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Students Strike Back Against Austerity -- in Portland and Quebec

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
With total student debt now surpassing even total credit card debt, students and graduates around the world are looking austerity in the face and mobilizing against it. On tonight's show we speak with independent writer and researcher Andrew Gavin Marshall of Montreal, Cana... Read more

Scholar and Feminist Catherine Sameh

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with founding mole Catherine Sameh, co-founder of In Other Words and currently Associate Director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and managing editor of The Scholar & Feminist Online. They discuss social justice feminism, the history and... Read more

Tribulations of TriMet

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Don McIntosh, reporter for Northwest Labor Press, about TriMet, the health impact of driving a bus, the need for public transportation, and the possibility of raising the payroll tax that provides funding for public transportation. Read more

Jane Slaughter of Labor Notes Talks About Troublemakers & the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes, talks about effective troublemaking and the health of the labor movement. Read more

Housing Justice Hunger Strike

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
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John Jung, author of Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for APA Compass
John Jung tells us about his family's Chinese-American immigrant experience, as the sole Chinese family in a small Georgia town and about his unexpected brush with history and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.  He is the author of four books exploring how Chinese-American immigrants ... Read more

Lataya Daily interview

Airs at: Fri, 06/29/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp spoke with local Occupy St. John's community organizer about the Occupy the Post Office event. The event was a rally in protest of Postmaster General PAtrick Donahue's decision to make significant cuts to the US Postal Service, including cutting ... Read more

Doug Henwood: Walker Victory, un-sugarcoated

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement reads Doug Henwood's commentary on the changing political landscape for the labor movement and considers classic pitfalls of American unionism, namely it's focus on electoral politics and workplace contracts. Doug points out that unions typically don't make com... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 25th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole. We hear about the challenge to Obamacare and the single-payer alternative, the pitfalls of mainstream unionism, a movie review of Spike Lee's 1999  "Summer of Sam", and an update on Julian Assange.   Bill Resnick talks with Gerald Free... Read more

Dave King on Jobs and the Climate

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Dave King, a local activist and organizer of the upcoming mini-conference on Jobs and the Climate, being held at the Musicians Union Hall. They talk about the various ways that creating an ecologically sustainable world, addressing climate and other... Read more