Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Frann Michel discuss the HBO miniseries Chernobyl and some responses to it.  While there has been widespread praise for the aesthetics and emotional impact of the drama, and many appreciate its allegorical message about  climate catastrophe, ... Read more

Bill Resnick reports on the yellow vest movement in France -- who they are, their politics and demands, their significance, and what might be borrowed for a similar uprising here.  Photo by Thomas Bresson Read more

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with James Ofsink about the struggle for police accountability in Portland and the rally and demonstration coming up on July 11 to demand that Mayor Wheeler and City Council enforce real... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with James Ofsink about the struggle for police accountability in Portland and the rally and demonstration coming up on July 11 to demand that Mayor Wheeler and the City Council enforce real transparency and accountability for the Portland Police. With so... Read more

Jan Haaken talks with Eva Lewis, the director of a new film “Undeterred” about community resistance to border policing in the border zone; the film sheds a light on the history behind the current crisis on the borders.  This film premiers in Portland on Thursday, June 11 at... Read more

Jan Haaken talks with Eva Lewis, the director of a new film “Undeterred” about community resistance to border policing in the border zone; the film sheds a light on the history behind the current crisis on the borders.  This film premiers in Portland on Thursday, June 11 at... Read more

Voices from the June 21 Extinction Rebellion/Sunrise Movement rally in downtown Portland that culminated with activists blocking the street in front of Portland City Hall for several hours. Among the activists' demands was a call for Mayor Wheeler to declare a climate emerg... Read more

In this post from her Facebook page, read here by Clayton Morgareidge, political theorist Jodi Dean shows how the Right is ready for the crisis that will soon be upon us due to global warming and asks whether the Left is perhaps in denial -- not about climate change but abo... Read more

Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick reviews the PBS "American Experience" documentary about Emma Goldman, which rebroadcasts this weekend and Monday night. Joe talks with local meditator and activist, Guy Berliner, about the corporate promotion of mindfulness med... Read more

Bill Resnick reviews the PBS "American Experience" documentary about Emma Goldman. Drawing on the analysis of Candace Falk, of the Emma Goldman Archive Project at UC Berkeley, Bill criticizes the show's soft-pedaling of Emma's radical politics and the good sense she had for... Read more