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Don't Believe the Hype! Portland does NOT Have the...

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/25

Local economist Mary King de-bunks the business lobby talking point that we have the highest taxes in the country. Actually, Oregon’s in the middle of the pack for state and local taxes that businesses pay. For households, our taxes per person are well below the highes...

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Left and the Law: Taking Oil Companies to Court

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/25

There are now 30 lawsuits against oil companies underway in cities and states around the US, including in California and here in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, a case was filed by Multnomah County around damages from the 2021 heat wave and fires and a lawsuit was rec...

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Book Mole: The Berry Pickers

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/25

A four year old Mi'kmaq girl vanishes from a berry field in Maine. The Berry Pickers is a 2023 novel by Amanda Peters. It is both a historical novel and a mystery. Larry Bowlden reviews. Patricia Kullberg reads. Image: cover of The Berry Pickers, a Novel, by Amanda ...

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Fort Vancouver Regional Library Workers Struggle

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/25

Joe Clement reports on the struggle for a living wage at Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries (FVRL), connecting their issues to other library systems in the area and beyond. Show your support today today by signing the FVRL workers' petition. In the report, Joe reads from...

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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 25, 2024

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/25

Library Labor, Literature, Lawsuits, and Lies about taxes: Frann Michel hosts this episode which features these segments: Fort Vancouver Regional Library Workers Struggle Joe Clement shares news about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library workers struggle for a living wag...

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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 18, 2024

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/18

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which is a re-broadcast from the archives of Against the Grain: America’s Drug Binge. Americans as a population have an unusually large appetite for psychoactive drugs, whether legal or illegal. And American history has be...

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Portland Street Response Threatened

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/04

Portland Street Response has proven itself very successful as first responders with interventions and assistance for the destitute, houseless, and people in mental health crisis. But the Portland police want to return unchallenged to their role as first responders, employin...

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Separate and Deadly

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/04

In this debut "Field Notes" segment, co-authors Sophie Smith and Parker Deighan of the No More Deaths Abuse Documentation Team discuss the original findings of their recent report, Separate & Deadly: 911 System Segregation in the Arizona Borderlands. The discussion explores...

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What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now?

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/04

In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, with Stephen Maher. The book argues that the Left has shifted its focus from protest in the streets to participating in ...

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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 4, 2024

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/03/04

Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: What Is the Main Challenge for Socialists Now? In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond takes off from the recent book, The Socialist Challenge Today, by Leo Panitch ...

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Palestinian Film Fest

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/26

As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues, so too does global resistance to the war and to Israeli occupation of Palestine. Jan Haaken talks with Shams Mahmoud, President of Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER) at Portland State University, about the upcom...

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Black Workers Organize at Tesla

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/26

Black Tesla workers recently sued their employer for an extremely well documented pattern of racial discrimination. Whereas lawsuits seldom even reimburse successful plaintiffs for their injuries, this suit could be the prelude to the United Auto Workers union and Bay Area ...

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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 26, 2024

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2024/02/26

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Palestinian Film Fest: As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues, so too does global resistance to the war and to Israeli occupation of Palestine. Jan Haaken talks with Shams ...

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Love Song

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/26

In recognition of Black History Month, Larry Bowlden reviews Tia William’s historical novel, A Love Song For Ricki Wilde. Ricki Wilde comes from a wealthy southern family, the wealth due to her father’s owning a string of mortuaries. Her sisters, Rashida, Regina, and Rae, a...

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The Afro-Atlantic Origins of the Banjo

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/19

Joe Clement presents a collection of traditional banjo music and documentaries shining light on the Afro-Atlantic origins of the banjo, and some of its enduring significance for American history. Rhiannon Giddens performs: Julie and Better Get Yer Lernin' Marc Dewitt ar...

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John D'Emilio on Bayard Rustin

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/19

Laurie Mercier speaks with John D'Emilio, Professor Emeritus of History and of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the award-winning book, Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. They review George Wolfe’s film Rusti...

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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 19, 2024

Old Mole Variety Hour ·

2024/02/19

This episode is hosted by Frann Michel and includes these segments: The Afro-Atlantic Origins of the Banjo Joe Clement presents a collection of traditional banjo music and documentaries shining light on the Afro-Atlantic origins of the banjo, and some of its enduring...

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