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Economic Policy in Pittsburgh

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

While protesters on the streets outside were being gassed by police, what were the world leaders doing inside? Lots of pious promises to help the poor, but any action? Bill Resnick talks with Arthur Stamoulis, Director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign who has followed the ta... Read more

September 21 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program is hosted by Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) and deals with several areas of popular resistance to domination -- in political uprisings around the world, in courtrooms demanding restitution for medical errors, in demands for healthcare for immigrants, and... Read more

LABOR DAY SPECIAL: Decades of Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Host Peter Shapiro interviews legendary longshore activist, Leo Robinson of Oakland, California, a founder of the African American Longshore Coalition and Vice President of the internationally admired ILWU local 10, about changes on the waterfront from the 1960s to the 1990... Read more

Common Sense and Women of Color in Leadership Roles

Airs at: Wed, 09/09/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Common Sense Hosted by Kayse Jama and Grassia Melendez. Today, Kayse (right) and Grassia (Left) invite four local Women of Color in to discuss what leadership roles Women can play in building Social Justice Movements. Present in the studio today were: Jeri Williams Li... Read more

Old Mole on Labor Day

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Bill Resnick offers a Labor Day message in honor of those who do the work. Read more

An Update on the State of our LGBTQ Union

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Carla interviews Kate Kendelle, Executive Director for the National Lesbian Center Rights (nclrights.org), and Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director for Basic Rights Oregon (basicrights.org), about the State of the LGBTQ Union, among other political topics. Kate will be in Por... Read more

Cooperating Co-ops in Cleveland

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Building on the model of the Mondragón region of Spain, a movement for a system of worker-owned co-ops is growing in Cleveland, Ohio. Ted Howard, director of the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the democ... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 2 : An Oregon Report

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Learn about Human Trafficking and Slavery in Oregon from the voices of those who's jobs have them confront this modern day horror every day. Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviewed Deputy Kieth Bickford chair of the Oregon Human Trafficking Taskforce, the organization tapped... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 1: Interview with the author Kevin Bales

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Author and anti-slavery activist Kevin Bales is interviewed by host Linda Olson-Osterlund about his new book The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, co-authored with historian Ron Soodalter. Bales' earlier book on modern slavery, Disposable Peop... Read more

A RADICAL VISION FOR LABOR

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Host Jamie Partridge interviews labor photojournalist David Bacon, a veteran union organizer, whose latest book is "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants". Bacon argues that the key to building power for working people are the str... Read more