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Old Mole Variety Hour March 5th

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Joe talk with Josh Eidelson about the pitfalls of organizing and running unions like service-providing businesses Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Multnomah County D... Read more

Left and the Law: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, as part of an on-going series we call The Left and The Law, discussion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Multnomah County. Specifically, a resolution was passed recently that calls on the ICE to exercise prosecutorial discretion in... Read more

Josh Eidelson: Business Unionism vs. Organized Labor

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement and Josh Eidelson talk about the pitfalls of organizing workers (into unions) on the model of a business. The practice is widely known as "service-unionism" or "business-unionism" and  in many ways boils down union membership to a customer relation to a service ... Read more

Labor, Socialism, Race, and Queer rights!

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tune in to this weeks show where we will discuss two exciting topics! The first is looking at the similarities between the Labor movement and the Queer movement with Dr. Joesph Zompetti (School of Communication at Illinois State University) and Sherry Wolf (Author of Sexua... Read more

Positively Revolting on 03-02-12 Report back from F29 actions

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
On February 29th, actions took place across the country to end corporate power.  Many actions drew attention to ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, and the effects it has on our democracy. Ani and Lyn talk with organizers of F29 events, to hear how things we... Read more

Joe Uris teaches about the history of US labor for Our Schools

Airs at: Fri, 02/24/2012 at 12:00am
Joe Uris leads an exploration of several key events from labor history. He curses and breaks into song as the subject matter dictates. This event was recorded at the human's Public Library in downtown Portland on or about February 21st 2012. Read more

Coltan and The Congo

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Tonight we talk about conflict minerals,  the historic exploitation of Congo and the role that Western nations and multi-national corporations continue to play in the exploitation  of the resources of Africa. We hear from many people, including Aaron Hall,  from the enough ... Read more

Oregon educators fight to improve our schools, and Portland Occupy activists take on corporate giants

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Tonight's show is about how people in Oregon are taking action on two fronts.  First we speak with Hanaa Vaandering, a physical education teacher and vice president of the Oregon Education Association, about today's action in Salem and the fight to improve our schools.  The... Read more

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" re... Read more

Beyond Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Noam Chomsky said of America Beyond Capitalism by Gar Alperowitz that it provides "concrete and feasible ways to reverse the ominous course of the past several decades and to open the way to a vibrant democracy with a sustainable economy that can satisfy human needs, not l... Read more