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Movie Moles: "Reds"

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This program takes its name, “the Old Mole,” from Marx’s image for the Revolution that works underground and suddenly emerges into daylight where least expected.  The first revolution approaching what he had in mind was the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.  In 1981,... Read more

Korean women farmers have an alternative to American agribusiness

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Former KBOO volunteer Kellyn Gross sent us this report from Korea, where she as been living. The controversial Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement went into effect on March 15 after nearly five years of debate and protests in Korea's capitol of Seoul.  The FTA stan... Read more

Insecure Communities, May Day, !Ya Basta!

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Suppose you had to quiz your children: "What's your plan if I don't come home today?" On tonight's show we talk with CAUSA organizer Aeryca Steinbauer about the local impact of ICE policy and how deportations are hurting families in Portland. Learn more and find out what... Read more

Yes, there really is a vast conservative conspiracy. Abe and Joe look at ALEC.

Airs at: Tue, 04/03/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   In the early 1970s, a group of conservative lawmakers and businesspeople realized that synchronicity between the governments of different states was the path to ideological supremacy. The American Legislative Exchange Council -- A... Read more

Fighting Corporate Impunity in the Global Economy: Dan Kovalik of the USW

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Dan Kovalik of the United Steelworkers talks about holding corporations accountable in US courts for labor and human rights abuses in other countries.  Dan has been counsel to plaintiffs in cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond, and Occidental Petroleum for alleg... Read more

Movie Moles: Finally Got The News

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Laurie Mercier and Denise Morris talk about the 1970 documentary "Finally Got The News" (re-released and available to view for free online HERE), produced in association with the League for Revolutionary Black Workers. The League was wary of the film at first, worried i... Read more

Adrienne Rich: Ballad of the Poverties

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In honor of the late Adrienne Rich, Frann Michel reads a poem of hers called "Ballad of the Poverties". Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 2nd

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
           Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole. We hear about the Treyvon Martin case, Adrienne Rich's work on motherhood, a poem by Adrienne Rich, a movie review about revolutionary black workers, and a radical musicology segment about Alix Dobkins, who we hear throughou... Read more

East County Teachers May Strike (short version)

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
   1,300 school teachers, represented by the Oregon Education Association (OEA) in the Parkrose, Gresham-Barlow and Reynolds school districts, may strike in the next month if their school boards continue down their current path toward implementation of severe attacks on ... Read more

Worker-owned co-operatives: building a more humane economy

Airs at: Wed, 03/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Recovery Zone
The United Nations has declared 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives, Congress may be considering the National Cooperative Development Act, and worker-owned co-operatives could play a role in creating an economy that treats people as human beings.  One inspiring e... Read more