Norm Diamond

Old Mole Luisa Martinez interviews Sofia Isabel González Ortiz, about a commune that includes a bakery, farm and communal space. Their conversation ranges from the personal – Sofia’s own role in the commune and her own political growth – to the national and international: h... Read more

As corporate interests make jobs in America more precarious, many households that thought of themselves as middle class are now living paycheck to paycheck and struggling with the cost of housing, health care, and education. Writer and photographer Matt Witt reviews a novel... Read more

  Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Rural Organizing Project: To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s hist... Read more

We play selections from the recent celebration of the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth. First a humorous clip from Zinn himself on the US government’s advice for how to spot a communist. Then Martin Espada offers a poem based on his friendship with Zinn.  Howard Zi... Read more

Bill Resnick and Jeremy Brecher discuss the future of human life on this planet in an age of constantly increasing global warming. Bill offers a vision of that future and also contends that two programs, one from our corporate friends, one from the left, are now competing t... Read more

To commemorate ROP’s 30 years of outstanding political work in rural Oregon, Norm Diamond talks with Sidra Pierson of the ROP staff. They discuss ROP’s history and underlying vision, the range of issues it takes up, and the impact it has. They talk, too, about an exhibit fo... Read more

What is it? What can it hope to accomplish? For Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond, a sociology grad student at UT, who’s been living in and writing about Colombia for six years. They discuss the significance of the left electoral victory, what ... Read more

Jan Haaken interviews Mole Sharon Grant and her former colleague Judy McFarland. As retired sex educators in Multnomah County middle and high schools for 20 years, they reflect on what it was like, the continued need for comprehensive sex ed in school, particularly given th... Read more

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act— it should be called the Climate Action Act— has been characterized by reputable folks as transformative, which is not an exaggeration. But transformative to what? Will it be corporate America’s vison of the clean energy future, with continui... Read more

Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes the following segments: The New Pink Tide in Latin America: What is it? What can it hope to accomplish? For Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond, a sociology grad student at UT, who’s... Read more