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Richard Rothstein Interview

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Richard Rothstein is a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute.  He has written extensively on the effect of inequitable education on black and minority children in the US.  His latest piece for the EPI, focuses on the complicity of the Federal government i... Read more

Fighting Back Against Fast Track's More of the Same

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
ROBYN GOTTLIEB OF THE OREGON FAIR TRADE CAMPAIGN GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON "FAST TRACK," THE PROPOSAL NOW BEFORE CONGRESS THAT WOULD IMPOSE MORE OF THE SAME MULTINATIONAL CORPORATE MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE ON PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD. Read more

COCA COLA WORKERS IN COLOMBIA: "TEMPORARIES" FOR 20 YEARS

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
AS THE U.S. CONGRESS CONSIDERS MORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS, LABOR PROVISIONS OF PRIOR FTA'S REMAIN UNENFORCED.  THE U.S.-COLOMBIA "LABOR ACTION PLAN' WAS SUPPOSED TO REPLACE CONTINGENT EMPLOYMENT WITH PERMANENT JOBS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKERS AT COCA COLA I... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 18, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode, with segments on electoral politics vs political movements, videocameras and policing, warrior capitalism, and the psychology of responding to climate change. To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the ... Read more

Warrior Capitalism: Middle class? What middle class?

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker shares Jack Smith's article from Counterpunch.  It's about the disappearance of class terms, i.e., ruling class, upper class, working class, in political discussion by both politicians and journalists and the political consequences of that. Now the author cont... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 11, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this membership-drive special (and hence the shorter length of the show) and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah about the Black Lives Matter movement Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss Everyday Rebellion, a cross-media documentary o... Read more

Fight For $15 NOW

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Justin Kertson-Norton about the Fight for $15 movement. They consider the progress they've made in the national and local conversation around the minimum wage, and Bill wonders whether a more radical vision of worker control on the job and in the ... Read more

Oregon Public Employee Retirement System

Airs at: Tue, 05/12/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
The Oregon Supreme Court recently overturned the efforts of the Oregon Legislature to correct some of the funding problems as they affect PERS.  I interviewed more than a half-dozen legislators in 2014 about what they thought about the PERS funding issue and how they wou... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 27, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: Jan Haaken and Todd Sloan talk about psychology and perceptions of class and inequality. Bill Resnick finishes his conversation Michael Armstrong of Portland' Bureau of Planning and Sustainability with... Read more

The Meaning of May Day in 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss the origins of May Day in the Chicago Riot of 1886, its enduring if transformed significance today, and local actions taking place on May Day  (May 1st) 2015. Read more