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Mt Hood Community College Faculty Fights for Fairness

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Jamie Partridge interviews Jack Schommer, president of the Mt Hood Community College faculty association, and Sarah Williams, president-elect and chair of the bargaining committee, who detail their struggle for a fair contract and possible strike in the face of a board whic... Read more

Madison Voices

Airs at: Mon, 03/28/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

What some of the folks rallying at the Wisconsin state capitol March 19th had to say to us here in Oregon. Read more

Wisconsin Uprising

Airs at: Wed, 03/16/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Circle A Radio

Wisconsin is again at the center of a fight for labor and collective bargaining rights. We did most of these interviews last week, just as the news broke that collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin had been all but eliminated for public workers. This came after three wee... Read more

March 21 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show which features anti-nuke activist Harvey Wasserman, a movie about Palestinian immigrants, a dark vision of our civilization's decline, and a discussion of why our current economic system cares little about creating jobs. For informatio... Read more

Why Jobs Are Not a Priority

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

There are many ways government could create jobs, and yet with almost 16% real unemployment, very little is being done. Clayton Morgareidge draws on an insightful article from 70 years ago by Michal Kalecki, recently republished in the Monthly Review, to explain why. Read more

Voices from the Edge 03-17-11 A new look at Oregon's Measure 11 and its impacts

Airs at: Thu, 03/17/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

A new look at Oregon's Measure 11 and its impacts Kevin Mannix promised voters in 1994 that his Ballot Measure 11 establishing minimum mandatory sentences would create certainty in Oregon's criminal justice system. While the measure tripled the state's prison populatio... Read more

Queer Culture Radio

Airs at: Tue, 03/15/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Out Loud

Tonight, we welcome Kate Mura to Out Loud. She works with the Fuse Theater Ensemble, and is very involved with the Portland Mini Fringe Festival. Grant Knutson joins the conversation to discuss the many theater events happening with this festival. We take a music break to h... Read more

March 14 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this show featuring a review of the Matt Damon movie (based on a Philip K. Dick story) The Adjustment Bureau; a discussion of the ideological ambiguities thrown up by the struggle for the recognition of domestic violence; some questions and about the me... Read more

Wisconsin: What's Ahead?

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Moles Bill Resnick and Norm Diamond discuss organizing efforts in Wisconsin and other states where masses of people have turned out in opposition to drastic budgit cuts. What has to happen if this energy is to lead to a real challenge to the power of the moneyed elite... Read more

Best of Times, Worst of Times: Waking Up the Slumbering Giant in Wisconsin

Airs at: Mon, 03/14/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

Will 2011 be remembered the beginning of a great uprising, or labor's last gasp? Governors in Wisconsin and across the country are pushing draconian measures to cut public services and the power of working people, but union workers and their allies are mobilizing resistanc... Read more