Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  The Reverend Martin Luther King once said: "We may have all come on different ships, but now we're in the same boat." Were he alive, MLK would have been the first to condemn the state terror campaign currently inflicted on our immigrant communities. Surely he would ha... Read more

When "Superman", the latest film adaptation of our iconic superhero, was released earlier this year, right-wing commentators maligned it for being too politicized. In response, Andrew Slack and Jose Antonio Vargas published a piece, which appeared in the Hollywood Report... Read more

Luisa Martinez speaks with immigration lawyer and activist Daniel Kanstroom about the political economy of labor migration, the historical antecedents of current US immigration policy, the racialization of immigration enforcement, and immigration policy through the lense... Read more

  Nuclear deceptions, domestic terrorism, and the poetry of the long struggle: Frann Michel hosts this episode featuring these segments:  Nuclear Bamboozles:   While the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 provided increased federal funding for n... Read more

  Criticizing Capitalism : Since the global financial crisis, and even more over the last five years, capitalism’s popularity has fallen, while the fortunes of the capitalist class have risen steeply. Polls show that a majority of people under forty, of any political af... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole which features the following segments: Crisis in Higher Ed: What’s at stake for the city of Portland if its flagship university is strangled by budget cuts? Laurie Mercier speaks with Bill Knight, Associate Profess... Read more

Desiree Hellegers reflects on the links between immigrant detention, mass incarceration, endless war, and death on the streets. Universal housing, they argue, is no pie in the sky dream, and would go a long way toward ending the cycle of colonial violence in the U.S. Par... Read more

Earlier this year, as discussed on a previous episode of the Old Mole, the Welcome Home Coalition, in partnership with Sisters of the Road, released their report, Finding Home: Lasting Solutions Rooted in Community Expertise, which surveyed and consulted those with lived... Read more

  The Left and the Law on ICE:  Since returning to office this year, the Trump regime has mobilized the military, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice in carrying out mass deportations.  Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read more

  Since returning to office this year, the Trump regime has mobilized the military, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice in carrying out mass deportations.  Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operate on the frontlin... Read more