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Working for the Prize

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Capitalism exploits our labor, but at least wage workers usually get paid for time on the job.  But what happens when governments and other institutions offer prizes for a job done?  Then many people labor, but only the winner wins.  Joe Clement reads from Jodi Dean's blog... Read more

Housing special: How to organize to make your landlord shape up; plus tips for folks facing foreclosure

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Tonight's show is close to home: we're talking about your house or apartment.  Whether you're paying your landlord or paying the bank, the roof over your head is probably one of your biggest monthly expenses, and the more the financial classes play games with real estate, t... Read more

Voices from the Edge: 01-13-11 Joint Terrorism Task Force

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Should the city of Portland re-join the Joint Terrorism Task Force? Listeners called in and shared their views. Jo Ann Bowman is a former state legislator, former executive director of Oregon Action, and a long-time leader in the struggle for racial and economic justice. ... Read more

Positively Revolting on 01/07/11

Airs at: Fri, 01/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
2011, a year in review..... Ani and Lyn review the last seven days.  We think it's been a weird, and busy, first week of the year.  What's taken your attention this week?  Our discussion of topics included, but was not limited to: A Congressional Rep from Illinois s... Read more

Democratic Teamsters

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Peter Landon has had a long career as a truck driver and Teamster union activist with TDU (Teamsters for a Democratic Union).  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about union democracy and the campaign to replace James P. Hoffa with Sandy Pope as president of th... Read more

Voices from the Edge 01-06-11 Lawmakers & Lawmen

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Lawmakers and Lawmen: A conversation with State Senator Jackie Dingfelder about the upcoming legislative session and a look at Portland Police Chief Mike Reese's comments on police shootings Oregon starts a new year with a new governor and legislature. It also starts with ... Read more

Fix the Economy -- ban billionaires and pass a $20 minimum wage!

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know," focusses on the economy, the dire statistics, and a few solutions.  How about a $20 minimum wage?  And banning billionaires?  Read more

The Rural Organizing Project: Roots and Wings Celebration

Airs at: Wed, 01/05/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We put together a show based on interviews recorded during the Roots and Wings Celebration of the Rural Organizing Project on December 4, 2010. We included about 2/3rds of people who participated in the interviews, talking about the beginnings of ROP, how different individu... Read more

Albert Einstein on Socialism

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2011 at 12:00am
 Albert Einstein wrote "Why Socialism?" for the first issue of Monthly Review. In it he considers the possibility revealed by anthropological science for many different forms of social organization, and way socialism answers the crises of our time. Read more

Abe and Joe discuss the not inconsiderable accomplishments of the Obama administration.

Airs at: Tue, 01/04/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris It's no secret that for progressives, the Obama administration has been a mixed bag. A number of landmark accomplishments seem diminished in light of what they might have been, had the President and his Congressional majority had the back... Read more