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Amazon Workers Unite

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Amazon is in the news almost every day, from its brutal working conditions to the outrageous wealth accumulated by its CEO and richest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos.  Host Jamie Partridge interviews two Amazon warehouse workers from nearby facilities about their struggles t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 24th, 2018

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick concludes his 3 part interview with China expert Richard Smith. They discuss China's overproduction and its' impacts on the planet. Find parts 1-2 https://kboo.fm/media/69792-china-destined-be... Read more

Bad Beef With Burgerville

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Burgerville Workers Union has won another election. Joe shares a report about that victory and the long list of retaliation and union-busting workers have faced for asking for a union at BurgerVille. Hear why workers still say boycott Burgerville! [Image Credit: Albert... Read more

Arizona Teacher on Red For Ed

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with Arizona teacher Rebecca Garelli about her week-long statewide walkout last spring and what's been happening in Arizona since. Read more

Fascist Rise & Labor's Response

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Justin Norton-Kertson, Solidarity Organizer with Portland Jobs with Justice, and Michael Brassell, a rank & file union carpenter, discuss fascist activity in the Portland area and the response of local abor unions. Read more

Heather McCoy filling in for Paul Roland

Airs at: Wed, 11/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Retailer of everything, Amazon.com, recently announced the cities of Long Island, New York and Arlington, Virginia as winners in landing Amazon’s second headquarters known as HQ2.  With Amazon dangling a promise of high paying jobs for highly skilled workers, cities across ... Read more

Joe Hill Day

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement shares music by and about  IWW Organizer Joe Hill, including Phil Ochs' ballad of his life and untimely death by execution on November 19, 1915.  Joe C.  plays songs from Don't Mourn, Organize: the Joe Hill Song Book,  and announces a commemmorative concert M... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 19, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and Larry Klineman talk about local and national immigration politics, including the defeat of Measure 105. Larry Bowlden reviews Barbara Kingsolver's latest novel, Unsheltered. Joe shares special audio and music abo... Read more

Movie Preview: "Pride"

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris previews for us a 2014 film called “Pride” that will be featured at an upcoming DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) event. It’s the summer of 1984. Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based g... Read more

Towards Radical Reconstruction

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Diane Feeley, coordinator of National Organization for Women, who has devoted her life to working in the labor movement and many of the social movements for democratic socialist revolution.  They discuss how to work in movements -- like Medicare for ... Read more