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Zekan Sues Lincoln County For Freedom of Speech

Airs at: Tue, 05/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Matt Zekan is suing Lincoln County officials for denying his right to free speech. Zekan began protesting against the county after the placed his father on administrative leave two years ago. Lincoln County later banned Zekan from all government property fo... Read more

KBOO and Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement comments on how KBOO's democratic organization and ownership structure is, as a form of workplace democracy, the true base of progressive social change. Read more

Bus Riders Unite

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Khahn Pham and Jared Franz from OPAL / Bus Riders Unite speak about the transit systems proposed cuts, OPALs alternatives that put riders first and unity with transit workers. Read more

Voices from the Edge on 05-10-12 Occupying the economy with Richard D. Wolff

Airs at: Thu, 05/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Occupying the economy with Richard D. Wolff Three years into the government's announced recovery, working Americans find themselves poorer than when the recovery began. While the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression has exposed corrupt bankers, unregulated s... Read more

PREVIEW - News & PA Day - Ralph Nader

Airs at: Fri, 05/11/2012 at 12:00am
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PREVIEW - News & PA Day - Helen Caldicott

Airs at: Fri, 05/11/2012 at 12:00am
Just a little teaser...here is the whole day-long schedule. Read more

US Labor Chauvinism and China

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads a CounterPunch article by trade-unionist, Alberto Ruiz, called The US Labor Movement and China. Ruiz criticizes the stigmatization of foreign labor by US unionists and explores the dark pro-imperialist history of the AFL-CIO, as well as the vigor of the re... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 7th 2012

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole, which is shorter than usual because of membership-drive. We hear about growing concern with and resistance to nuclear energy, ecologically driven energy policy in Oregon, and about labor chauvinism toward China. Bill Resnick interview... Read more

Postal Fightback Stirs

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Postmaster General threatens to close half the sorting facilities, thousands of post offices, end Saturday and door-to-door delivery and eliminate hundreds of thousands of living wage union jobs. Letter carrier unionist, Jamie Partridge, reports on a growing rank-and-fi... Read more

Golden Gate Ferryworkers On Strike

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Bay Area ferry workers went on strike early this morning, shutting down ferries traveling from Larkspur and Sausalito to San Francisco. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more