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Group Canvasses North Portland to Save US Postal Service

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This week is the busiest week of the year for the US Postal Service. Despite all the business, the postal service is on the verge of bankruptcy because of a pre-funding mandate imposed by a lame-duck Congress in 2006.  Here in Portland, a door-to-door canvassing group calle... Read more

Kevin Card talks about the crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service.

Airs at: Tue, 12/20/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Kevin Card, president of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers, joins Abe and Joe to discuss the crisis facing the U.S. Postal Service. Also, Joe fills us in on the history of labor in the United States and the state of organiz... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick is our host today with live coverage of the West Coast port shutdowns.  Bill talks with activists on the scene here in Portland and in Oakland.  Also on the show, the Movie Moles take us back in time to the politics of It's A Wonderful Life, Tom Becker reads a... Read more

Phony Crisis of the US Postal Service

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jim Cook is engaged in a struggle to save the U.S. Postal Service from a crisis that may bring it down and leave all our mail in the hands of private corporations.  Here he talks with Bill Resnick about why the crisis is a fake and what needs to be done about it.  Jim is Pr... Read more

10 Years that Shook San Francisco 1968-1978

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-78 is A collection of first-person and historical essays spans the people’s history of San Francisco in the tumultuous decade from 1968, the year of the San Francisco State College strike, to 1978 and the twin traumas of the... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 12-08-11 How's your Government working for you?

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How's your Government working for you? Jo Ann and Dave discuss national and local issues, with callers, with a focus on the recent provision in the National Defense Authorization Act. Jo Ann Hardesty is a former state legislator, former executive director of Oregon Action ... Read more

Presswatch for 12/08/2011

Airs at: Thu, 12/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Hosted by: Theresa Mitchell News You're Not Supposed to Know   The latest news from the Occupation Movement, protests at the white house, Newt Gingrich, problems with oysters, mysterious bruises and other injuries in Japan, global warming and the occupation, housing issues, ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 12/07/11

Airs at: Wed, 12/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Gentrification in Portland: A Special Program As Portland becomes a destination for young creatives to find homes and work, minority communities are being "gentrified out" of the city. North and Northeast Portland have lost people of color as housing costs in those areas ... Read more

Welcome to the machine. Abe and Joe discuss the Defense Authorization Bill of 2011.

Airs at: Tue, 12/06/2011 at 12:00am
 Welcome to the machine. Abe and Joe discuss the Defense Authorization Bill of 2012.               Read more

GETTING CONGRESS TO WORK FOR THE NINETY NINE PERCENT

Airs at: Mon, 12/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Fifty four Oregonians are on their way to Washington, DC this week to "Take Back the Capitol" for Good Jobs, Not Cuts.  A coalition of groups from We Are Oregon, Oregon Action, Service Employees International Union, and Jobs with Justice have organized the Oregon Delegation... Read more