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Support for County On-Call and Temp Workers

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole, library employee, and union member Joe Clement explains the ongoing struggle between  Multnomah County and temp and on-call workers who wish to join the union. You can support these workers by going to the County Board meeting at the Multnomah County Building, 501... Read more

McCarthyism vs Clinton Jencks

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Host Norm Diamond talks with historian Raymond Caballero about Caballero's new book McCarthyism vs Clinton Jencks, as well as more about "Salt of the Earth," the film reviewed in the previous segment of today's show. Clinton Jencks was a decorated war hero who adopted as hi... Read more

Movie Review: "Salt of the Earth"

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Jan Haaken discuss the classic 1954 film made against great odds because the film makers were black-listed by the Hollywood establishment. According to Wikipedia,  The film is one of the first pictures to advance the feminist social and polit... Read more

Movie Review: "Salt of the Earth"

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Laurie Mercier and Jan Haaken discuss the classic 1954 film made against great odds because the film makers were black listed by the Hollywood establishment. According to Wikipedia,  The film is one of the first pictures to advance the feminist social and polit... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 9, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond is our host for this edition of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Laurie Mercier discuss the classic labor and feminist film "Salt of the Earth." 2. Historian Raymond Caballero talks with Norm Diamond about McCarthyism and union struggle... Read more

Berkley Teacher and Activist Yvette Felarca

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as talk with Berkley teacher and activist Yvette Felarca.  Yvette serves as an amazing example of courage for educators who believe that part of setting an example for our students requires us to be in the streets confronting fascism. Read more

Strikes & the Politics of Worker Power

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement talks with Marianne Garneau about strikes and the politics of worker-power. They consider how strikes have been tamed in the last 100 year by labor law and what that has meant for their usefulness in winning gains for workers. If strikes are still useful, wha... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 2, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this Labor Day episode of the Old Mole,  in which Joe Clement talks with Marianne Garneau about strikes and politics of worker-power. Bill Resnick talks with Emma Lierley from Rainforest Action about forest destruction in Brazil, Indonesia, and elsewh... Read more

Kaiser Ready to Strike & Pop Mob Fools Fascists

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Kaiser healthcare workers, Jennifer Forrester and Liz Arndt, speak from the picketline about their fight for safe staffing and possible strike. Then Alyssa Pariah discusses the Popular Mobilization's SPECTACLE to fool Proud Boys and other fascist forces on August 17th. Read more

Colombian Peace Process

Airs at: Wed, 08/21/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, part two of our conversation with Sanho Tree, Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, plus a report on the Colombian peace process. Read more