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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

Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"

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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 by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.

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September 28 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show features a conversation among seven people about their experiences with the healthcare system. Nationally known author Max Blumenthal talks with Bill about his new book Republican Gomorrah -- the crashing and burning of the party at the h... Read more

Health Care and Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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Mexican immigrants, whether documented or not, contribute mightily to the North American economy. So why don't they deserve healthcare like anyone else? Tom Becker makes the case, with help from an editorial by Alvaro Huerta published in CounterPunch: In Defense of the U... Read more

Militarizing US

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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Military recruiters invading the lives of high school students; the glorification of war on our movie screens -- Clayton Morgareidge reviews some of the ways war is being given a safer image, drawing on articles by Danny Weil in CounterPunch, David Goodman in Mother Jone... Read more

What Obama Did Last Week

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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What did President Obama accomplish last week? What did he not do, and why? What do we need to do to get what we hoped he would do? Bill Resnick lays it out. Read more

September 21 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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This program is hosted by Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) and deals with several areas of popular resistance to domination -- in political uprisings around the world, in courtrooms demanding restitution for medical errors, in demands for healthcare for immigrants, and... Read more

Defiant Publics

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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We live in an age of resistance, of non-compliance with authority. So says Daniel Drache, author of Defiant Publics: The Unprecedented Reach of the Global Citizen. Here he talks with the Old Mole Bill Resnick about the many manifestations of this independent minded p... Read more

In Defense of Malpractice Suits

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

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Doctors and hospitals make mistakes: how do patients get compensated? In their ongoing series The Left and the Law, attorney Mike Snedeker and Old Mole Jan Haaken puncture the myths about tort reform and malpractice suits that Republicans claim are driving up medical co... Read more

September 14 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Tom Becker, this show deals with the connection between healthcare and democracy,zombie Nazis in the snow, and the massacre of miners Pennsylvania back in 1897. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can follow us on Tw... Read more

Democracy and Healthcare

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick explains why democracy is at the heart of every progressive reform, and how the right reform of healthcare would increase democratic possibilities everywhere. Read more

The Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2009 at 12:00am

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Dr. Mary O'Brien is co-editor of Ten Excellent Reasons for National Health Care. Here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what's wrong, from a doctor's point of view, with our current system of private, for-profit medicine and insurance, and how a good health... Read more

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