Bill Resnick and Brian Tokar discuss Municipalism and how to combine
electoral politics with grass roots movement building to support a radical
political turn. Brian Tokar is an activist, author, and a lecturer in
Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. He i...
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Denise Morris interviews Rachel Hanes, Organizer of the May 20th Town Hall,
Death by a Thousand Cuts: A Public Education Funding Town Hall.. Rachel Hanes
is currently a second grade teacher and a former middle school special
education teacher in Portland Public Schools. ...
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From the Labor Notes sponsored Portland Troublemakers School on April 8th
2017, Director of Labor Notes Mark Brenner talks about the pending threat of
national Right to Work legislation. Hyung Nam, High School teacher and
organizer with Healthcare for all Oregon discusses ...
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Old Mole Joe Clement interviews Sinn Steiner, Secretary of the Portland
Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). On May 3rd IWW will
host the class Intro to the IWW "101" Class, Wed 6:30 PM · 2249 E Burnside
St, Portland, OR 97214. Class is free and open to the ...
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Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Mole for May 1, International
Workers' Day. We hear --
1. Bill Resnick talks with Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our
Revolution about the central role labor must play in contemporary politics.
2. Two talks from the Port...
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Bill Resnick interviews Rand Wilson of Labor for Bernie (LfB) and Our
Revolution. They talk about the organzing LfB is doing, questions about the
future of the democratic party and possibilties for LfB as the early stage of
building a Labor Party.
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In the aftermath of the November election, Unions are facing a host of
challenges. On April 8th 2017 Labor Notes was in town for the Portland
Troublemakers School to help union members and Organizers understand and
learn to fight back against such challenges as Right to Wor...
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Host Denise Morris talks with Margot Black, a founding member of Portland
Tenants United, about HB 2004 a bill in the Oregon Legislature to end
no-cause evictions and lift the ban on rent-control (otherwise illegal since
the 1980s) It has already passed the House. They disc...
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We hear about the founding of Portland Tenants United, and the "labor union"
approach to tenant power that informs their organizing, from Margot Black
when she participated in a panel discussion at the April 8th 2017 Labor Notes
sponsored Troublmakers School. The whole work...
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Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes:
Denise talks with Margot Black about HB 2004 a proposed bill to end no-cause
evictions and prevent massive rent hikes with rent control measures.
Bill Resnick talks with Jody Wiser about the struggle for mor...
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