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Evergreen Classified Workers Standing Strong

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with the Mindy Troffer-Cooper, union president of the Evergreen Public School Employees, or PSE, which represents the 1400 classified workers in the Evergreen School District who are currently on strike. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 8, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode focuses on solidarities, alliances, and connections. Hosted by Frann Michel, it features these segments: Critical Pedagogy Against Genocide:  Jan Haaken talks with Portland-area teachers Stephen Siegel and Ellen R  about the movement among educators to r... Read more

Trump’s Brutal Immigration Policies

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Dianne Feeley discusses Trump's brutal immigration policies and ways that those of us with citizenship can support our neighbors and build opposition to deportations.   This July 2025  talk is an earlier version of her discussion available in the September-October 202... Read more

Critical Pedagogy Against Genocide

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with local teachers Stephen Siegel and Ellen R about the movement among educators to resist right-wing and Zionist attacks on critical pedagogy and the struggle within the NEA around cutting ties with the ADF. The teachers also recommend these resource... Read more

Broken No More

Airs at: Wed, 09/03/2025 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On this edition of Century of Lies: Broken No More. International Overdose Awareness Day was August 31. The organization Broken No More held a news conference August 27 to lift up the voices of families who’ve lost loved ones to the toxic unregulated drug supply and to dr... Read more

Renters Bill of Rights

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Lela Schwartz and Mike Edera of the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) Housing Working Group lay out their campaign for the Renters Bill of Rights, a nine-point program soon to be brought to the Portland City Council to adopt as an ordinance.  Copied largely from a s... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 1, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 09/01/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This Labor Day episode celebrates the labor of moles and other radio-makers. Hosted by Jon Nelson, it features these segments: KBOO Out Loud with Nathan Vandiver Laurie Mercier talks with KBOO Station manager Nathan Vandiver about the impacts of the Corporation for Pub... Read more

Capitalism's Enduring Use for Borders

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Ivan Drury Zarin explains how borders serve to undermine worker solidarity under capitalism.  This talk was part of an event held last month by Solidarity on the Origins & Problems of the Anti-Migrant Panic. That panel discussion was the culmination of a reading and d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 11, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Conspiracies, Fascism, and Borders in Capitalism: Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Left & the Law: Conspiracy Thinking & the Epstein Case:  Trumpism has always been animated by dark conspiracies about Democrats and "elites" and a belief ... Read more

Musicians Union Resiliency Expo

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Hunter Buen, bass player and organizer with the American Federation of Musicians. local 99, discusses the struggles of musicians in the Rose City, especially those who work in bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels as independent contractors.  Among many initiatives, the un... Read more