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A Society of Exclusion

What draws people into a politics of hatred – not just the killers who have made the news lately in Witchita and at the Holocaust Museum, but all those whose primary political motive is hostility against cultures and ethnicities different from their own? Let’s approach this... Read more

Labor History: The ILWU

Airs at: Sun, 06/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Labor Historian Harvey Schwartz talks about his new book Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier.  They trace the origins and growth of the International Longshoremen Workers Union on the West Coast, including the organizing of w... Read more

A "Juneteenth" rememberance: confronting racism in Oregon

June 19th marks the 144th anniversary of the landing of federal troops in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation and finally bring slavery to an end throughout the United States. "Juneteenth" has not only become a day to commemorate the end of slavery but... Read more

What do Lents residents really think of Randy Leonard's baseball stadium deal?

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
At last month's meeting of the Lents Neighborhood Association, Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard told a less than enthusiastic audience that "Having a Triple A baseball stadium would be the best thing we could ever have happen in Lents." While criticism of the stadiu... Read more

Are banks the new bosses? Hartmarx and Quad City struggles in Illinois

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Last December, working people around the world celebrated the victory of the Republic Window and Door Factory workers, members of United Electrical workers, who occupied their factory for six days and won their struggle to hold Bank of America accountable to pay them the mo... Read more

Assessing the Stimulus

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Economic Stimulus Package passed at the beginning of the Obama administration gets a mixed review by Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute in this interview with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick.  Listen for the full picture.  You can read Shierholz's  report on j... Read more

Salem Area Transporter Could Strike

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In Salem, workers at the CherryLift company could go on strike at any moment. Due to unscrupulous business practices, the Amalgamated Transit Union who represents CherryLift no longer trusts the company’s employer OHAS. Peter Shoaf talked to Jonathan Hunt, President of the ATU: Read more

Trimet To Cut Budget

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Trimet has proposed twenty-three million dollars in cuts this year. The announcement provoked a protest by the newly-formed Trimet Riders Union yesterday, at the newly-built ‘Portland Bus Mall’ on 5th and 6th avenues. KBOO’s david nochumson spoke with Al bradbury with the tra... Read more

Right to Repair

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The ‘right to repair’ bill currently being considered by the US Congress has become a point of contention between car manufacturers and civil liberties advocates. The bill would allow local mechanics and garages to perform repairs on cars with computers, which are currently... Read more

Laurelhurst Workers Organize

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Fired workers from the Laurelhurst Village nursing home held a community forum Tuesday night to discuss the management’s anti-union activities, and asking for community support. KBOO’s Peter Shapiro has more:   Read more