Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: Bill Resnick and Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies discussing the necessity of taxes, inequality, and the allocation of public goods;  Barbara Madeloni of Labor Notes, and a former Pre... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about  why we should, in principle, be glad to pay our taxes, and how much good our taxes could be doing in a fully democratic society. You can subscribe to Chuck Collins's newsletter here. Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about  why we should, in principle, be glad to pay our taxes, and how much good our taxes could be doing in a fully democratic society. You can subscribe to Chuck Collins's newsletter here. Read more

Appearing at the Trouble Makers School in Portland before more than 200 union members, stewards and activists, Barbara Madeloni discussed the national picture for public pchool teachers organizing and how and why strikes work.  Madeloni is the Education Coordinator at Labor... Read more

The Old Mole's Left & the Law team, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker, review the moratorium in California on the death penalty and the political shifts in support for capital punishment. They also comment on a recent case emphasizing the cruelty of putting people to death.  Read more

Frann Michel hosts the show which includes: Media Landscape: Frann Michel reflects on the state of contemporary media. Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State: Bill Resnick interviews Norman Solomon about the US warfare state of today.   When God ... Read more

  Bill Resnick’s guest on today’s Old Mole is Norman Solomon, and it’s worth reflecting on the value of Solomon’s work in the current media landscape. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR),  which produces the rad... Read more

KBOO alum Norman Solomon talks with Bill Resnick about US militarism (especially now the continued NATO encirclement of Russia), who it benefits, and how it can be stopped.   Solomon is the author of Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America’s Warfare State Read more

When God Was a Rabbit, by Sarah Winman, is a refreshing view of life through the eyes of a ten year old girl , innocently irreverent and certainly wise beyond her (our) years. Read it for joy. Read more

Tom Becker hosts today's program which includes: Reform and Revolution: An interview with Michael Hirsh on reform vs. revolution Labor and the Green New Deal: A reading from the Jacobin website entitled "Organizing to Win a Green New Deal." The Anthropocene: A reading fro... Read more