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Meet the Incoming OEA President

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with incoming Oregon Education Association President Enrique Farrera about his humble beginnings and his thoughts about moving the state union forward. Read more

Big Hopes for the Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686)

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2025 at 8:00am - 9:00am
The Oregon Journalism Protection Act (SB 686) would create a funding system where social media mega-companies pay local media outlets for the content they use. The hope is that systems like this will slow the downward spiral of local newsrooms. The guests are, in the fir... Read more

Emergency Workplace Organizing and Workers Organizing Workers

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The "Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee" and "Workers Organizing Workers" are both projects of the Democratic Socialists of America to train and mentor workers wanting to organize a union at their workplace or get a new job in a strategic industry to organize a uni... Read more

Craig Thompson - Ginseng Roots

Airs at: Thu, 05/22/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Craig Thompson burst onto the comics scene in 2003 with his graphic memoir Blankets, which won multiple Harvey, Eisner, and Ignatz awards.  Blankets was followed up by the travelogue Carnet de Voyage, and the graphic novels Habibi and Space Dumplins. Now, Craig is ba... Read more

BLM History

Produced for:  Radiozine
First, Elizaha talks about Martin Luther King JR and his life's work. We discuss the impact of MLK's death on America.  Next, Gabby talks about the celebration of Black History Month. Gabby emphasizes the need to come together and lift each other up rather than bring ea... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 19, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Labor Internationalism, Malcolm Chaddock Remembered, Saving Social Security: Frann Michel hosts this episode, featuring these segments: Labor Internationalism:  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW pr... Read more

Labor Internationalism

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks to Dianne Feeley, a retired autoworker and editor of Against the Current, about UAW president Shawn Fain’s disappointing embrace of Trump’s tariffs and the need for labor internationalism to strengthen workers’ power in the U.S. and across border... Read more

Teaching Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 05/12/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with 2 educators about teaching about Palestine. Email Oregon Educators for Palestine to connect with other educators at oep@disroot.org. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 5, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  After four decades of neoliberalism, capitalism is becoming neofeudal. So argues Jodi Dean, who lays out neofeudalism’s main features, explains why she believes capitalism is on the way out, and identifies which sectors of society could spearhead the struggle against ... Read more

Young Workers on the Move

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Ella Meloy of New Seasons Labor Union and formerly of University of Oregon Student Workers union, discusses with Rajeev Ravisankar, former president of the U of O Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, the recent upsurge of union organizing among young workers. Read more