Labor

Layoffs of California public employees, Oregon anti-worker ballot measures, labor’s stake in global warming

Airs at: Sun, 08/10/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Adrienne Suffin, SEIU Local 1000 Scott Moore, Defend Oregon Barbara Byrd, Secretary-Treasurer, Oregon AFL-CIO Read more

Portland day labor center and WPA labor theater

Airs at: Sun, 07/13/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Romeo Sosa, Executive Director, VOZ Workers’ Rights Education ProjectSusan Quinn, Author of Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times Read more

Street Roots vendors in the labor movement

Airs at: Sun, 09/07/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

David, Tony Hulk, & Roger Moore, Street Roots vendorsIsrael Bayer, Director, Street Roots Read more

Economic policy and working people: Financial crisis and free trade agreements

Airs at: Sun, 10/12/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Arthur Stamoulis, Director, Oregon Fair Trade CampaignBarbara Dudley, Professor of Political Science, Portland State University Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 6, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program is all about the global economy and how to fix it. The Movie Moles discuss Battle in Seattle, and Bill Resnick talks with two activists with The Apollo Alliance about how to put the economy on a green footing. Hear the whole show by clicking on the arrow... Read more

Apollo in Portland

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Barbara Byrd represents the Apollo Alliance in Oregon, and is with the Labor Educations and Research Center at the University of ORegon. She talks with Bill Resnick about the work of the Apollo Alliance here. Read more

Green Collar Jobs

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Apollo Alliance has an affordable plan to restart the economy with plenty of living-wage jobs cleaning up our environment and keeping it clean. Kate Gordon, co-director of the Apollo Alliance, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. Read more

Interview, Jean Phaelzer author of Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm

Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews author Jean Phaelzer about her book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. From the Gold Rush in the 1840's through the Civil War and into the early 1900's Chinese faced brutal purges and roundups throughout the Pa... Read more

Day Labor Center

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm

Normal 0 Protesters and supporters gathered outside of the Portland Day Labor Center at NE Everett and Martin Luther King Boulevard today. KBOO reporters Honna Veerkamp and Trillium Shannon were there, and filed this report: ... Read more

The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 09/03/2008 at 9:14am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Interviews with Nellie Wong and Laura Mannen on The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, the upcoming Radical Women Conference to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco.Part I: Nellie Wong, a long time revolutionary feminist activist and poet, will be a keynote speaker... Read more