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Old Mole Variety Hour for June 24, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 12:00am
Iven Hale hosts the show digging into issues of labor, democracy, and community radio.  Bill Resnick talks with sociologist George Cheney about the network of worker owned coops in Spain, Mondragón.Clayton Morgareidge sums up and comments on Cory Robin's article about why n... Read more

A Higher Minimum Wage Would Lift all Boats

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Raising the minimum wage to equal half the average salary of workers would benefit the whole economy, says John Schmitt in this article in CounterPunch, "The Path to Wage-Led Growth".  It is read here by Old Mole Tom Becker.   Read more

Aristocratic Neoliberalism

Airs at: Mon, 06/24/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Neoliberal political thought is deeply anti-democratic and believes that the rich should rule.  A recent article by Cory Robin in The Nation  demonstrates this, and here Clayton Morgareidge summarizes and comments on it.   Read more

290 Organizing and YNPN (Young Non-Profit Professionals Network)

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A 2-part show featuring YNPN in the first segment and 290 Organizing in the second. Read more

Between the Covers interview with Temple Grove author Scott Elliot

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
The Temple Grove means different things to differnet people. High up in the rain drenched Olympic Penninsula, it's a grove of trees as tall as skyscrapers and as old as nations. And until now it's been off limits to logging. To Paul Granger the Temple Grove is a sanctuary t... Read more

Seattle Fast Food Workers Strike Back Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Two members of the Portland IWW describe their experience as members of a Portland delegation to Seattle on May 30, 2013 to support fast food workers walking out in the latest of a string of "strike first" actions by fast food workers demanding a $15 minimum wage and the ri... Read more

Alternatives to Austerity 101

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
This week's Labor Radio show features an interview with economist Robin Hahnel digging into the argument of Friday May 24th's Op Ed "Austerity is not the way to fix Portland's Budget". KBOO News reporter Robin Ryan interviews one city worker facing layoff. And we also play ... Read more

Bill Fletcher - How do we fight back in the age of Obama?

Airs at: Sat, 05/18/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Bill Fletcher is a long-time racial justice, labor, and international activist, scholar, and author.  He has served in leadership positions with many prominent union and labor organizations, including the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union.  Fletcher is t... Read more

Audio Archive: Oregon Women in Labor

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Recorded in 1985 Read more

KBOO Special Membership Meeting @ Tabor Space 050413

Airs at: Wed, 05/08/2013 at 12:00am
This is a recording of the meeting from the point when members moved outside to its conclusion.  Wind noise and distance of some speakers from recorder affect quality.  The written transcript, along with Board comments will be posted by KBOO.  The written transcript has six... Read more