Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with James Ofsink of the organization Portland Forward about local struggles over the Portland Police contract. Joe shares memories of and a commentary by late Old Mole, Clayton Morgareidge The Left and the Law, with spe... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with James Ofsink of Portland Forward about their campaign and coalition to change the Portland Police Bureau contract. They consider the status of the contract battle, many non-contractual issues of police policy and conduct, but also proposals for reduc... Read more

Frann Michel presents an edited recording of June Jordan reading "A Poem About My Rights,"  followed by a flash mob performance in Los Angeles of the Chilean feminist anthem "El Violador es Tu."   Read more

Joe Clement shares memories of how he met late Old Mole, Clayton Morgareidge, and introduces a commentary and reading Clayton produced in 2015 about abolishing slavery as an attack on unjust property relations that remains incomplete. Read more

In this Left & the Law segment, Jan Haaken talks with Laruen Regan, Executive Director and senior staff attorney with the Civil Liberties Defense Center in Eugene. Regan is lead criminal defense attorney in recent and several upcoming trials of climate activists.  They talk... Read more

Bill Resnick talks to Norman Solomon about Bernie, his campaign, the treachery of the Democratic Party establishment, and how, if Bernie were to win the nomination, he would face a conservative Congress, with most Democratic Party Congresspeople being moderates sensitive to... Read more

Denise Morris reflects on the contributions to the Old Mole Collective by longtime Mole member Clayton Morgariedge, who passed away last week.   From the Archive, we hear “Why Capitalism Is Blind To What Is Beautiful And Worth Loving -- And What To Do About It”: Clayton Mo... Read more

  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes:   Black Labor in the Making of America: Laurie Mercier talks to Joe Trotter about his important new book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor o... Read more

  Laurie Mercier talks to Joe Trotter about his important book, Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America (2020).  Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Professor of History and Social Justice and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies a... Read more

Desiree Hellegers reads her recent op ed piece "A Love Letter to Pike Place Market,” written for Real Change, Seattle's street newspaper.  Desiree reflects on her time in Seattle.  Currently, a developer is trying to build a 14-story hotel at the entrance to Pike Place Mark... Read more