Labor

Labor Law for the Rank and Filer

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe talks with Dan Gross, co-author with Staughton Lynd of the book, "Labor Law for the Rank and Filer". They talk about labor law as an overall impediment to the labor movement, but how it can still figure into successful organizing today. They also talk about solidarity u... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 25 March 2013

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts and talks with Radical Musicologist Brad Duncan about Black Power and Soul music; Bill Resnick talks with media analyst Robert McChesney about the dangers corporate internet monopolies pose for democracy; and movie moles Denise Morris and Frann Mic... Read more

A Place at the Table: movie moles review

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the documentary A Place at the Table, currently playing in Portland at the Hollywood Theatre, about the serious problem of food insecurity. The film makes vivid the struggles of some of the 50 million Americans who are food insecure, b... Read more

Pascal Sauton Interview

Airs at: Thu, 03/21/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Categorized Program Not

Pascal Sauton is many things; chef, connoisseur, bon vivant, traditionalist, teacher. And now, sex symbol. Don Merrill talks with this French transplant about winning the title of America's Hottest Chef and Portland food culture as well as what diners should be able to ex... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Mole dealing with Congressional Budget proposals, drones and filibusters, rape and Native Americans, civilization's fate in the hands of capitalism, and the fight to save the US Postal Service. To hear the whole show, use the play button... Read more

Live audio from Postal Service Rally

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick attended the rally on Sunday in support of the Postal Service workers and against cuts in service, including Saturday deliveries. He recorded sound bites from speeches and interviews at the rally, plus a more extended defense of the Postal Service by Willie Go... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 11th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear about Hugo Chavez and Venuzuela, the new drug-war action film Snitch, wage-slavery and republican visions of liberty, and space warfare.Bill Resnick talks with Michael Fox about Hugo Chavez and what's next for Veneuzalans.Jan Haake... Read more

A Republican Critique of Wage-Slavery?

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Today words like "republican" or "independence" or "liberty" are likely to conjure ideas about the freedom of business, right to work laws, and the aggrandizement of owner-entrepreneurs. Joe Clement interviews Alex Gourevitch's about his recent article for Jacobin Magazine ... Read more

Earned Sick Leave Hearing at City Hall

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO reporter Jamie Partridge interviews participants outside a City Council hearing on an earned sick leave ordinance -- Dan Clay, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers local 555, Charlotte, a Fred Meyer worker, Steve Hughes of the Working Families Party and ... Read more

Fasting for Injured Colombian GM Workers

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

John Walsh testifies about his one day fast, part of a series of rolling fasts across the country, in support of injured Colombian GM workers demanding justice from the American automaker. Read more