Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Kirsty Manning’s 2019 novel, The Song of
the Jade Lily, about World War II era Jewish refugees in Shanghai. It’s a
story about the role that Shanghai played in the rescue of 20,00 refugees
from Europe before and during the second world wa...
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Joe Clement hosts this episode, which includes:
Well-read Red - Joe reads and shares audio about making Tri-Met fareless and
more accessible, and the OPAL Up With Riders campaign.
Rally for Fare Enforcement Justice - Joe talk with a Anthemis, a Pacific
NorthWest Youth ...
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Well-read Red Joe Clement reads and shares audio about making Tri-Met
fareless and more accessible, and the OPAL Up With Riders campaign. Much of
the segment promotes the 11/25 Labor Radio guests who speak for these issues.
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Joe Clement interviews Anthemis, a member of the Pacific NorthWest Youth
Liberation Front, about the 11/29 Rally for Fare Enforcement Justice at
Pioneer Square from 12-3.
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Joe Clement hosts and we hear:
Bill Resnick continues his conversation with Marty Hart Lansberg about the
New Deal and the Green New Deal
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Cowlitz tribal Chair Bill Iyall about the
status of the fights against the proposed Crystal Geyser...
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Joe Clement and Frann Michel review John Carpenter’s cult-classic sci-fi
social commentary film, "They Live." Joe and Frann turn to this film because
of its obviously critical message about late capitalism and the way some of
its complaints, seemingly new and unprecedent...
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Joe Clement hosts and we hear:
Bill Resnick talks with Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, about
how how popular police reforms fail to address the problems of let alone the
reasons for over-policing.
Five Minutes (or so) of Union News
The Left and the Law con...
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Joe Clement inagurates a hopefully recurring segment titled "Union Five".
This segment features news about:
UFCW and Fred Meyer's (owned by Kroger) threatening to strike and reaching a
tenative agreement (Joe talked with a UFCW rep on 9/23)
Kaiser workers threatening t...
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Joe Clement talks with Kelley McAllister, Communications Director of UFCW
555, about the labor struggle at Fred Meyers. They consider how Fred Meyers
has gotten away with paying women over three dollars an hour less than men,
and what the union is trying to do about it. ...
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Old Mole, library employee, and union member Joe Clement explains the
ongoing struggle between Multnomah County and temp and on-call workers who
wish to join the union. You can support these workers by going to the County
Board meeting at the Multnomah County Building, ...
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