Labor

Oregon educators fight to improve our schools, and Portland Occupy activists take on corporate giants

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Tonight's show is about how people in Oregon are taking action on two fronts. First we speak with Hanaa Vaandering, a physical education teacher and vice president of the Oregon Education Association, about today's action in Salem and the fight to improve our schools. ... Read more

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Normal 0 Who is ALEC and how do they purchase our democracy? Normal 0 The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is the venue through which global corporations and state politicians rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" ... Read more

Beyond Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Noam Chomsky said of America Beyond Capitalism by Gar Alperowitz that it provides "concrete and feasible ways to reverse the ominous course of the past several decades and to open the way to a vibrant democracy with a sustainable economy that can satisfy human needs, no... Read more

Kathleen Gerson on her latest book "The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family."

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

In the controversial public debate over modern American families, the vast changes in family life--the rise of single, two-paycheck, and same-sex parents--have often been blamed for declining morality and unhappy children. Drawing upon pioneering research with the... Read more

Jobs with Justice Update

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Margaret Butler, director and co-founder of the Portland-area labor coalition, Jobs with Justice, which just turned 20 years old. Butler talks a little about what JwJ does in general and recent actions, advocacy and campaigns they've done. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 6th

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole, which because of membership drive breaks shows up as being about30% shorter than normal. We hear about the crack-down on ethnic studies in Arizona, about what's going on in Jobs with Justice, and a review of The Intuitionist. In the mid... Read more

Longview Longshore Showdown Near

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Longshore workers in Longview, Washington are fighting an historic battle to save their union, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) local 21. EGT, a huge multinational grain trading corporation, is trying to load the first ship at their new high tech t... Read more

Longshore Battle Looms in Longview

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

The Interntional Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) local 21 in Longview, Washington has put out the call to all working class people to come to Longview for an historic protest. EGT, a giant multi-natiional corporation which controls one-third of the world's grain tr... Read more

Colombia - La Lucha Sigue

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

On October 12th, 2011, Congress passed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The fight against the FTA, by trade unionists, small farmers, Indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, and human rights activists was lost after 5 years, but the struggle continues. On this prog... Read more

Presswatch on 12/29/11

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

The news you're not suppposed to know from 1811, a review of 2011 and listener calls. Read more