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The Old Mole Variety Hour for Monday, April 15, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear: Bill Resnick and Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies discussing the necessity of taxes, inequality, and the allocation of public goods;  Barbara Madeloni of Labor Notes, and a former Pre... Read more

Labor Radio on 04/08/19

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Rachel Haines and Stephen Segal host this hour long special about the current state of education in oregon, and what educators are doing to protect public education. Read more

Oregon Public Employees United

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join cohosts Rachel Hanes and Stephen Siegel in a conversation focused on Oregon's history of disinvestment in public education, the failure so far to address the revenue-raising issues, and  Oregon Public Employees United, the rank and file group that started organizing la... Read more

Labor and the Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge reads excerpts from Jane McAlevey’s piece on the Jacobin Magazine website, “Organizing to Win a Green New Deal.” It shows how the role of labor is essential to the climate struggle. Jane McAlvey has been an organizer and negotiator in the labor movement ... Read more

Reform and Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with labor journalist Michael Hirsch about working within reform movements toward revolutionary ends. Hirsch writes about labor and politics and is a member of the editorial board of New Politics.   Graphic courtesy of Nation of Change. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 1, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts today's program which includes: Reform and Revolution: An interview with Michael Hirsh on reform vs. revolution Labor and the Green New Deal: A reading from the Jacobin website entitled "Organizing to Win a Green New Deal." The Anthropocene: A reading fro... Read more

The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Radiozine airs episode "The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez" from Making Contact. Cesar Chavez has made it to the big screen. Millions of people are now learning about the legendary farmworker organizer. But where did Chavez get his organizing philosophies? This week, Pa... Read more

Raising Cane

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Stage & Studio presents a special documentary from the "Crossing East" Asian Pacific American history series, winner of the 2006 Peabody award. This is excerpted from the "Raising Cane" segment by Robynn Takayama and Dmae Roberts with help from Jenny Dunn. For more info ... Read more

Troublemakers School - Coming April 6

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Troublemakers School is back!  Every two years, the "troublemakers wing" of the labor movement (Labor Notes) organizes a day-long school on everything from "secrets" of successful workplace organizing to putting-the -"movement" back in the labor movement.  This year's k... Read more

Labor Radio on 03/18/19 - The #NewEraHatsOff Campaign

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Is America's Pastime Crushing Labor Unions? Host Michael Cathcart tells the story of the fight to halt New Era Cap Company's plan to shutter their long-standing unionized factory in upstate New York in order to shift production of Major League Baseball (MLB) hats to a n... Read more