Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

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Klineman on Measure 105

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Bill Resnick and Larry Klineman talk about local and national immigration politics. They consider the defeat of Measure 105, the changing composition of the House, and the potential the national conversation away from immigration with universal jobs programs.    ... Read more

Movie Preview: "Pride"

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris previews for us a 2014 film called “Pride” that will be featured at an upcoming DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) event. It’s the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-base... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 12, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole, bringing us these segments: 1. Bill Resnick and labor activist Diane Feeney discuss the future of the labor movement and the job of building a green economy. 2. Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the 2014 film "Marwen... Read more

Towards Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Diane Feeley, coordinator of National Organization for Women, who has devoted her life to working in the labor movement and many of the social movements for democratic socialist revolution.  They discuss how to work in movements -- like Medicare f... Read more

Movie Review: "Marwencol"

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In anticipation of the release next month of the drama "Welcome to Marwen,"  movie moles Frann and Jan  revisit the 2010 documentary "Marwencol," directed by Jeff Malmberg.  “Marwencol” is available  as a DVD at the Multnomah County Library.  Unable to afford therapy a... Read more

Climate Change, Conflict, and Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Thom Becker reads from an article entitled “Climate Change Is Increasing Regional Conflict and Creating Millions of Refugees Across the Globe” By Steve Trent  for the online news page, AlterNet. Photo: Syrian refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey (September 7, 2017) Photo Credit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 5, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which features these segments: Zoe Leonard reads “I Want a President” Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about post-election prospects Tom Becker reads from an article about why the US constitution... Read more

After the Elections

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about the elections: whatever happens, the issues will remain the same.   Read more

Zoe Leonard Wants a President

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Zoe Leonard reads and comments on “I Want a President”     Read more

Why the Constitution Won't Save Us

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker reads from an articleby J.M. Opal, “Here's Why America's Constitution Won't Save Us from Trump”; Opal, an Associate Professor of History, McGill University, argues that both 18th century Britain and present day America were/are plutocracies hidden beneath a... Read more