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Portland Rising Day of Action for Good Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Portland Rising , a project of JOBS with JUSTICE, is calling worker rights activists to Get on the Bus for a Day of Action.  On June 30th several busloads of demonstrators will travel to job sites in support of multiple unions whose contracts expire on that same day.  UNITE... Read more

Radiozine on 06/24/11

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Carlos Chavez interviews social rights activist and co-founder of the Brown Berets in Los Angeles, Carlos Montes. His house was raided by the FBI on May 17th of this year and was the most recent in a string of raids and subpoenas on activists and labor union members th... Read more

Positively Revolting 06-17-11 David Cobb

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani & Lyn spoke with guest David Cobb about his Move to Amend event, the scourge of corporate power and personhood, and ways communities can fight back against corporate power. Part of the plan is for folks to be willing to disobey and resist. Listeners shared their plans ... Read more

Radical Musicology: Ewan McColl

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill and Brad discuss Ewan McColl, the radical folk-singer/song-writer from England and the impact of his ballads on raising political awareness around the world. Before that, Brad reflects on the last three years he's been doing these segments with the Old Mole and the im... Read more

Membership Drive Special: Education Reform and the War on Teachers

Airs at: Mon, 10/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Who is to blame for the failures of public education?  The finger is often pointed at teachers and their unions.  Tonight's Labor Radio gives educators a chance to talk back.  In tonight's membership drive special we take a look at how so-called reforms add to the problems ... Read more

Portland Rising: Fifteen Thousand Workers in Collective Bargaining This Summer

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Negotiating a collective bargaining agreement is tough.  Negotiating during hard economic times is even tougher. Despite the down economy, workers across the state -- including 15,000 Portland workers in bargaining right now -- are staying on the offense to fight for jobs, ... Read more

New Hope for Single Payer! and West Coast Unity for San Francisco Hotel Workers

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
RN and longtime health care and labor activist Betsy Zucker brings us some major good news in the campaign for single payer, including a groundbreaking victory in Vermont and a change of direction from labor's top organizational leadership.  For more info on the upcoming tr... Read more

Helen Keller: politically incorrect rebel girl

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Helen Keller is a beloved bleeding-heart symbol of personal perseverance, an "unmitigated American folk-hero" even, but what we hardly hear in school is that she persevered against capitalism and in solidarity with the radical left movements of her time. This short essay, r... Read more

The 11th annual Village Building Convergence!

Airs at: Tue, 05/24/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   The City Repair Projects's Mark Lakeman joins Abe and Joe to discuss the upcoming 11th annual Village Building Convergence, set for May 27-June 5 at more than 40 sites throughout the city. Portlanders will come together to create benc... Read more

Anti-union campaign threatens Portland's French School closure

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Massene Mboup, Co-President of the Associated French School Employees, tells host Jamie Partridge how his administration is trying to bust their union by threatening to close their school.    Read more