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The University of NIKE: How Corporate Cash Bought Higher Education

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
This week on The RadioActivist, Joshua Hunt on his book The University of NIKE: How Corporate America Bought American Higher Education. Hosts Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande will be taking your calls, the number is 503-231-8187. And we have a few activist events coming up... Read more

Unions – You Don’t Want to be Without Them Part 2

Airs at: Fri, 10/26/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join Host Dale Holiday for Part 2 of her conversation with Carlos Lopez.  Carlos is a City of Corvallis Employee and President of AFSCME Local 2975.  AFSCME stands for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – the nation’s largest and fastest growing pu... Read more

Organizer Secrets & Socialist Job Fair

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Two exciting labor events coming up on Oct. 27 & Nov. 7 are a "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" training, featuring Mark Brenner, co-author of the book by the same name and past director of Labor Notes (on Oct. 27) & a Socialist Job Fair sponsored by Portland DSA (Democra... Read more

The Return of Public Ownership in the US

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier interviews Thomas Hanna, Research Director of the Democracy Collaborative, about democratic ownership and public banking. Hanna is author of the new book Our common wealth: The return of public ownership in the United States; a recent piece “We Need Public Ow... Read more

Movie Review: "Killer of Sheep"

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Denise Morris and Frann Michel review the film Killer of Sheep. It’s about African-American life in Watts in the early 1970s, and one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time according to the National Society of Film Critics. The film is available at Movie Madne... Read more

The Economics of Funding Public Education

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Mary King of the Oregon Center for Public Policy.  Mary is a labor economist and Professor Emerita of Economics at Portland State University. She served as Chair of the PSU Economics Department, President of the PSU Chapter of the American Associati... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 8, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts, and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Amy Cantrell, a North Carolina minister who has been organizing to help victims of Hurricane Florence. Thomas Hanna of the Democracy Collaborative talks with the Old Mole’s Laurie Mercier about the ret... Read more

Socialism Rising

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Dianne Feeley, a writer, editor, and organizer active in environmental, labor, feminist, and housing struggles in Detroit. They discuss the current political scene, featuring an angry electorate and insurgencies threatening to split both the Democrat... Read more

Kaiser on the Brink of a Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Adrienne Enghouse, president of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, speaks about the struggle for safe staffing and other issues leading her members to the brink of a strike at Kaiser healthcare facilities in the Portland area. Read more

"Fight for $15 " Embraces #MeToo Movement in Striking McDonalds

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College and author of  WE ARE ALL FAST-FOOD WORKERS NOW:  The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages" Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonalds workers staged a one-day strike at restaurants in 10 cities to pressure manag... Read more