Labor

The Big Picture: Labor's Strategies on Global Climate Change and the Racial Wealth Divide

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Labor Radio often brings you stories on real specific, immediate struggles, but tonight's show is about the big picture. We talk with two longtime scholar-activists about labor's strategies to address two of the larger-scope problems we face. In the first half of the sho... Read more

Class: What Do the Rich Owe the Rest of Us?

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

What's the class consciousness of middle management? Who really has the power to subvert our unfair economy? In the first half of the show we talk with local union member activist and campaign superstar David Delk, member of AFSCME Local 3135, about what Oregon ballot Me... Read more

Si Kahn on Creative Community Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Tonight we spend the half-hour with renowned singer, songwriter and community organizer Si Kahn. His new book, Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice, is full of amazing stories from his forty-five years in the st... Read more

Labor Rights Under Attack in Colombia, and How Free Trade Versus Fair Trade Affects US Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am

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Hear from Alberto Bejarano of the cane cutters movement in Cali, and from Arthur Stamoulis of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in Portland Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/08/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/08/2010 at 12:00am

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What does peace mean to you? Oregon youth respond In world where we struggle with wars, injustice, violence in our communities and the threat of environmental devastation...what does peace mean to you. That was the question 186 students from around Oregon answer... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/01/2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/01/2010 at 12:00am

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Hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza discuss the Independent Police Review process. About the program… Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 3/25/10

Airs at: Thu, 03/25/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

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This fall, Portlanders will decide whether to continue their experiment with voter-owned elections. The question becomes more relevant in the wake of Citzens United vs. Federal Elections Commission, a recent Supreme Court ruling that removed bans on corporate campaign spend... Read more

Community Calendar, Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Airs at: Wed, 03/24/2010 at 12:00am

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KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2010 ******************* This is Kellyn with your COMMUNITY CALENDAR for WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2010. There is another opportunity to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Those born in the Year of the Tiger receive free admission to th... Read more

Labor for Single Payer & Portland Teachers Struggle

Airs at: Mon, 03/22/2010 at 12:00am

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California Nurses leader Michael Lighty discusses thedisastrous healthcare legislationnow in Congress, and prospects for the single payer, Medicare-for-all movement on the national and state level. Portland Association of Teachers organizer Dee Simmons expounds on the new ... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 03/18/10

Airs at: Thu, 03/18/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Counting Heads: What's right and what's wrong with the 2010 census Its been happening every decade since 1790. As mandated by the constitution, the U.S. Census Bureau determines the population of the nation, the results used to allocate congressional seats, electoral votes ... Read more