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Old Mole Variety Hour April 14 2014

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with John Feffer about the relationship between divestment in infrastructure and ecological collapse Jan Haaken talk with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about the militarization of our borders and ... Read more

The Harder You Work, The Richer They Get: wages, profits, and productivity

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads excerpts from a CounterPunch article by Pete Dollack about the ideology that widens the gap between worker productivity and wages already stagnant for decades. Read more

Darren Karr Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Darren Karr is an Independent who is registered as a Republican and running for Oregon's Govenor.  He talked with Don Merrill about how he's focusing on younger rather than older voters in his campaign, why Governor Kitzhaber and Dennis Richardson aren't necessarily shoe in... Read more

Delinda Delgado Morgan Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Delinda Delgado Morgan is a Republican seeking the US First Congressional Seat for Oregon.  She talked with Don Merrill about how charities and individuals rather than government need to provide for the health care needs of insurance-less people, why Congress should be more... Read more

Peter Hall Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Peter Hall is a Democrat running for Oregon House District 60.  He talked with Don Merrill about what it means to be a Democrat in Eastern Oregon, how over-development is contributing to climate change and why people who are carrying guns for personal protection should be a... Read more

A solid strike threat wins at PSU -- an interview with educator Jose Padin

Airs at: Sat, 04/12/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Sociology professor and AAUP member-organizer Jose Padin reflects on the strike threat, faculty solidarity and student-community support which won educators a new contract at Portland State University Read more

Joe Rowe Interview

Airs at: Thu, 04/10/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Democrat Joe Rowe is running as a legislator for Oregon House District 44.  He talked with Don Merrill about a balooning prison population, how legislators can be deaf to their constituents and why campaign finance reform can stop our nation from undoing important legislati... Read more

Comentarios de Acompañantes de Corteros Colombianos, Chicago, Conferencia de Labor Notes

Airs at: Fri, 04/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
JUAN PABLO OCHOA Y ALBERTO BEJARANO DE LA CORPORACIÓN HUMANIDAD MAESTRA VIDA PARTICIPARON IN LA CONFERENCIA DE LABOR NOTES EN CHICAGO, ABRIL 4-6, 2014.  ESCUCHA SUS COMENTARIOS EN UN TALLER REFERENTE A LUCHAS LABORALES LATINOAMERICANAS. Read more

PSU & Faculty settle contract - Student & admin reactions

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
     PSU-AAUP, the faculty union at Portland State University, and the PSU administration reached an agreement on a new two-year contract in the wee hours of Saturday night, averting a strike on April 16th. Faculty, students, and the administration seem satisfied.      KBOO... Read more

Christopher Gergen Interview

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Christopher Gergen is running as a Republican for the Oregon Lesiglature in House District 12.  He talked with Don Merrill about how as a legislator, he wouldn't care what people do in their bedrooms, how he feels we've become very self-serving as a nation and why claims th... Read more