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Old Mole Variety Hour for November 1, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour which includes the following segments: Don’t Quit, Organize! In Part Two of a two-part interview, Joe Clement talks with labor activist Eric Dirnbach about Strike-tober, the mass quittings and staff short... Read more

Can the Democrats Save Us?

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Norman Solomon, a nationally syndicated columnist who founded the organization Roots Action, which mobilizes behind policies that actually address the immense economic, social, racial and environmental problems facing our country, including Medicare Fo... Read more

Don’t Quit, Organize!

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Joe Clement talks with labor activist-educator Eric Dirnbach about Strike-tober, the mass quittings and staff shortages affecting the American economy, and whether we're seeing what former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has called "a disorganized general strike". ... Read more

Build A Movement 2021 Part 1

Airs at: Fri, 11/05/2021 at 9:30am - 10:00am
This year Build A Movement (BAM) is hoping to grow the movement to begin to include folks from the greater disability community because there are so many shared issues like out-of-pocket medical expenses, the caregiver workforce shortage and the need for more affordable and... Read more

Organizing Against Authoritarianism and Climate Chaos

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Max Elbaum on the two existential threats facing humanity -- authoritarianism and global roasting. They discuss how to defeat both, building the broadest of lefts, including segments of the Democratic Party that today might support the sweeping mobil... Read more

Buscando America on 10/26/21

Airs at: Tue, 10/26/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta transmisión escuchamos al Dr. Emilio DeBess , la Dra. Ruth Zúñiga Psicóloga y a Vicky Falcón Vázquez de Oregon Health Authority OHA en Español con avisos importantes sobre como cuidarnos en estos días festivos de Halloween y Días de Muertos y sobre como sobre llevar... Read more

Stopping the Post Fire Timber Grab

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
In the wake of 2020’s wildfires, the Willamette and the Umpqua National Forests have proposed hundreds of miles of 200 foot-wide linear clearcuts throughout the forest in the name of “hazard tree removal.” These projects would damage habitat for listed species, impair water... Read more

People of Red Mountain dig in against proposed lithium mine in Nevada

Airs at: Wed, 10/27/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Thacker Pass, or Peehee mm’huh, is sacred land to the Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone, and critical wildlife habitat. It is the site of a proposed lithium mine by Lithium Americas, a Vancouver, Canada-based company. They want to mine 5,000 acres using an open pit... Read more

Kaiser Nurses Ready to Strike

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2021 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hannah Winchester and Sarina Roher, local leaders of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP), explain why their members recently voted 96% to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente and how the community can support safe staffing and quality he... Read more

Recovery center offers supportive vaccine clinics to community

Airs at: Fri, 10/22/2021 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  About 67% of Oregonians have gotten at least one dose of their vaccine so far. OHSU predicts that the state could reach herd immunity by the end of December if current vaccination and infection rates continue. But vaccination efforts are still underway, and experts say i... Read more