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School Workers

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Tricia Smith. She started in politics as a community activist in Keizer-Salem, got fed up with the state legislature, ran against the Republican leader and, shockingly, won, got recognized as tireless bulldog for working people. She was defeated w... Read more

Justice for Janitors

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Janitors working in Portland's big office buildings and at Intel in Hillsboro are represented by the Service Employees local 49.  On June 15 they held a spirited rally and march through downtown.  On June 30, their union contract expires.  The janitors are demanding a $15 w... Read more

Racist Sandwich

FOOD x RACE x GENDER x CLASS What is it like to be a chef of color cooking in America’s whitest major city? Chef Soleil Ho and journalist Zahir Janmohamed tackle this question and many more in their bi-weekly podcast from Portland, Oregon that examines the intersection b... Read more

Global Trade in the Election year

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Following the recent release of a report from the US International Trade Commission Concerning the Likely Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, Bill Resnick talks with Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch about why US trade policy has become a central ... Read more

Black Lives Matter to Jobs with Justice

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Dr. Melina Abdullah, Los Angeles based activist and academic, founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, addresses the Portland Jobs with Justice 25 year celebration, June 3, 2016 Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear these segments: • Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. • Frann Michel discusses the history of Vanport, the need for public hou... Read more

Finance Smurf

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reviews Finance Smurf, the last of the original Smurf comics written by Pierre Gulliford (aka "Peyo"). Finance Smurf, written in 1992, is a sharp indictment of money, and shows the smurfs' world turned upside down when one of the smurfs institutes a human-like e... Read more

Voices from Anacortes Protests

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the first of a two-part series, this week Desiree Hellegers shares field recordings she made in Anacortes, WA where dozens of kayaktivists were arrested for protesting the Tesoro fossil fuel plant recently.  You can find her article about recent protests, "'Energy Wit... Read more

Burgerville Workers Union Fights Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Activists from the newly formed Burgerville Workers Union will share their stories and their demands for a $5 raise, affordable healthcare, fair scheduling and union recognition. Read more

Voting No Confidence

Airs at: Mon, 05/09/2016 at 9:45am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
      Frann Michel reports on faculty votes of no confidence at the University of Wisconsin and many other places, and some of the issues to which these votes are responding.   Just as workers have risen up to demand fifteen dollars an hour and a union, just as resid... Read more