Labor

Economists for $15 minimum wage

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Three Portland economists speak in favor of raising the minimum wage in Oregon to $15. Mary King, professor emerita at Portland State University; Martin Hart-Landsberg, professor at Lewis and Clark College; and Robin Hahnel, professor American University and Portland S... Read more

Tenants Union: Fight Your Landlord And Win!

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads a pamphlet produced by Buffalo Class Action (a Buffalo, New York area anarchist political organization) about the political situation of the for-profit housing system and the power that tenants have to challenge and ultimately transform it, if and when ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 13, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker is our host for this edition of the Old Mole, and we learn why education and job training are not the solution to unemployment, how US tax law benefits corporate tax evasion, and how and why the American Psychological Association condoned torture during the G.... Read more

Education: No Cure for Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Gordon Lafer talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about why education and training programs will not put a dent in the unemployment rate. Lafer is a political economist at the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center and the author of The Job Trainin... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 6, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Norm Diamond interview the Low Tide Drifters, who also perform live in studio. Joe talks with Ryan Wisnor, of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, about remembering "Blood Wednesday" Joe also talks with... Read more

Remembering Bloody Wednesday in Pier Park

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Categorized Program Not

Joe Clement talks with Ryan Wisnor about Blood Wednesday, a labor battle fought during the auspicious year of 1934, when general strikes erupted in Portland and other West Coast port cities. In particular, striking longshoreworkers blocked the train that runs near Pier P... Read more

Low Tide Drifters: underdog folk music

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Norm Diamond talks with the Low Tide Drifters, whose "music for the rest of us" draws on growing up in coastal oregon, wobbly didacticism, environmental as well as socially conscious themes, and phenomenal performances all around. They talk about their backgrounds and th... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 15, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this episode, which reflects on the value of history, the limits of old views, and the need for new visions. Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the situation of Greece's Syriza and the Eurozone. Tom Becker reads from Pete Dolack about why Keynesia... Read more

Looking back with Pride, forward with visionary hope

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel discusses the film Pride (2014) and the value of visionary fiction. For the text of her remarks with links to more information, go here. Read more