Activism

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 21, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Norm Diamond hosts today program which includes the following segments: Radical Re-envisioning of Life on a Hot Planet: Bill Resnick interviews Richard A. Smith, a historian of modern China, and also an environmentalist activist who co-founded the organization System C... Read more

The Paris Commune

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

For Norm Diamond’s regular segment “Another World Is Possible,” he concludes our celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune. Norm responds to critiques by listeners, discusses how the Commune influenced both Marxism and Anarchism, and explores its relevanc... Read more

Radical Re-envisioning of Life on a Hot Planet

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Richard A. Smith, a historian of modern China, and also an environmentalist activist who co-founded the organization System Change Not Climate Change. His writings include two books: China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse and Green Capitalism: t... Read more

Protesters push for eviction ban extension as 90,000 could lose housing due to back rent

Airs at: Tue, 06/15/2021 at 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

Demonstrators gathered in downtown Portland on the morning of June 15th, to protest the coming end of Oregon’s eviction moratorium. They rallied outside of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, demanding an extension of the moratorium and that tenants have access to leg... Read more

"Democracy is Power" - Chap. 4

Airs at: Sun, 07/18/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Reading Chapter 4 of "Democracy is Power" by Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle. An oldie but classic Labor Notes book. Read more

Time to Stop Zenith

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

For years, community members, organizations, and coalitions have been calling on the City of Portland to shut down Zenith Energy’s dirty, dangerous oil-by-rail operations in NW Portland. When the City of Portland failed to take action, dedicated community members refused... Read more

"Democracy is Power" - Chap. 3

Airs at: Sun, 07/18/2021 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Reading Chapter 3 of "Democracy is Power" by Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle, a Labor Notes book, available at https://labornotes.org/store/democracy-power Read more

Times Like Now

Airs at: Tue, 06/15/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Times Like Now

Renee Roman Nose is a native of the Cheyenne and Arapaho People. She is an Anthropologist, an international speaker, a poet, an actress, comedian and more. Her book of poetry, Sweet Grass Talking was nominated Oregon's Book of The Year in 2017. She's now working on a new... Read more