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US china Solar panel trade war

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Friday, a U.S trade panel ruled that solar imports from China were harming the U.S. domestic solar industry. In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it is deeply concerned that the decision shows a strong inclination to trade protectionsism, and was reached without s... Read more

Occupy Portland protestersto occupy foreclosed home

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Occupy Wall Street movement has announced a national day of action tomorrow to Occupy Foreclosed homes.In northeast Portland tomorrow, activists will join with a family facing foreclosure to stand in solidarity and try to prevent their eviction. The action is supported ... Read more

WRR: Capitalism without Capitalists? Is It Possible or Desirable?

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe reads two two inter-related blog-posts - "Are CEOs workers, and should we care?" and "Capitalism without Capitalists" - by Peter Frase. Joe mistakenly says Frase teachs at CUNY, where he is only a doctoral student in sociology. Frase writes his own blog, but is an edito... Read more

WRR: Occupy Production!

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay (edited for radio) by marxist economist Richard Wolff, published in Monthly Review and Truth-Out. Wolff makes a quick, but potent case for workplace democracy as the next phase for Occupy. Read more

COP-17 & International Climate Change Action

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Williams, Physics/Chemistry professor at Pace University and author of "Ecology and Socialism", about the COP-17 international climate change conferences. The 17 stands for the number of years the conference has occured. They talk about report... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Dec. 5th

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chris Williams about the COP-17 international climate change conference. Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Richard Wolff about workplace democracy and the occupy movement. Laurie M... Read more

Portland nurse Maxine Fookson travels to the Gaza Strip

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
On October 18th, 2011, health care workers from Washington and Oregon left for a medical delegation to Gaza, hosted by the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. The purpose of the trip is to learn more about the effects of ongoing war and occupation on the health of the cit... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 11/29/11

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2011 at 12:00am
  Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of "The Nation," about her new book, "THE CHANGE I BELIEVE IN: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama." Vanden Heuvel offers her vision of how it is still possible to forge a p... Read more

Occupy Salem Update

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Occupy Salem encampment has been denied a permit to remain in their current location next to the Oregon State Capitol.But the activists are un-deterred, saying that they will maintain their nightly campsite at a church parking lot, and will simply move the kitchen and o... Read more

Evening News - Occupy Portland Live Stream - 11-10-11 Part 3 of 3

Airs at: Thu, 11/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Interviews from the Occupy Portland encampment as heard originally on the KBOO live stream.  Volunteers, residents, supporters and commentators comment on the mayor's eviction notice, the future of the movement, the camp as a microcosm of society, the Molotov cocktail i... Read more