Political Perspectives

Joe Clement hosts a special May Day Political Perspectives hour about the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a union for all workers with the revolutionary aspiration of abolishing the wage-system. They've been known as "the singing union", "the wobblies", and what Hunt... Read more

Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) will host the first-ever Oregon showing of Particles on the Wall, a multidisciplinary exhibit exploring the impact of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on our region and our world, May 3rd-June 14th at the Ecotrust Building in... Read more

From the series TUC Radio Cindy Folkers and Mary Olson  Post-Fukushima Food Monitoring and: Gender Matters in the Atomic AgeCindy Folkers specializes in radiation impacts on health. She works with Beyond Nuclear. They call attention to the connections between nuclear power... Read more

Host Lisa Loving interviews author and radio show host Thom Hartmann about the shift of power to corporations and the loss of power for the people who form the cornerstone of democracy.Thom Hartmann speaks speaks on "Corporations Are Not People and Money is Not Speech" at t... Read more

We hear an excerpt from Economic Update with host economist Richard Wolff. His topics include the assault on social security, Maggie Thatcher, and "job creation." And he interviews Chris Hedges on deepening social crisis, divisions, and turmoil coming.http://www.democracyat... Read more

Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, a national organizing center and sponsor of Troublemakers' Schools throughout the country, speaks to the 200+ labor activists at Portland's TMS on April 13, 2013 on New Directions for the Labor Movement. Read more

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Matt Briggs, director of "Deep Green: Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now,”  a good roadmap of the best world-wide solutions of what one person or one city can do to lower their carbon footprint to Net Zero and restore the Natur... Read more

Robin Ryan hosts a preview of the Troublemakers School. On Saturday, April 13th, labor advocacy groups and unions will host a daylong conference with workshops and panels.Special guests include Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, and Stephanie Luce, professor of labor st... Read more

TriMet used to be considered a great transit system with short wait times, colorful bus stops and friendly drivers, but in recent years fares have been raised so often, and service has been cut so much, that taking the bus has become unaffordable and inconvenient. How unaff... Read more

A conversation with activist and author Jerry Mander about his latest book The Capitalism Crisis: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System.In the 1960s, Mander was president of a major San Francisco advertising company before turning his talents to environmental campaigns. Mander ... Read more