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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

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, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, 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.

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WTO - What It Really Costs

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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The WTO works to protect large corporations from having to bear the real costs of their production -- forcing the rest of us to pay with our health and the quality of our lives. Magrete Strand of the Sierra Club and the Blue Green Alliance explains how it works in this co... Read more

Healthcare Reform -- or Deform?

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Is the Healthcare bill now being debated in Congress a step in the right, or in the wrong, direction? In this piece by long-time health professional Carol Miller, read here by Tom Becker, it's another corporate bailout that will make real reform more difficult to achieve.... Read more

November 23 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Do higher taxes make for fewer jobs -- or more? Is Congress debating real healthcare reform -- or just another corporate bailout? Is PTSD a good way to think about how people are affected by violence? This show takes on these questions, with host Tom Becker, Old Mole r... Read more

The Politics of PTSD

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Is PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) a useful concept for thinking about how people deal with a society saturated in violence? What is gained by using it to treat soldiers suffering from the results of battle mayhem? Can it be extended to understand women in abusi... Read more

Taxes and Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Do higher taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals drive down investment and cost us jobs? Not at all, according to Karen Kraut of United for a Fair Economy in this wide-ranging discussion with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. In fact, higher taxes keep surplus wealth out... Read more

How About a Recovery with Jobs?

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am

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The economy is recovering -- but without jobs. Heidi Schierholz of the Economic Policy Institute talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what can and should be done right away to create enough jobs for everyone. Schierholz is one of the author's of the annual repor... Read more

Moving to the Beat: Hip Hop from PDX to Sierra Leone

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am

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Bridging the gap between the US and Africa with Hip Hop youth culture -- that's one of the aims of the new film Moving 2 the Beat, produced here in Portland and in Sierra Leone. Abdul Fofanah, co-director of the film and a Sierra Leonean -American, talks about the film her... Read more

Book Mole: "Olive Kitteridge"

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am

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Elizabeth Strout's book Olive Kitteridge is a set of short stories revolving around a central character, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2009. Our reviewer Larry Bowlden tells us what's great about it. You can find more of Larry's reviews here. Read more

Psychiatry and the Military at Fort Hood

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am

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Reponding to the recent shootings at Fort Hood, Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Maureen Katz talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about how the military uses psychiatry, and how the media portray PTSD and mental illness among soldiers and mental health workers. Who carri... Read more

November 16 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2009 at 12:00am

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This show is hosted by Tom Becker (pictured here), and covers this variety of topics: What has to happen to include jobs in the economic recovery (it's not happening now); a new film about Hip Hop culture spanning the distance between Portland and Sierra Leone; how stori... Read more

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