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The Slave Next Door; Part 2 : An Oregon Report

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Learn about Human Trafficking and Slavery in Oregon from the voices of those who's jobs have them confront this modern day horror every day. Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviewed Deputy Kieth Bickford chair of the Oregon Human Trafficking Taskforce, the organization tapped... Read more

The Slave Next Door; Part 1: Interview with the author Kevin Bales

Airs at: Wed, 08/26/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Author and anti-slavery activist Kevin Bales is interviewed by host Linda Olson-Osterlund about his new book The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, co-authored with historian Ron Soodalter. Bales' earlier book on modern slavery, Disposable Peop... Read more

A RADICAL VISION FOR LABOR

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
 Host Jamie Partridge interviews labor photojournalist David Bacon, a veteran union organizer, whose latest book is "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants".  Bacon argues that the key to building power for working people are the str... Read more

A call to fill Oregon's black leadership void

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Black leadership is on the rise - from the White House to corporate giants like Xerox Corp. In progressive Oregon, however, blacks currently hold no elected positions in the city, county or regional governments within the metropolitan area where most of their community resi... Read more

The Black Struggle on the Waterfront

Airs at: Sun, 08/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Host Jamie Partridge talks with Deborah Stringfellow and Jerry Lawrence, founding members of the African American Longshore Coalition and rank-and-file leaders of Portland’s Longshore and Warehouse Union – ILWU local 8 about racism, union democracy and current struggles on ... Read more

August 17 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris (pictured here) hosts this show focusing on prisons, healthcare reform, and labor issues;  and featuring music from Tom Waits's CD Blood Money. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can follow us on Twitter, and see... Read more

Labor and the Healthcare Debate

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, talks with the Old Mole's Denise Morris about the role of that publication in putting the movement back in the labor movement, and about the role of labor in the fight for healtcare reform.    Read more

Reviving the NLRB

Airs at: Sun, 08/16/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The National Labor Relations Board, charged with mediating labor disputes, became moribund during the Bush administration, but the Obama administration is trying to revive it by appointing new members.  The Old Mole's Tom Becker looks at an article by Dave Lindorff in Coun... Read more

What's Wrong With the Recovery? ...and... Car Wash Workers Organize

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
What's Wrong With the Recovery? First up: Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple poli... Read more

What's Wrong With Recovery -- Extended Interview with Marty Hart-Landsberg (online exclusive!)

Airs at: Sun, 08/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Why isn't the stimulus solving the economic crisis for working families?  Why is Wall Street so anxious to reassure us that things are looking up again?  Should working people be worried about deficit spending?  And what simple policy change could eliminate Social Security'... Read more