Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  Norm Diamond talks with  Steven Beda, at the U of Oregon, about his research on the environmental and political history of rural working class communities in our region, with special attention to logging communities and the International Woodworkers of America (IWA). ... Read more

  Norm Diamond talks with Amy Coplen,  a Ph.D student at PSU, studying and participating in organizing among Portland’s food service workers, with a focus on the Burgerville campaign and so-called “progressive” employers. Read more

  Historians Heather Mayer, Steve Beda, and Amy Coplen talk with Norm Diamond about the importance of building community for strong labor organizing and what it takes to maintain a movement.  All four are involved with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association. p... Read more

  Denise Morris talks with Joshua Holt, RN at Kaiser Permanente, about Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP) ongoing contract negotiations and the Uprising of Nurses Nationally. They are joined by Evergreen Education Association teacher and EEA Pr... Read more

  Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole, which includes these segments:   Bill Resnick talks with Hannah Holleman about capitalist agriculture and the destruction of land with chemical treatments to boost production. They also discuss mainstream alternati... Read more

  Bill Resnick talks with Hannah Holleman about capitalist agriculture and the destruction of land with chemical treatments to boost production. They also discuss mainstream alternatives and the sustainble left program for growing food. Hannah Holleman is an activist te... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers speaks with OPAL organizer Maria Hernandez Segoviano about Measure 105 and the September 8 "Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice" National Day of Action, co-sponsored by Oregon Just Transitions.   Read more

  Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Pat Barker’s novel, Border Crossing.  Published in 2001, Border Crossing investigates the crimes of particularly violent children, the notion of evil and the possibility of redemption.  Larry reports that it is a meticulously crafted no... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Maika Yeigh who has taught for many years in the public schools in and around Portland. She’s now at the Portland State University School of Education, teaching the basics and supervising student teachers interning in classrooms. Her specialty is ... Read more