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Labor day special: Wobbly Walk thru the Siskiyous, and Jobs with Justice actions today

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Guest host Kevin Card with a special Labor Day show, interview guest Wes Brain of Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice. Brain reviews the Wobbly Walk through the Siskiyous, and how it's being commemorated today. Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice brings together labor unions, r... Read more

Joe talks about Labor, the History of Labor, and the Decimation of Labor today.

Airs at: Tue, 09/06/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  Abe Proctor is off this week. Joe talks about Labor History in the United States, and the State of Labor today. ...And...  For your listening pleasure... ...And...  For your Reading Pleasure...       Read more

Verizon Strike and Beyond

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Speaking with Denise Morris, Mark Brenner of Director of Labor Notes talks a bit about what Labor Notes is and how it involves itself in the labor movement. They spend most of the interview talking about the relevance of 45,000 verizon workers going on strike. Mark explains... Read more

Building a Working-Class Environmental Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Daniel Randall, a supporter of the Workers Climate Action Network and a writer for the journal "Solidarity" in England, talks with Bill Resnick about how the environment (and not just jobs or wages) is a working-class issue. Daniel starts out by offering a few examples of w... Read more

A Brief Commentary on Paid and Unpaid Work

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe briefly remarks on the biases we have for paid work and against unpaid work. He suggests we overlook the possibility for useful and needed contributions when our solutions to unemployment assume wage-labor as the only legitimate form of work we can do while still making... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Labor Day 2011

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this labor day special and we hear:   Bill Resnick Morristalks with Daniel Randall about building an independent working-class environmental movement. Joe comments on paid and unpaid work. The Left and the Law tackle the "West Memphis Three".... Read more

Participatory Economics

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The economy is not working for workers.  What is our labor-friendly economic vision?  What about workers’ councils and consumers’ councils democratically planning the economy?  How is this working in Venezuela today?  How could it work here?  Host Jamie Partridge gives us e... Read more

Abe surveys the economic, social and political wreckage of the new age of austerity

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   The current austerity fetish was never a good idea, and now we know it's bad politics, too. The austerity kick in Washington is exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. At a time of enormous economic duress, ... Read more

Solidarity Salsa Party Supports VOZ and Jobs With Justice

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The VOZ workers rights education project and Jobs With Justice throw a party to have fun for a good cause. Romeo Sosa and Eliana Machuca tell us about it. Read more

August 22 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show about controlling problem children with psychoactive drugs, controlling our attitudes towards rich folks with an art museum, and the struggle of Verizon workers against the control of their lives by the company.  For information about ou... Read more