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Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The rapid, spectacular, entirely unexpected, self-organizing of workers at Amazon, Starbucks, and many other local franchises relying on low wage service workers inspired many observers of the labor scene to what they see as “spontaneous” uprisings as the route to a new lab... Read more

Empowered Haiti streetgangs, Farmworkers Pilgrimage for human rights

Airs at: Wed, 08/31/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  U.S. is still wreaking havoc in Haiti as street gangs are empowered by decades of failed U.S. policies. And the deportations continue. Also WE CONTINUE OUR DRUM-BEAT FRONT LINE COVERAGE OF THE FARMWORKER PILGRIMAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.  89.3 KPFB Berkeley, CA Released 08-... Read more

Folk Espresso - Special Edition for Labor Day 2022

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2022 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for:  Folk Espresso
Join program host Diane Hunt in celebrating Labor Day with music about unions, strikes, miners, working hard, working weekends, working women, and prayers for workers. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 29, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes the following segments: The New Pink Tide in Latin America: What is it? What can it hope to accomplish? For Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond, a sociology grad student at UT, who’s... Read more

The Disney Revolt - Part One

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In 1941, simmering tensions between Walt Disney Studios and its animators boiled over into one of the most notorious walkouts in American labor history, an incident that changed the face of the animation industry.  Behind the surfact of the Disney Strike is a tangled sto... Read more

The best of Flashpoints, UFW Union Pilgrimage

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  We bring you the Best of Flashpoints, as we continue our Drumbeat coverage of the UFW Union Pilgrimage from Delano to Sacramento CA.    Released on 08/22/2022       Read more

Stage Hands Fight Union-Busting at Convention Center

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Rose Etta Venetucci, Tim Rooney, and Kyle Huth, members of IATSE 28 (stage hands union) talk about the struggle to keep union jobs at the Metro Merc Convention Center.     Read more

Trump's FBI Search Warrant, Julian Assange, Unions

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  While Politico reports "FBI search warrant shows Trump under investigation for potential obstruction of justice, Espionage Act violations," some are cautioning that the Act has a long history of abuse: Also Did the U.S. plot to assassinate Julian Assange? A Spanish judge... Read more

The CHIPS and Science Act

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2022 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Of the working class, by the working class and for the working class. Host: Michael Cathcart. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 15, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Stop Ecocide: Last month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) celebrated 20 years since it opened its doors in July 2002. The court recognized this anniversary date by discus... Read more