Labor

Economic policy and working people: Financial crisis and free trade agreements

Airs at: Sun, 10/12/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Labor Radio

Arthur Stamoulis, Director, Oregon Fair Trade CampaignBarbara Dudley, Professor of Political Science, Portland State University Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 6, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This program is all about the global economy and how to fix it. The Movie Moles discuss Battle in Seattle, and Bill Resnick talks with two activists with The Apollo Alliance about how to put the economy on a green footing. Hear the whole show by clicking on the arrow ab... Read more

Apollo in Portland

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Barbara Byrd represents the Apollo Alliance in Oregon, and is with the Labor Educations and Research Center at the University of ORegon. She talks with Bill Resnick about the work of the Apollo Alliance here. Read more

Green Collar Jobs

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Apollo Alliance has an affordable plan to restart the economy with plenty of living-wage jobs cleaning up our environment and keeping it clean. Kate Gordon, co-director of the Apollo Alliance, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. Read more

Interview, Jean Phaelzer author of Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans

Airs at: Tue, 09/23/2008 at 5:00pm

Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews author Jean Phaelzer about her book Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. From the Gold Rush in the 1840's through the Civil War and into the early 1900's Chinese faced brutal purges and roundups throughout the Pacif... Read more

Day Labor Center

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm

Normal 0 Protesters and supporters gathered outside of the Portland Day Labor Center at NE Everett and Martin Luther King Boulevard today. KBOO reporters Honna Veerkamp and Trillium Shannon were there, and filed this report: ... Read more

The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 09/03/2008 at 9:14am

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Interviews with Nellie Wong and Laura Mannen on The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, the upcoming Radical Women Conference to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco.Part I: Nellie Wong, a long time revolutionary feminist activist and poet, will be a keynote speaker at... Read more

The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, Part I

Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Interviews with Nellie Wong and Laura Mannen on The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism, the upcoming Radical Women Conference to be held October 3-6 in San Francisco.Part I: Nellie Wong, a long time revolutionary feminist activist and poet, will be a keynote speaker at... Read more

Labor Movement Strategies

Airs at: Sun, 08/31/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about debates over building the labor movement, dealing especially with the SEIU (Service Workers International Union), the nation's largest union. He discusses these issues also in a recent op-ed column in the LA... Read more

Movie Moles: "Soy Cuba"

Airs at: Sun, 08/24/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel and Denise Morris review the 1964 film Soy Cuba! made by Russian film makers in support of the Revolution. It's known now as much for its revolutionary film-making as its revolutionary politics. Read more