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A call to fill Oregon's black leadership void

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Black leadership is on the rise - from the White House to corporate giants like Xerox Corp. In progressive Oregon, however, blacks currently hold no elected positions in the city, county or regional governments within the metropolitan area where most of their community resi... Read more

The Black Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge talks with Deborah Stringfellow and Jerry Lawrence, founding members of the African American Longshore Coalition and rank-and-file leaders of Portland’s Longshore and Warehouse Union – ILWU local 8 about racism, union democracy and current struggles on ... Read more

August 17 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris (pictured here) hosts this show focusing on prisons, healthcare reform, and labor issues;  and featuring music from Tom Waits's CD Blood Money. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can follow us on Twitter, and see... Read more

Labor and the Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about the role of that publication in putting the movement back in the labor movement, and about the role of labor in the fight for healtcare reform.    Read more

Reviving the NLRB

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The National Labor Relations Board, charged with mediating labor disputes, became moribund during the Bush administration, but the Obama administration is trying to revive it by appointing new members.  The Old Mole's Tom Becker looks at an article by Dave Lindorff in Coun... Read more

What's Wrong With the Recovery? ...and... Car Wash Workers Organize

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
What's Wrong With the Recovery? First up: Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple poli... Read more

What's Wrong With Recovery -- Extended Interview with Marty Hart-Landsberg (online exclusive!)

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple policy change could eliminate Social Security'... Read more

EMBEDDED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR - Journalist Steve Early

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hosts Peter Shapiro and Jamie Partridge talk with Steve Early, author of EMBEDDED WITH ORGANIZED LABOR, Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home (Monthly Review Press).   Just retired from the national staff of the Communications Workers of America, Steve Early has... Read more

The July 27 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This edition of the Old Mole is hosted by Tom Becker (pictured here), and its topics include the global politics of climate change, the history and role of Bitch Magazine, the right to be irate when being arrested, healthcare workers' fight for their own union, and a set of... Read more

Fighting the SEIU

Airs at: Sun, 07/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) has been fighting for its right to represent healthcare workers in California, against the massive Service Employees International Union (SEIU).  Tom Becker talks with NUHW's vice-president John Borsos about the issues.  You ... Read more