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Participatory Economics

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The economy is not working for workers.  What is our labor-friendly economic vision?  What about workers’ councils and consumers’ councils democratically planning the economy?  How is this working in Venezuela today?  How could it work here?  Host Jamie Partridge gives us e... Read more

Abe surveys the economic, social and political wreckage of the new age of austerity

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   The current austerity fetish was never a good idea, and now we know it's bad politics, too. The austerity kick in Washington is exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. At a time of enormous economic duress, ... Read more

Solidarity Salsa Party Supports VOZ and Jobs With Justice

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The VOZ workers rights education project and Jobs With Justice throw a party to have fun for a good cause. Romeo Sosa and Eliana Machuca tell us about it. Read more

August 22 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show about controlling problem children with psychoactive drugs, controlling our attitudes towards rich folks with an art museum, and the struggle of Verizon workers against the control of their lives by the company.  For information about ou... Read more

Voices from the Verizon Strike

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 From the streets of New York, here are the voices of Verizon workers marching, chanting, and discussing their struggles with Verizon's  squeeze on them and the importance of their union (Communication Workers of America).  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick was on the scene and  ... Read more

Museum or Mausoleum: Ideology at the Frick

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 American Industrialist Henry Clay Frick made a fortune in coke and steel, built a mansion on 5th Avenue, filled it with European masterpieces, and willed it to the people.  What could be wrong with that?  Nothing, except that it makes a hero out of a villain and turns the ... Read more

Women with Moxie and Courage to Start Their Own Businesses

Airs at: Fri, 07/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Women are creating, building and leading some of the most innovative businesses in the world. Along the way, often at great risk and against the odds, they have shattered glass ceilings and entrenched stereotypes and have redefined the meaning of leadership and success.... Read more

UK Rising

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  We talk with Zita Holburne from BARAC - Black Activists Rising Against Cuts - in the UK. You'll also hear from anti-fascist organizer Weymann Bennett and family members of people who have died in police custody in Britain, organizing for justice and police accountability... Read more

Tri-Met Riders Unite! and Inquisitive Frog Visits Rep. Blumenauer

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
"I absolutely love bus organizing.  Bus riders are my people." As Tri-Met raises fares and decreases service, a bus ticket costs more than ever and may not get you as far.  A growing network of working-class transit riders are reaching out to each other on the bus and organi... Read more

Here's an idea, Mr. President: try governing the way you campaigned.

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   What's a progressive to do these days? A federal court has declared the "individual mandate" provision of the health care bill to be unconstitutional, making it nearly inevitable that the case will find its way to the Supreme Court. Hmm, what sort... Read more