Jon Nelson

Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by 310, DJs From Mars, Jason Forrest, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Jay-R, Lobsterdust, Bill McClintock, No Luck Club, John Oswald, Rum & Black, DJ Shadow, The Slew, DJ Squid Viscus and stAllio!. Read more

Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley who has fought her whole life for worker power, not just for a bigger piece of the pie, but for real participation and decision making in a society in which democracy is not confined to occasional elections but is nourished in daily lif... Read more

On this Labor Day program Laurie Mercier speaks with Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies and Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy at Hofstra University, about the inspirational early-20th century anti-capitalist radical, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, and her succ... Read more

The fight against construction of Enbridge Company's Line 3 in Minnesota, carrying tar sands oil from Canada through the Midwest, was the largest Indigenous-led pipeline resistance in North America after Standing Rock. Opposition from 2017-2021 brought thousands of people f... Read more

  Jon Nelson hosts this Labor Day Special of the Old Mole, which was postponed from September 4 due to unexpected problems with production. Today's show includes the following segments: A Lifetime of Labor Struggle: Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley who has fought her... Read more

Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by ah!, The Bins, Eclectic Method, The Hood Internet, MACROSS 82-99, Nikoless Skratch & Dj Tanner The Surgeon General, John Oswald, Pablo, RIAA, Think Tank and Lewis Wake. Read more

Featuring Tape Manipulations, Digital Deconstructions and Turntable Creations by John Cage, Contemporary Casuals, Cut Chemist, CutUpSound, Human Remains, Ryoji Ikeda, InanimateMashups, Meat Beat Manifesto, People Like Us, Re-Drum, Silica-Gel, The Tape-beatles and Wax Tailor. Read more

Portland is embarking on a great experiment, a pretty radical change in the how the city council and mayor operate, thanks to the Charter Commission and a 58% approval from the voters. But will it work to democratize city governance and can city elites be defeated in their ... Read more

Despite what you may have heard, the pandemic is not over and you should be wearing a respirator indoors and in outdoor areas near others. As the WHO Director-General noted,  the lifting of international emergency status did not mean the end of the pandemic: "The worst thin... Read more

Hollywood and the Left: On July 14th, the SAG-AFTRA, a union representing about 160,000 Hollywood actors, officially went on strike after rejecting the contract offered by the motion picture and television studios. They joined WGA, the writers guild, that went on strike on ... Read more