OldMoleVarietyHour

Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole and we hear these pieces: 1.  The Old Mole's Laurie Mercier talks with historian Herb Ruffin about the roots of Black Lives Matter and its success as a social movement.  2.  Mole Bill Resnick interviews activist and Green Party lead... Read more

Laurie Mercier speaks with Herb Ruffin, professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University, about the historical roots of Black Lives Matter and its success as a social movement. Ruffin’s essay, “Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement,” i... Read more

Desiree Hellegers interviews activists with the Mosquito Fleet, an emerging grassroots direct action activist group that grew out of last summer's Shell No! protests. Touching on the links between militarism, oil and climate change, the interviews were conducted outside Hoq... Read more

Howie Hawkins is a perennial candidate for the NY State Green Party, but he’s different, because he is now getting over 5% in state elections and 35% in Syracuse, NY, where the Democrats and Republicans join forces to defeat him. Howie is well known in NY for his research a... Read more

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Pete Dolack about his new book, It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment. Clayton reviews the Cuban Revolution to see what we can learn from it about socialism in action. Joe Clemen... Read more

  Bill Resnick interviews Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch on why US trade policy has become a central issue for both parties. Jan Haaken talks with Judy Roth, an activist with Psychologists for Social Responsibility on her work with Israeli and Palestinian trauma victim... Read more

  Following the recent release of a report from the US International Trade Commission Concerning the Likely Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, Bill Resnick talks with Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch about why US trade policy has become a central ... Read more