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Stories from Labor Notes Conference 2012

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Tonight's Labor Radio features some wonderful highlights from the closing plenary at the May 2012 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago, bringing together people committed to rank-and-file leadership and militancy in the labor movement. Speakers include: Ken Spatta, a ... Read more

Barbara Jensen on Reading Class: On Culture and Classism in America

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Barb Jensen is the author of a book about working-class and middle-class cultures, Reading Classes: On Culture and Classism in America. Angela MacWhinnie spoke with her for Labor Radio. Read more

Students Strike Back Against Austerity -- in Portland and Quebec

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

With total student debt now surpassing even total credit card debt, students and graduates around the world are looking austerity in the face and mobilizing against it. On tonight's show we speak with independent writer and researcher Andrew Gavin Marshall of Montreal, C... Read more

Scholar and Feminist Catherine Sameh

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris talks with founding mole Catherine Sameh, co-founder of In Other Words and currently Associate Director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and managing editor of The Scholar & Feminist Online. They discuss social justice feminism, the history ... Read more

Tribulations of TriMet

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Don McIntosh, reporter for Northwest Labor Press, about TriMet, the health impact of driving a bus, the need for public transportation, and the possibility of raising the payroll tax that provides funding for public transportation. Read more

Jane Slaughter of Labor Notes Talks About Troublemakers & the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes, talks about effective troublemaking and the health of the labor movement. Read more

Housing Justice Hunger Strike

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

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John Jung, author of Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants

Airs at: Fri, 07/06/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: APA Compass

John Jung tells us about his family's Chinese-American immigrant experience, as the sole Chinese family in a small Georgia town and about his unexpected brush with history and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. He is the author of four books exploring how Chinese-American immigran... Read more

Lataya Daily interview

Airs at: Fri, 06/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

KBOO reporter Jennifer Kemp spoke with local Occupy St. John's community organizer about the Occupy the Post Office event. The event was a rally in protest of Postmaster General PAtrick Donahue's decision to make significant cuts to the US Postal Service, including cutti... Read more

Doug Henwood: Walker Victory, un-sugarcoated

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads Doug Henwood's commentary on the changing political landscape for the labor movement and considers classic pitfalls of American unionism, namely it's focus on electoral politics and workplace contracts. Doug points out that unions typically don't make ... Read more