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War is not green, and sailing for an end to genocide: Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective

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Patricia Kullberg, Bill Resnick, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Larry Bowlden, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour

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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, Frann Michel, 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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March 1 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show focuses on the healthcare debate, Shutter Island, a movie about mental health (among other things), and features the music of the late Alistair Hulett.For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can ... Read more

Music & Politics of Alistair Hulett

Airs at: Mon, 03/01/2010 at 12:00am

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An "incendiary mix of punk rock, Celtic folk music, and anti-imperialist, working-class, left-wing politics" ---that's how our radical musicologist Brad Duncan describes Alistair Hulett and Roaring Jack, the band he formed. This segment contains excerpts of his songs a... Read more

"The Museum of Innocence"

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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Here is a review and appreciation of Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's latest novel The Museum of Innocence. The reviewer is Josh Erdahl, and the novel is a story of class, culture and personal struggle in a changing society. Read more

Energy Self-reliance

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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Will the transition to Clean Energy lead to decentralized, worker and community controlled energy production? Or will it be centralized under corporate and state control and promote high usage and consumerism? John Farrell works with the Institute for Local Self-Relianc... Read more

Book Mole: "Too Much Happiness"

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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"The best living writer anywhere," is how our Book Mole Larry Bowlden describes Alice Munro. Here is Larry reviewing her most recent book of stories. Larry's past reviews are here. Read more

From the Plantation to the Workplace

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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What really went on between black women slaves and their mistresses on the plantations? Thavolia Glymph, author of the prizewinning book Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household, talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about how blac... Read more

The Left Forum is Coming!

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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The Center Cannot Hold: Rekindling the Radical ImaginationThis is the theme of this year's Left Forum Conference. The Left Forum brings together organizers and intellectuals from across the globe to share ideas for understanding and transforming the world. Bill Resnick... Read more

February 22, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/22/2010 at 12:00am

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This edition of the Old Mole Variety Hour is hosted by Denise Morris. It deals with making energy locally, the racial, gender and class politics of the Southern plantation household, Alice Munro's latest book, a novel by Nobel Prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk,... Read more

Wage Theft

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am

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Employers often fail to pay the wages workers have earned: they commit wage theft, affecting millions of American workers. Kim Bobo is the author of Wage Theft in America, and in this interview she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the many ways this happe... Read more

Human Rights in Haiti

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2010 at 12:00am

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Having returned from Haiti just before the Earthquake, human rights activist Stuart Hammond has a good idea of the impact that the earthquake and the incursion of military personnel is having on the political climate. Here he talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier ab... Read more

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