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Amy Coplen on Burgerville workers' organizing

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with Amy Coplen,  a Ph.D student at PSU, studying and participating in organizing among Portland’s food service workers, with a focus on the Burgerville campaign and so-called “progressive” employers. Read more

Steven Beda on the labor history of timber workers in the PNW

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with  Steven Beda, at the U of Oregon, about his research on the environmental and political history of rural working class communities in our region, with special attention to logging communities and the International Woodworkers of America (IWA). im... Read more

Heather Mayer on Women & the IWW

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with Heather Mayer,  the author of the just-published book, Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the Industrial Workers of the World in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924.   Read more

Movie Moles: The Young Karl Marx

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement and Frann Michel review the 2017 film, The Young Karl Marx, written and directed by Raoul Peck (critically acclaimed creator of I Am Not Your Negro). The Young Karl Marx follows major events in Karl Marx's life in the 1840s when he turns from journalism to po... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour on 09/03/18

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In this Labor Day special, erstwhile mole and guest host Norm Diamond talks with three young labor historians who integrate environmental and gender concerns into their writing and their activism. Heather Mayer is the author of the just-published book, Beyond the Rebel G... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 19

Airs at: Wed, 09/05/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
September 5, 2018  The Politics of Living – September 5, 2018 - 30 minute show (NOTE: this is the last month that TPOL's length will be 30 minutes.  In October, the show goes back to an hour format).    Content Contributors: Vicky Mazzone (interview with Kate Lavender) K... Read more

Ralph Nader: One Person Can Make A Difference

Airs at: Wed, 08/29/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this week's program, we hear a speech by the legedary political activist and consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader. Nader outlines some of the most critical problems facing Americans, including exorbitant military spending, out-of-control corporations, and thousands of... Read more

KairosPDX on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 08/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  KairosPDX is the only school in Oregon that has shown success in educating African American kids -- now Portland Public Schools is pushing the charter school out of their building even though the district admits it has no immediate plans to use it. Join Lisa Loving and o... Read more

Stopping Fascism: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/28/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
​ One dictionary defines fascism as, “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.” The first fascist party was founded by Mussolini in Ital... Read more

Peace, Sovereignty, Reconciliation and Reunification of Korea: Christine Hong

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Professor Christine Hong joins Linda Olson-Osterlund on More Talk Radio to discuss the latest events around the peace movement on the Korean Peninsula.  Call (503)231-8187 to join the conversation. from peoplesworld.org Family separation was one theme for Christine Hong... Read more