Activism

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Occupy ICEPDX and Dani Summers

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland activists Sam and Alana about OccupyICEPDX and the late Dani Henri Sommerville, also known as Dani Summers, and Dani Som, a twenty year old musician/songwriter, with OccupyICE/PDX, who died in February. Scroll down for a transcript of ... Read more

Organizing from Below

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick and Aaron Brenner discuss some lessons from the past and present for reviving labor militancy and revolts from below. Aaron Brenner is a labor historian and organizer for the Food and Commercial Workers Union. They discuss the importance of history, and labor h... Read more

"Knocking on Labor's Door"

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier speaks with Lane Windham, who worked for twenty years in the labor movement and is now Associate Director of Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, about her book Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s... Read more

The Radioactivist for 4/23/19

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: The RadioActivist

BAD News: April 2019 (#21)

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 04/26/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

This 21st edition of BAD News, Angry Voices From Around The World for April, 2019. Download This Episode If you’d like to get involved in the network or want to hear more – send an email to a-radio-network@riseup.net The a-radio-network website is currently down ... Read more

Humor, Shaming and Yelling At Racist Dogs w Tom Tanuki

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 04/26/2019 at 5:00pm

Produced for: The Final Straw Radio

Humor, Shaming and Yelling At Racist Dogs w Tom Tanuki On the show this week, Bursts spoke with Tom Tanuki, front man of the group Yelling At Racist Dogs (Y.A.R.D.), a performance anti-fascist group that directs insulting yells at far-right, xenophobic events and speakers. ... Read more

PDX neighborhood associations; The Demo House

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

On today's Radiozine, we feature two different orgs who are helping out people with how they addressing being in Portland, from living here to visiting here. First, Jenna talks to Sunny Bleckinger and Kristin Shorey about Portland's many Neighborhood Associations, their ma... Read more

Artists & Social Responsibility

Airs at: Tue, 04/30/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Artists, creative people, occupy a special place in our hearts and minds. They interpret the world around us and imagine things outside the box. What is the connection between them and their creative output and society? Is it just to take curtain calls and sign autograph... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 29, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Mole celebrating May Day, International Workers Day, and we hear: Laurie speaks with Lane Windham, who worked for twenty years in the labor movement and is now Associate Director of Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiativ... Read more

Filmmaker Josh Tucker discusses Alaska's proposed pebble mine: Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Part 2 of KBOO reporter Emily Gresham Beamer’s in-depth interview with Filmmaker Josh Tucker about the Pebble mine proposed in southwest Alaska, and his documentary ‘We can’t eat gold’. The proposed open-pit gold mine, located in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed, would be t... Read more