Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about immigrants-rights rhetoric and how certain strategies meant to insulate them from stereotypes and "include" may shutter the actual situation of undocument workers. She argues that the "undocumented not afraid" movement started a... Read more

Alan Wieder comments on how Thanksgiving is a noble lie that Americans tell themselves about the colonization of the continent by Europeans. Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the recent bombing-campaign by Israeli in the Gaza strip. They talk about the possible electoral rationale behind the attack, the disproportionateness of response even in the terms of the Israeli narrative of self-defense, and ... Read more

Joe Clement remarks briefly on the massively coordinated strikes in Europe and comments on their meaning. He quotes or mentions material from Counterfire.org, Libcom.org, The Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal. Read more

Alan Wieder hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Alan call for a rethinking of Thanksgiving and what we teach our children about it Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about Palestine and Israel Larry Bowlden reviews Charity Shumway's "10 Girls to ... Read more

On this episode of the Old Mole, Bill Resnick hosts and we hear: Bill talks with a guest about the possibility of Obama selling out his supporters again and how to protect core social services like Social Security from the ruling-class program of austerity. Iven... Read more

Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with political scientist David Schultz about the "fiscal cliff" and how mainstream discourse about it obscures the real issues.   Read more

 Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Political Scientist David Schultz about how the so-called "fiscal cliff" was created and the real political and economic issues behind it.   Schultz teaches at Hamline University. Read more

 In their continuing series The Left and the Law, psychologist Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss how psychological studies confirm what has been known for a long time: that solitary confinement drives people crazy.  They also discuss the extent of its use.   Read more

The Old Mole's Iven Hale talks with postal worker Willie Groschelle of the Letter Carriers' Union about value of  the US Postal Service and the forces of privatization that are threatening to destroy it.   Read more