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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 26, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Palestinian Film Fest: As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza continues, so too does global resistance to the war and to Israeli occupation of Palestine. Jan Haaken talks with Shams ... Read more

Black Workers Organize at Tesla

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Black Tesla workers recently sued their employer for an extremely well documented pattern of racial discrimination. Whereas lawsuits seldom even reimburse successful plaintiffs for their injuries, this suit could be the prelude to the United Auto Workers union and Bay Area ... Read more

Black Care Matters

Airs at: Tue, 02/20/2024 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
  Black Care Matters centers the voice of Black nurses working in the state of Oregon. Our show is a safe space for BIPOC nurses to speak their truth, tell their stories, increase their joy, and problem-solve new interventions to eliminate white supremacy in health care. I... Read more

Educators Push for a Ceasefire and Palestinian Rights

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Becca Rothstein and Dana Zentgraf about their organizing efforts focusing on Palestinian solidarity. Read more

We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
 In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000.  "We Are Each Other's Harvest" explores this crisis, through the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm... Read more

Secrets of a Successful Organizer, Lesson #3

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Labor Notes book, "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" (available, in whole or in part, at labornotes.org), distills generations of workplace organizing knowledge.  Lesson #3, read by Jamie Partridge, called "Map Your Workplace and Its Leaders" takes up these challenges ... Read more

Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, PCC Instructor on Race Unity

Airs at: Wed, 01/17/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Part 2 of the conversation with Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, part-time ESOL (English As A Second Language) Instructor & Writing Center Tutor at Portland Community College.   --------       Read more

Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation Strike Ready

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
UPDATE: Just hours after this interview on Monday, January 15th, a Tentative Agreement was reached between the GTFF and U of O...Rajeev Ravisankar, past president of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation at the University of Oregon, describes the union's struggle for a f... Read more

PFSP Continues to Fight for a Living Wage & Adequate Training and Staffing

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with PFSP members Amaru Moon and Haven Wetmore about their ongoing efforts to settle a fair contract with Portland Public Schools. Read more

Interview with Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, PT ESOL Instructor & Writing Center Tutor at Portland Community College

Airs at: Wed, 12/20/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
    ------ Guest: Marianne Stupfel-Wallace, facilitator at all levels of ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Portland Community College from beginning "survival English" to academic level reading, writing, and communication classes.   Host: Grace Growing... Read more