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Honduras' Resistance to Stolen Election

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Recent theft of the Honduran presidential election has led thousands into the streets in protest.  Dozens have been killed by security forces.  Maribel Gomez and Cheva Saaba, two Portland-based Honduran exiles, will join Jack Herbert of the Portland Central America Solidari... Read more

Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Journalist Juan Gonzlez discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in Americas cities- from redlining and racial covenants in the early 20th century, to land grabs and privatization in the 21st - and the rise of progressi... Read more

History of Feminism

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Throughout history, women have suffered many injustices in the workplace including unequal wages, unsafe work conditions and predatory sexual harassment from male administrators.  By early 2018, there have been some encouraging steps taken to change this, most notably i... Read more

Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United states, the wealth gap between rich and poor was already very wide. The top 10% of families -- those who had at least $942,000 -- held 76% of total wealth. The average amount of wealth in this group was $... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2018

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick will host this Martin Luther King day and we will hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries  Ballot Measure 101: What are the issues? S -- t-hole countries: ... Read more

Labor History for Labor Activists

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Norm Diamond talks with Laurie Mercier about the uses of history for developing strategy, and the course he taught this past fall on Labor History for rank-and-file labor activists, developed in connection with Portland Rising, part of Jobs with Justice. This version of... Read more

#MeToo Lessons for Labor

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel shares thoughts drawn mostly from an article by Jane McAlevey from In These Times about "What #MeToo Can Teach the Labor Movement," but also touching on disucssions of social reproduction theory by Tithi Bhattacharya and Silvia Federici, as well as informati... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 8, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier and Norm Diamond host this Labor-focused episode, featuring music from the musical documentary Seattle 1919 as well as some Detroit blues.  In segments, Frann Michel shares lessons for labor from the #MeToo movement Norm and Laurie discuss his recent cour... Read more

Contract Bargaining,Community Organizing, and Teachers' Unions

Airs at: Mon, 01/08/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we discuss contract bargaining and community organizing with teacher and union leader Evan Selby.  Evan teaches Social Studies at Reynolds High School and has been actively involved with his union (Reynolds Education Association) in numerous capacities for many y... Read more

Court Confirms Constitutionality of Portland Fossil Fuel Zoning Rules

Airs at: Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
On January 4th, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed, in large part, a Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision that undermined Portland’s landmark fossil fuel terminal zoning amendments, passed unanimously by the city council in December 2016. The court ruled that Portla... Read more