Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick does a Well Red Read and commentary based on the Hearings on the Sept 6th “Insurrection.” It has been a riveting exposure of this country’s former peerless leader and it drew a large audience across the country. But will it amount to anything more than a powerf... Read more

Desiree Hellegers memorializes — and we hear excerpts of archival audio of—Delores Loann Winston, a formerly homeless activist with Seattle's WHEEL-Women in Black , and a teenage volunteer in the 1970s with Seattle's Black Panther Breakfast program, who died in May, and who... Read more

The dangers of human extinction have greatly increased over the last year. For one the Ukrainian struggle has intensified, with both sides threatening to use “battlefield” nukes. Second tensions between the U.S. and China have intensified with China militantly insisting on ... Read more

Sarah Chivers speaks with Karen Morrison, a Black leader and educator in Vancouver with the non-profit "Odyssey World International Education Services." She is coordinating with the City of Vancouver to host an event on Juneteenth (June 17th, 1-7pm at Esther Short Park in V... Read more

Rightwing attacks on progressive educators have reached a fever pitch across the country, from banning books to censoring instructional materials that address injustices. Teachers have organized to defend critical inquiry in the classroom, however, including through the Tea... Read more

Smelter Wars by Ron Verzuh is a deeply researched account of a militant union at one of the world’s largest smelter complexes, in Trail, British Columbia. The story Verzuh tells covers decades, from management’s efforts to prevent unionization, up to successful organizing, ... Read more

  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Juneteenth: Sarah Chivers speaks with Karen Morrison, a Black leader and educator in Vancouver with the non-profit "Odyssey World International Education Services." She is coord... Read more

Germany, Energy Transition and Democracy: Europe, especially Germany, depends on Russia for its natural gas and oil for electric power, heating and cooling, and transport. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Germany, Europe’s wealthiest country and political leader, has comm... Read more

Desiree Hellegers talks with WSU Vancouver students Ellah Allman, Flaffy Polley, and Andrea Manske about organizing to cancel student debt, the importance of integrating discussion of student debt into course work, the Morrill Indigenous Land Grab, and about using their May... Read more

With another round of mass shootings, the failure in the US to pass gun legislation has generated public outrage and a sense of despair. In their Left & the Law segment. Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about what progressive gun legislation might look like and some recent... Read more