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Voices from the Verizon Strike

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 From the streets of New York, here are the voices of Verizon workers marching, chanting, and discussing their struggles with Verizon's  squeeze on them and the importance of their union (Communication Workers of America).  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick was on the scene and  ... Read more

Museum or Mausoleum: Ideology at the Frick

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 American Industrialist Henry Clay Frick made a fortune in coke and steel, built a mansion on 5th Avenue, filled it with European masterpieces, and willed it to the people.  What could be wrong with that?  Nothing, except that it makes a hero out of a villain and turns the ... Read more

Women with Moxie and Courage to Start Their Own Businesses

Airs at: Fri, 07/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Bread and Roses
Women are creating, building and leading some of the most innovative businesses in the world. Along the way, often at great risk and against the odds, they have shattered glass ceilings and entrenched stereotypes and have redefined the meaning of leadership and success.... Read more

UK Rising

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
  We talk with Zita Holburne from BARAC - Black Activists Rising Against Cuts - in the UK. You'll also hear from anti-fascist organizer Weymann Bennett and family members of people who have died in police custody in Britain, organizing for justice and police accountability... Read more

Tri-Met Riders Unite! and Inquisitive Frog Visits Rep. Blumenauer

Airs at: Mon, 07/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
"I absolutely love bus organizing.  Bus riders are my people." As Tri-Met raises fares and decreases service, a bus ticket costs more than ever and may not get you as far.  A growing network of working-class transit riders are reaching out to each other on the bus and organi... Read more

Here's an idea, Mr. President: try governing the way you campaigned.

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   What's a progressive to do these days? A federal court has declared the "individual mandate" provision of the health care bill to be unconstitutional, making it nearly inevitable that the case will find its way to the Supreme Court. Hmm, what sort... Read more

Letter Carriers Resist Postmaster's Shock Doctrine

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
Letter Carriers and other postal workers are facing a barrage of scare tactics from the Postmaster General, including the threat of eliminating 30% of the workforce, half the post offices and three days of mail delivery.  Kevin Card, president of the Oregon State Associatio... Read more

IKEA Furniture Factory Workers Unionize! and The Deficit Myth

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Labor Radio
We start with the workers who made your IKEA bookshelf at a factory in Danville, Virginia.  Last month they formed a union with a sweeping 76% majority, after collecting twice as many signatures of support as there are people in the town of Danville!  How'd they do it?  We ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 8th

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick interview Sam Pizzigati about inequality Tom reads an article on Empire and Inequality Larry Bowlden reviews Sheila Kohler's "Love Child" Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Wendy Webb talk about "If A Tree... Read more

We discuss The Debt Ceiling Debacle and a recent Advance in Women's Health Legislation

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Summer Vacation. Even in these days of shadow, we manage somehow to lurch toward enlightenment. Amid the unfolding debt debacle -- and the first-ever downgrade of U.S. credit -- the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced that al... Read more