Labor

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Portland Metro People's Convention

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Johanna Brenner of the Portland Metro People's Coalition discusses their upcoming convention.  Modeled after the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the Jackson Collaborative and the Barcelona Commune, the PMPC is organizing a People's Convention to ratify a Resident's Bill of R... Read more

Fascism Exported to the Caribbean and Africa

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this show, our first 2018 episode of The F-Word, when we talk about fascism. Professor Margaret Stevens, author of the new book 'Red International and Black Caribbean' joins us for a discussion that you don't want to miss. And one million students marching around the ... Read more

Movie Moles: Matewan

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Last week the West Virginia Teachers strike came to an end, and along the way we saw teachers invoking the militant union history of their State's mining industries. John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan is about one episode in that history, and Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe C... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 12th, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes these segments: Bill Resnick interviews Marty Hart-Landsberg on the U.S. economy, trade policy and how to understand Trump's imposition of tariffs and what's the left's most effective discourse on trade. ... Read more

West Virginia Teachers' Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we discuss the 9 day West Virginia teachers' strike.  We'll be joined by teachers from West Virginia.  Hear what their experience was like and learn what lessons we can apply elsewhere around the country. Read more

Happy IWD! Memoirs of a trans bus driver

Airs at: Thu, 03/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
I was a bus driver for nearly twenty years.  In 2001, I walked into my bosses' office and announced I was "changing" gender.  These stories reflect that struggle, and the struggle of serving an increasingly oppressed population.  Some passengers are saints, some are dangero... Read more

West Virginia Teachers' Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Moles Bill Resnick and Joe Clement discuss the state-wide West Virginia Teachers' Strike - what it's about, who is involved, how it's going down, and why it seems significant as public sector unions are under attack in the Supreme Court. Photo credit: Unions.org Read more

GREEN JOBS & INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S STRIKE

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Camilo Marquez, representing the Portland Climate Action Community Benefits Initiative, will discuss this local GREEN JOBS 2018 ballot initiative which trains and employs workers from marginalized communities to weatherize and solarize homes and businesses, funded by a surc... Read more

Senate Immigration Debate Begins: Larry Kleinman

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Bill Resnick welcomes PCUN's co-founder Larry Kleinman to the KBOO studio to discuss the history of the fight for immigration rights and today's resistance movements.   from the New York Times: Senate Begins ‘Wild’ Week of Debate on Immigration, Outcome Unknown With th... Read more

Black Lives Matter at School

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we discuss the recent Black Lives Matter at School week, which went national for the first time.  Today we are joined by Portland teacher Susan Anglada Bartley and one of her students, Ashton Allen, as well as Philadelphia teacher Ismael Jimenez.   https://soci... Read more