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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, Sarah Chivers, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Sharon Grant, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Chelsea Ratzlaff, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, 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.
 

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

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Old Mole Variety Hour August 1st

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement hosts today's show and we hear: Bill Talks With Marty Hart-Landsberg about the debt-ceiling and the working-class. Joe talks with Josh Eidelson about the AT&T merger and why industrial labor power matters. Well Read Red, Frann Michel, talks about ... Read more

Double Radical Musicologists: the music and message of the IWW

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
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Through-out the show we played clips from famous songs written by members of the Industrial Workers of the World who, as Utah Phillips liked to put it, stole the hymn songs because they were pretty and changed the words so they'd make more sense. In the end, our radical ... Read more

The Enemy is Washington: The Economy Crashed

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
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If you want to talk about wasteful Federal spending, you're have to look at where the money actually goes. Tom Becker reads Paul Craig-Roberts' essay, "The Enemy is Washington: the economy destroyed". Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 25th

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
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  Denise Morris hosts today show and we hear: Bill talks with market-abolitionist Robin Hahnel about cap-&-trade Larry Bowlden Reviews Maggie O'Farrell's "The Hand That First Held Mine". Joe Clement and Donald Joughin review Captain America. Tom reads Paul... Read more

A Market Abolitionist Argues for Cap-&-Trade

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
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Bill and Robin Hahnel start by talking about why he opposes markets when central to economic systems, advocating participatory economic planning, even in the case of so-called market-socialism, which Bill succinctly c competetively extracting profits to work. Robin points o... Read more

Book Mole: The Hand That First Held Mine

Airs at: Mon, 07/25/2011 at 12:00am
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 Larry Bowlden reviews and reads from Irish author Maggie O'Farrell's "The Hand That First Held Mine". Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/18/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Laurie Mercier will host this show which includes these topics: Wisconsin activist Andrew Sernatinger discusses the ongoing struggles to preserve union representation and collective bargaining there in the aftermath of last Spring's big uprising; Teamster Sandy Po... Read more

Latest News from Wisconsin

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Andrew Sernatinger, a baker, activist, and labor-organizer in Madison, Wisconsin about the class struggle there.  What is left out of the mainstream conversations is progressive taxation, while Democrats appear on the side of unions mostly for their ... Read more

The Tea Party in Decline?

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
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Richard D. Wolff, a radical economist who writes  and speaks frequently on the economic crisis, argues that the Left will soon have the opportunity to organize around popular dissatisfaction with the economy once the Tea Party loses support from the big business and the ric... Read more

Sandy Pope and the Teamsters

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2011 at 12:00am
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Sandy Pope, a long-time member and leader of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), is  in a two-way race with James Hoffa for President of the Teamsters Union.  Here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what she would do for the Teamsters and the  Labor Moveme... Read more