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Labor Day's Radical Roots

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reflects on Labor Day's radical roots. All too often pitted against celebrations of International Workers Day, Labor Day was born of the same international-tending workers movement that also gave birth to May Day. To help tell this story, Joe reads from Eugen... Read more

INJURED COLOMBIAN WORKERS & "FREE TRADE" PROMISES

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
INJURED COLOMBIAN WORKERS FROM THE GENERAL MOTORS PLANT IN BOGOTÁ HAVE OCCUPIED A TENT IN FRONT OF THE U.S. EMBASSY FOR OVER 4 YEARS, SEEKING JUSTICE AND SOME OF THE LABOR RIGHTS PROMISED BEFORE A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY THE TWO COUNTRIES.  THEY TALK ABOUT THE... Read more

EN LAS CARPAS DE RESISTENCIA CON TRABAJADORES ENFERMOS COLOMBIANOS

Airs at: Sun, 09/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
HACE MÁS QUE CUATRO AÑOS LOS TRABAJADORES ENFERMOS MIEMBROS DE ASOTRECOL MANIFIESTAN SU LUCHA POR UN TRATAMIENTO JUSTO Y SU OPOSICIÓN AL TRATADO DE LIBRE COMERCIO COLOMBIA-EEUU EN CARPAS FRENTE A LA EMBAJADA ESTADOUNIDENSE EN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA.  DOS COMPAÑEROS HABLAN DE L... Read more

Janus Youth Workers Rally for 15

Airs at: Fri, 08/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Janus Youth Workers, organized in the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies), march on their boss (Dennis) and rally outside the headquarters of the non-profit agency which works with homeless and marginalized youth.  Host Jamie Partridge interviews two workers, Tyle... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 24, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode with segments featuring Jeremy Brecher on Climate Insurgency, Denise & Joe on Housing Justice, and readings on the cost of low wages and the radical promise of Reconstruction. Bill talks with Jeremy Brecher about Climate Insurgency. Tom read... Read more

Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads from a piece by Alex Gourevitch in the current issue of Jacobin "Our Forgotten Labor Revolution" arguing that the Reconstruction of the South following the Civil War was ended because its promise of freedom was threatening to go beyond the aboli... Read more

The Cost of Low Wages

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads Pete Dolack's Low Wages Don't Come Cheap, about wage suppression and the use of public funds to subsidize the profits of the corporate elite. [public domain image via wikipedia] Read more

Climate Insurgency

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Jeremy Brecher, author of Climate Insurgency: A Strategy for Survival. They discuss the limits of the Obama clean energy plan and the opportunites it offers to push for global actions that will actually help salvage a humanly liveable climate; the... Read more

Economists for $15 minimum wage

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Three Portland economists speak in favor of raising the minimum wage in Oregon to $15.   Mary King, professor emerita at Portland State University; Martin Hart-Landsberg, professor at Lewis and Clark College; and Robin Hahnel, professor American University and Portland S... Read more

Tenants Union: Fight Your Landlord And Win!

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads a pamphlet produced by Buffalo Class Action (a Buffalo, New York area anarchist political organization) about the political situation of the for-profit housing system and the power that tenants have to challenge and ultimately transform it, if and when ... Read more