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Longshore Workers in the Fight, from Longview, Washington to Buenaventura, Colombia

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Tonight's show features the current struggles of workers in two ports.  First we speak with Dan Coffman, President of ILWU Local 21, about the Longview workers' courageous fight against the transnational corporation EGT, and how their community has mobilized and braved poli... Read more

Presswatch for 12/08/2011

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Hosted by: Theresa Mitchell News You're Not Supposed to Know   The latest news from the Occupation Movement, protests at the white house, Newt Gingrich, problems with oysters, mysterious bruises and other injuries in Japan, global warming and the occupation, housing issues, ... Read more

Take Back the Capitol with Kimberly Bacon

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Fifty Oregonians joined thousands of activists from across the country to Take Back the Capitol this week in a campaign sponsored by the OCCUPY movement, Jobs with Justice, and the Service Employees International Union. Under the banner of "Good Jobs, Not Cuts. Extend U... Read more

GETTING CONGRESS TO WORK FOR THE NINETY NINE PERCENT

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Fifty four Oregonians are on their way to Washington, DC this week to "Take Back the Capitol" for Good Jobs, Not Cuts.  A coalition of groups from We Are Oregon, Oregon Action, Service Employees International Union, and Jobs with Justice have organized the Oregon Delegation... Read more

US china Solar panel trade war

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Friday, a U.S trade panel ruled that solar imports from China were harming the U.S. domestic solar industry. In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it is deeply concerned that the decision shows a strong inclination to trade protectionsism, and was reached without s... Read more

WRR: Capitalism without Capitalists? Is It Possible or Desirable?

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe reads two two inter-related blog-posts - "Are CEOs workers, and should we care?" and "Capitalism without Capitalists" - by Peter Frase. Joe mistakenly says Frase teachs at CUNY, where he is only a doctoral student in sociology. Frase writes his own blog, but is an edito... Read more

WRR: Occupy Production!

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay (edited for radio) by marxist economist Richard Wolff, published in Monthly Review and Truth-Out. Wolff makes a quick, but potent case for workplace democracy as the next phase for Occupy. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Dec. 5th

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chris Williams about the COP-17 international climate change conference. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Richard Wolff about workplace democracy and the occupy movement. Laurie M... Read more

It Calls You Back

Airs at: Fri, 12/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews author, poet and activist Luis J Rodriguez. They discuss his new memoir, It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing. Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country with f... Read more

Winning Paid Sick Leave in Seattle

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Dave Freiboth, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Martin Luther King County Labor Council, discusses Seattle's new paid sick leave ordinance and what it took to win it. Read more