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Organizing for Social Justice

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today on The Radio Activst,  Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande talk with social justice consultant and spiritual leader Rabbi Debra Kolodny,  and Will Layng, Executive Director of Jobs With Justice about their work organizing for social justice. Rabbi Kolodny has worked to h... Read more

Gender, Class, and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the 1950s and 60s, political and economic commentary was about the struggle between labor and capital. Not now. Why? Thom Becker reads from Rob Urie’s article in CounterPunch arguing that that capitalism has attempted and largely succeeded in co-opting and compromising a... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of fatal medical errors. 2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike. 3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political c... Read more

California Educators Rising

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Josh Austin, a Berkely teacher and member of the group California Educators Rising.  With all of the excitement surrounding the strikes in Oakland and Los Angeles this year, you might not know that there is also a group in Californing working on uni... Read more

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
  In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee borrowed $100 from her brother to run a "Numbers" racket out of her tattered apartment on Delaware Street, in o... Read more

Made in L.A.: a Documentary

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Made in L.A., an Emmy Award-winning documentary film, will be shown on Sunday, March 3rd at the Clinton Street Theater, 7-9:30 pm, as part of Portland Democratic Socialists of America’s movie night series. Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity and th... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 25, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise morris Hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes What's a Socialist to do: Electoral Strategy for the Left: Laurie Mercier talks with Glen Ford Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, about an electoral strategy for the left. A Climate Beast Awakens: T... Read more

March for Our Students -- Teachers in Action

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Last Monday, February 18th, educators, parents, allies and students stormed the capitol in Salem, 4,000 + strong.  Host Jamie Partridge interviews participants on site and captures parts of the rally and march for full funding for quality education, including connecting wit... Read more

Labor in the Food System

Airs at: Wed, 02/20/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
This episode of the food show is all about labor. We'll be talking with food system workers in fast food restaurants, grocery stores, and on the farm. Emmett Schlenz of the Burgerville Workers Union (BVWU) will talk about the fight for better wages and working conditions an... Read more

Mark Weisbrot on Venezuela

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about what western media is getting wrong about the coup in Venezuela. They consider what the billionaires are afraid of in Venezuela's example, the massive support the current government has, and what we can do to support the people. ... Read more