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A special hour-long Presswatch

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." A special hour-long Presswatch with call-ins and a focus on Libya, Fukushima and the potential for a general strike. Your chance to dialogue with Theresa about what's happening in the world. Image of César Estra... Read more

Labor rights, economic justice, and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod lead a discussion of how the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. relates to current labor issues in the U.S. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4th in 1968. Their guest is Isaiah Poole, whose current article is "From Memphis to Madison... Read more

Young union members seek social change through YELL

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Allie Medeiros and Nick Gaitaud of The Oregon AFL-CIO Young Emerging Labor Leaders (YELL) which mobilizes young union members to become leaders and activists for social change within their unions and communities at large. YE... Read more

STOP WAGE THEFT in OREGON

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Michael Dale, director of the Northwest Worker Justice Project, speaks with Labor Radio's Jamie Partridge about legislation to combat wage theft currently before the Oregon legislature.  The Oregon Coalition to Stop Wage Theft held a Town Hall in Southeast Portland Thursday... Read more

Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' Donna Hammond at WE ARE ONE rally

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' Donna Hammond inspires the crowd at the April 4th WE ARE ONE rally Read more

OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain @ WE ARE ONE Rally

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
OR AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain exhorts union members at the April 4th We Are One rally to follow the left road, the path of Martin Luther King Jr. Read more

A Primer In Class Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hasn't Marx been proven wrong countless times by ALL the economists? Isn't it the Europeans who are held back by class, while Americans transcend class? Michael Schwalbe, a sociology professor at University of North Carolina, begs to differ and explains how class-struggle ST... Read more

Movie Moles: Mildred Pierce (2011)

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Mildred Pierce was a 1941 novel by James M Cain set in 1930 America and follows Mildred Pierce's struggle to support her family when she kicks out her cheating, unemployed husband. The 1945 movie-version adds a noir murder-mystery to the story, while this newer one, direct... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 4th

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today's Old Mole, hosted by Joe Clement, features an interview about US intervention in Libya, reviews of Sucker Punch and Mildred Pierce, and a reading of "A Primer on Class Struggle."   Joe opens the show with a short- reading from Michael Hardt's Guardian essay "Reclaimi... Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-31-11 Sex Trafficking

Airs at: Thu, 03/31/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  How do we solve Oregon's sex-trafficking problem? Portland holds the dubious distinction of being considered a regional and national sex-trafficking hub. Although Oregon does not track the number of youth involved in prostitution, law enforcement and social service age... Read more