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Economic Crisis and the Left

Airs at: Sun, 01/20/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with labor activist and writer Sam Gindin about what progressives need to do when the economy goes in the tank.  Economic crises don't signal the end of capitalism or the rise of the working class.   The answer: Organize!  More about Sam Gindin here.  Gi... Read more

Interview with UNITE HERE Member and Hilton Hotel Worker

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 Workers at the Portland Hilton continue to urge local groups and companies to boycott the hotel until their union reaches a settlement with management. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Bruce Palamountain, a banquet server at the hotel and a member of the UNITE HERE Hotel... Read more

Sound Recording of Iran-US Strait of Hormuz Vessels: Pentagon Sound Bites Included

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 The latest on last week's 'incident' between Iranian and US naval vessels is that senior Pentagon officials apparently used an off-the-record Pentagon briefing to create a sensational media campaign around what was a relatively minor event. The initial press stories on th... Read more

20,000 Comments on Logging Plan: Carbon Gas and Fantasy Profits

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon has been swamped with more than 20,000 public comments about its “Western Oregon Plan Revision”, or 'Whopper - W-O-P-R. The plan would allow logging on all of the Bureau of Land Management's land holdings in Oregon. Although the pu... Read more

Is Dam Removal or Restoration Better:Saving Jobs, Salmon and the Klamath River

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
      A plan for the removal of four dams on the klamath River was announced on Tuesday.  This plan follows two years of closed-door negotiations between farmers, Indian tribes, fishermen, conservation groups and government agencies battling over scarce water and fish pro... Read more

Steelworkers protest hazardous imports

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 On Wednesday, January 16, the local branch of the steelworkers union led a coalition of groups that marched on  Senator Gordon Smith’s Portland office. The protestors called on the Senator to take action on the problem of imports that are hazardous to our health.    Read more

Peak Oil, Debt and the Economy

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Per Fagereng hosts talk radio this morning with special guest, Kurt Liebezeit, a local Peak Oil Activist. Listen to Per and Kurt discus Peak Oil and the Economy, while fielding questions, opinions, and discussions with our listening audience. Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Removal of Detainee Right to Appeal & Military Commissions Act 2006

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Next on Civil Liberties Watch Kboo’ reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund Discusses the Military Commissions Act of 2006 with the director of the ACLU of Oregon David Fidanque..  Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 14, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This  is the Old Mole Variety Hour in its entirety.   Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program focuses on some  popular movements the mainstream media  fail to cover.  First, Phil Alden Robinson from the Writers Guild talks with Bill Resnick about the writers's strike and ho... Read more

Civil Resistance in Iraq

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Press coverage of Iraq tells us that  the US is trying to build a secular democracy there, when in fact democratic and  secular groups are most under attack by the US and its Suni and Shia allies.  Bill Weinberg, award-winning journalist, radioactivist, and producer at  Pa... Read more