Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews M. V. Ramana, a leading nuclear expert, who has written and testified widely on both nuclear power and nuclear weapons. They discuss how nuclear power is rising from the dead to replace fossil fuels in the effort to contain climate change and avoid p... Read more

  Denise Morris Hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes   Women and Climate Justice. Bill Resnick talks to Suzanna Kassouf, a leader and very active in Portland’s Sunrise Movement that has rapidly grown across the U.S. and world, attracting young people. In th... Read more

  Women and Climate Justice. Bill Resnick talks to Suzanna Kassouf, a leader and very active in Portland’s Sunrise Movement that has rapidly grown across the U.S. and world, attracting young people. In the U.S. Sunrise went to the U.S. Congress, met with lawmakers, issue... Read more

Stop Line 3 actions. Jan Haaken talks with Extinction Rebellion PDX organizer Diana Meisenhelter about the national mobilization to support the Indigenous-led Stop Line 3 actions in Northern Minnesota, and why these actions are so critical in the fight against expansion of ... Read more

Amazon workers Organizing in Bessemer, Alabama. Johanna Brenner interviews Adam Obernauer, Organizing Director for the Retail, Warehouse, and Department Store Union about the campaign to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama.  A predominantly African Americ... Read more

Colonialism, Exploitation of Indigenous Lands, Patriarchy and Violence against Indigenous Women. Desiree Hellegers talks with Lana Jack, Celilo Wyam activist/organizer and Director of the Columbia River Indian Center about the upcoming March 10 anniversary of the inundation... Read more

Movie Mole Jan Haaken talks with psychologist Emaline Friedman about the 2020 documentary, “The Social Dilemma”, a film directed by Jeff Orlowski that tells a story of the manipulative forces behind social media and how they are rewiring our brains. Friedman is a critical p... Read more

  Energy Forward: Bill Resnick talks to Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany and author of the article, "How Climate Change Will Affect Socialist Strategy," (Socialist Forum, Winter 2019) They discuss two key struggles for ... Read more

Nimíipuu Mole Julian Ankney, coming to you from the Nimíipuu or Nez Perce reservation in Idaho, interviews Thabiti Lewis, WSU Vancouver English Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs about the documentary film Bam! The Black Arts Movement. Dr. Lewis ma... Read more

Bill Resnick talks to Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany and author of the article, "How Climate Change Will Affect Socialist Strategy," (Socialist Forum, Winter 2019) They discuss two key struggles for climate activists. ... Read more