Norm Diamond is our host for this edition of the Old Mole and we hear--
1. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Laurie Mercier discuss the classic labor and
feminist film "Salt of the Earth."
2. Historian Raymond Caballero talks with Norm Diamond about McCarthyism and
union struggle...
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In this Labor Day special, erstwhile mole and guest host Norm Diamond talks
with three young labor historians who integrate environmental and gender
concerns into their writing and their activism. Heather Mayer is the author
of the just-published book, Beyond the Rebel G...
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Joe Clement and Frann Michel review the 2017 film, The Young Karl Marx,
written and directed by Raoul Peck (critically acclaimed creator of I Am Not
Your Negro). The Young Karl Marx follows major events in Karl Marx's life in
the 1840s when he turns from journalism to po...
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Norm Diamond talks with Heather Mayer, the author of the just-published
book, Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the Industrial Workers of the World
in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924.
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Norm Diamond talks with Steven Beda, at the U of Oregon, about his research
on the environmental and political history of rural working class communities
in our region, with special attention to logging communities and the
International Woodworkers of America (IWA).
im...
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Norm Diamond talks with Amy Coplen, a Ph.D student at PSU, studying and
participating in organizing among Portland’s food service workers, with a
focus on the Burgerville campaign and so-called “progressive” employers.
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