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Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

On October 5, Cecil and Celeste speak with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin, authors of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice".Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for a b... Read more

Interview with Mark Dudzik

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Mark Dudzik, national coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, talks with Peter Shapiro about the unanimous vote of the AFL-CIO National Convention on September 15 to endorse single payer, and the implications for the struggle for real health care ref... Read more

Economic Policy in Pittsburgh

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

While protesters on the streets outside were being gassed by police, what were the world leaders doing inside? Lots of pious promises to help the poor, but any action? Bill Resnick talks with Arthur Stamoulis, Director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign who has followed the ta... Read more

September 21 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program is hosted by Clayton Morgareidge (pictured here) and deals with several areas of popular resistance to domination -- in political uprisings around the world, in courtrooms demanding restitution for medical errors, in demands for healthcare for immigrants, and... Read more

LABOR DAY SPECIAL: Decades of Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Host Peter Shapiro interviews legendary longshore activist, Leo Robinson of Oakland, California, a founder of the African American Longshore Coalition and Vice President of the internationally admired ILWU local 10, about changes on the waterfront from the 1960s to the 1990... Read more

Common Sense and Women of Color in Leadership Roles

Airs at: Wed, 09/09/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Common Sense Hosted by Kayse Jama and Grassia Melendez. Today, Kayse (right) and Grassia (Left) invite four local Women of Color in to discuss what leadership roles Women can play in building Social Justice Movements. Present in the studio today were: Jeri Williams Li... Read more

Old Mole on Labor Day

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Bill Resnick offers a Labor Day message in honor of those who do the work. Read more

An Update on the State of our LGBTQ Union

Airs at: Tue, 09/08/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Carla interviews Kate Kendelle, Executive Director for the National Lesbian Center Rights (nclrights.org), and Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director for Basic Rights Oregon (basicrights.org), about the State of the LGBTQ Union, among other political topics. Kate will be in Por... Read more

Cooperating Co-ops in Cleveland

Airs at: Mon, 08/31/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Building on the model of the Mondragón region of Spain, a movement for a system of worker-owned co-ops is growing in Cleveland, Ohio. Ted Howard, director of the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the democ... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 2 : An Oregon Report

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Learn about Human Trafficking and Slavery in Oregon from the voices of those who's jobs have them confront this modern day horror every day. Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviewed Deputy Kieth Bickford chair of the Oregon Human Trafficking Taskforce, the organization tapped... Read more