Labor

Organizing the Unemployed - Yesterday and Today

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Organizing the Unemployed - Yesterday and Today. With hosts Jamie Partridge and Peter Shapiro, listeners hear lessons from the Unemployed Councils of the 30's and current, local campaigns for organization of the jobless. Guests include Chris Pyle and Aimee Olin, leaders o... Read more

Jews, Food and Ethics

Airs at: Sat, 03/28/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

This show focuses on the intersection of Jews, food and ethics. Host Liz Schwartz interviews Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a major proponent of the eco-kashrut movement. Eco-kashrut expands on traditional kosher dietary practices by incorporating the ethics of sustainable growing sy... Read more

Long Difficult Struggles & Hope--El Salvador & Oak Harbor

Airs at: Sun, 04/12/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Tonight's show is about long, hard struggles. In the first half, David Ayala joins us to trace the decades of brave organizing by working people in El Salvador to achieve this year's FMLN's presidential victory. And in the second half, Jeff Tyrrell returns with the latest... Read more

Tuesday April 14 2009 community calendar

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Community Calendar

This is the community calendar for Tuesday April 14, 2009 A Portland/Multnomah Food Policy Council meeting,. a public citizen-advisory meeting about food system policy recommendations for the City of Portland and Multnomah County, will take place on Wednesday, April 15 ... Read more

How do we build an economy that's green AND fair?

From the White House to City Hall, everyone's talking about making the transition to a new green economy. But how do we make sure this new economy doesn't perpetuate the disparities of the old one? Can we make the shift without making things even worse for those already st... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program features three interviews: Migrant labor and housing; Obama's war in Afghanistan; and Argentina's 1990s crisis. Also on the show: a review of Suzanne Sterne's novel The Ghost at the Table. To hear the whole show, click on the a... Read more

Argentina's Economic Crisis

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with psychoanalyst and Latin American historian Nancy Hollander about the economic meltdown in Argentina in the 1990s, how workers responded by taking over workplaces, and what we can learn from the response to that crisis. NANCY CARO HOLLANDER Ph.D. is ... Read more

Migrant Housing, Migrant Labor

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Luz María Gordillo and apprentice Mole Megan Trevarthen talk with Patricia Arnold who has worked for many years with migrant farm workers about migrant workers’ housing and the future of migrant workers in Oregon. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 30, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 03/29/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Tom Becker, this show features a discussion of the politics of urban planning and its effect on the racial and ethnic geography of Portland. We also hear a eulogy for the late labor song folklorist Archie Green; a critique of the press's treatment of the Rihanna... Read more

Archie Green's Big Red Song Book

Airs at: Sun, 03/29/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

A folklorist specializing in labor songs, Archie Green died last week. The Old Mole's Tom Becker remembers him and his work, which includes the Big Red Song Book. Photo: Archie Green, left, with Dock Walsh, 1962. Archie Green Collection (#20002), Southern Folklife... Read more