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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

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

Beating Back Big Coal

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the wake of the Trump administration’s attempts to revive Big Coal, we rerun a 2018 dialogue between Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement about John Sayles' 1987 film Matewan. The interview aired in the wake of the 2018 West Virginia Teachers strike, during which... Read more

Budget Cuts, Portland Police and the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A discussion with Portland's union rank-and-file. Kristian Williams, author of "Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America" and forthcoming "Policing the Progressive City" about Portland, leads the discussion.   The cops are worried about Portland City Council. The... Read more

OEA Board Directors Talk Unions and Responding to Trump

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we talk with OEA Board Directors Julia Barto and Brian Zauber Reed about their experiences as union leaders. Read more

Revitalizing third spaces in real time: Workers Tap invites unions and organizers into a special space for the community

Airs at: Wed, 04/02/2025 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Beer, coffee and union solidarity are all on the menu at Workers Tap in Portland. Started in 2022, the bar and cafe offers a free meeting space for unions and organizers to gather, intentionally creating a third space for communities.  KBOO's Hana Francis speaks with... Read more

Portland Troublemakers School

Airs at: Mon, 03/31/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Al Bradbury, editor of Labor Notes, and participant in the upcoming Portland Troublemakers School, describes the Labor Notes project - "putting the movement back in the labor movement" and building the "troublemakers wing" of trade unions.  The day-long Troublemakers Sch... Read more