campaign talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what the measures would do and the falla... Read more

Movie Moles: "Avatar"

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am

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James Cameron's new blockbuster movie Avatar has been widely debated: what is it really saying about people with disabilities, the environment, racism, colonialism, and other important social questions? Our Movie Moles Frann Michel and Denise Morris have a rousing good t... Read more

Democratic Energy

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am

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Can electricity be produced locally where it can be controlled by local communities? Yes, claims Judy Barnes of Oregonians For Renewable Energy Policy in this conversation with Bill Resnick. She points to the example of Germany where it is possible for residents to sel... Read more

Political Hip Hop

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am

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Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about the political rap artists The Welfare Poets, Chosan, and Black Skeptik. We hear samples of their music followed by a discussion of their music as the poetry and the politics of everyday life. Here are links... Read more

January 11, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this show discusses Oregon tax measures with Steve Novick; the blockbuster movie "Avatar," making the power grid democratic, and the latest in political rap music. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. ... Read more

Terrorism: Motives & Solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am

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Examining the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the young Nigerian man who tried set off an explosion on a plane from Amsterdam as it approached Detroit on Christmas day, Clayton Morgareidge suggests that terrorist acts can result from the frustration of the democratic des... Read more

Badiou's Communist Hypothesis

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am

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Alain Badiou enunciates the communist hypothesis: The subordination of labor to a dominant class, (whether it be a class of capitalists or a class of party bureaucrats) is not inevitable. If so, then the existence of a coercive state, with the violent policing we heard ... Read more

January 4, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this first show of 2010 proposes that another, better world is possible. Portland writer Kristian Williams tells Bill Resnick what it would take to provide domestic security without violent policing. Clayton reflects on the recent terrorist... Read more

Cooperating Toddlers

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am

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Are human beings capable of living in a better society in which cooperation predominates over competition? Harvard psychologist Felix Warneken discusses experiments showing that kids of 18 months have a spontaneous impulse to help others in need. More about this here. Read more

Better Policing

Airs at: Mon, 01/04/2010 at 12:00am

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Kristian Williams, Portland writer and author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, continues his discussion of last week with Bill Resnick about police violence. In this second part of the interview, Bill and Kristian look at what it would take to make pol... Read more

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