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Labor and Our Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 05/01/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution. They talk about the organzing LfB is doing, questions about the future of the democratic party and possibilties for LfB as the early stage of building a Labor Party. Read more

Old Mole Variety HourMay 1st 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick interviews Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our Revolution. They talk about the organzing LfB is doing, questions about the future of the democratic party and possibilties for LfB ... Read more

Have a Positively Revolting May Day!

Airs at: Fri, 04/28/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
May Day! Join Ani and Lyn for a conversation about May Day- it's history, spiritual significance, and a look at what anarchism is (and is not).   What are you doing this Monday? Call in to the studio and let us know!  The studio line is 503-231-8187 Like the Positively Re... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1.  Alex Diamond talks with Bill Resnick about his experience teaching in a poor schools in Memphis. 2.  Desiree Hellegers reads from a history of how the bodies of people of color were used to study and teach anat... Read more

Trouble-making in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the aftermath of the November election, Unions are facing a host of challenges. On April 8th 2017 Labor Notes was in town for the Portland Troublemakers School to help union members and Organizers understand and learn to fight back against such challenges as Right to Wor... Read more

Immigrant Latino Wood Framers Organize for Power

Airs at: Mon, 04/24/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Portland area carpenters union, UBC local 1503, is throwing their weight behind an immigrant workers organizing drive.  Marcus Rodriguez,  a carpenter and organizer with local 146, and Jason Sheckler, vice president of local 1503, will discuss the opportunities and chal... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 17, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Host Denise Morris talks with Margot Black about HB 2004 a proposed bill to end no-cause evictions and prevent massive rent hikes with rent control measures. Margot Black is a founding member of Portland T... Read more

Labor Education Resource Center: A Participatory Learning Experience

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join hosts Tina Turner-Morfitt, Dr. Audrey Terrell,  and Ms. Deborah Hall in a discussion with Sherman Henry,  the new Career Instructor for the Labor Education and Research Center also known as LERC. LERC was established in 1977 at the University of Oregon. LERC serves as ... Read more

Cesar Chavez Day Special Programming

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
This Friday, 3/31, is the birthday and nationally-recognized holiday (since 2014) to acknowledge UFW founder and farm labor organizing champion, Cesar Chavez.   KBOO will be airing Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta speeches from our archives, and from those of sister statio... Read more

10 Steps to End Mass Incarceration in America

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 8:00am - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
   Howell Woltz speaks from personal experience. He was arrested, illegally denied bail, and unlawfully held for seven years by the U.S. Government, though never convicted in or by any court of jurisdiction. Woltz vividly illustrates each of his suggested reforms with rive... Read more