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Free Trade & the Fight for Fairness // Young Worker Organzing

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
First, we talk about free trade, in particular, the Korea Free Trade Agreement. On the campaign trail in 2008 Barack Obama called the trade agreement “bad for America workers”, but now he’s announced that he’s moving forward on the deal. What’s with the change of heart? And... Read more

Kapitalism 101: Marx on the Market

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement introduces a selection from Brendan Cooney's video blog Kapitalism 101.  Cooney explains how the workings of the "free" market inevitably produce class inquality.  You can watch the video version here.   Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/29/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/29/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Oregon House District 43 is one of the most diverse in the state.  It also faces some of the biggest challenges:  high unemployment, high rates of police misconduct, high displacement from gentrification. This week Dave and Jo Ann talked with State Rep. Lew Frederick about ... Read more

From Greed to Green

Airs at: Tue, 07/27/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Charles Derber about his book "From Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy." Derber says, if the relatively mainstream, working-class Boston suburb where he lives can get excited about implamenting green technology and polici... Read more

Temporary Workers' Labor Rights, or Lack Thereof

Airs at: Mon, 07/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
An interview with Michael Dale of the Northwest Workers' Justice Project Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/22/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
This week on Voices from the Edge, Jo Ann and Dave ask the question "Are the good guys ahead?" Local progressive may be feeling a bit down over the direction of local and state politics lately. City Hall seems more disconnected than ever from the world in which most Portlan... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/15/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board.  Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim? V... Read more

Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
 “We are in the middle of a whirlwind of struggle and opportunities for fundamental change abound; it’s just a question of how we use them.” ...Or so say the members of Team Colors, a self-described “militant research” collective, who have just released a provocative new boo... Read more

Autonomism Explained

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
When Marx was writing his grim analyses of Capitalism 150 years ago, workers did not have much if any autonomy. The labor movement gave workers the leverage to determine some of the terms of their livelihood, and since the 1970s progressive management theory has given more ... Read more

Bike-Based Entrepreneurs tell us about pedaling one’s goods on the street. Literally.

Airs at: Tue, 07/06/2010 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  (Joe Uris is still on Vacation.)  Sol Pops, SoupCycle and B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery are all Portland-based small businesses driven by a common factor: bicycles. But what’s it like to depend on human-powered transportation for your livelihood... Read more