The New York Times reports that “President Trump — or, more likely, Vice
President Mike Pence — has filled top positions at the Department of Health
and Human Services with individuals who have devoted their adult lifetimes
to the anti-abortion cause.” Here in Oregon, t...
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The Old Mole's Frann Michel reads Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling with
Despair" about the malice of men, militaristic and misogynous. It appeared
in the November, 2017 issue of Monthly Review.
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Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research,
talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the effects of economic growth
on world poverty, the source of that growth, and whether economic growth
"trickles down."
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Margot Black of Portland Tenants United and the Old Mole's Bill Resnick
discuss how treating housing as an instrument for making money leads to
evictions, skyrocketing rents, and houselessness.
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Tod Sloan interviews long-time peace activist Brian Willson about his recent
move to Nicaragua and his plans for a peace education center there. Brian is
the author of Blood on the Tracks and is the subject of the documentary
"Paying the Price for Peace". Watch for his f...
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Old Mole and sports fan Denise Morris reminds us of how sporting events are
venues for political expression, comparing the kneeling of black atheletes
during the National Anthem with the unfortunate choice of right wing
Republican Steve Scalise to throw out the first pit...
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Drawing in part on Rob Tweedy's piece in Red Pepper "A mad world: capitalism
and the rise of mental illness," Clayton Morgareidge traces some ways in
which life in the capitalist world order makes us crazy.
You can read this piece on his blog here.
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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear these
segments:
1. Margot Black and Bill Resnick on Portland Tenants United and the housing
crisis.
2. Tod Sloan talks in Nicaragua with Brian Willson, Portland peace activist.
3. Denise Morris reviews ...
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Old Mole Clayton Morgareidge reads from his new book Demystifying Demons:
Rethinking Who and What We Are. He explains why "self-help" books typically
promise more than they deliver and what a more serious inquiry into the human
soul would look like.
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