Labor

Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Labor Radio

“We are in the middle of a whirlwind of struggle and opportunities for fundamental change abound; it’s just a question of how we use them.” ...Or so say the members of Team Colors, a self-described “militant research” collective, who have just released a provocative new boo... Read more

Autonomism Explained

Airs at: Mon, 07/12/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

When Marx was writing his grim analyses of Capitalism 150 years ago, workers did not have much if any autonomy. The labor movement gave workers the leverage to determine some of the terms of their livelihood, and since the 1970s progressive management theory has given more ... Read more

Bike-Based Entrepreneurs tell us about pedaling one’s goods on the street. Literally.

Airs at: Tue, 07/06/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Abe Proctor. (Joe Uris is still on Vacation.) Sol Pops, SoupCycle and B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery are all Portland-based small businesses driven by a common factor: bicycles. But what’s it like to depend on human-powered transportation for your livelihood... Read more

July 5 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

This show, hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, responds to the insane drive to cut social spending by governments at a time when people have been left high and dry, or homeless and hungry, by the absurd situation that capital has created: vast wealth that cannot be invested, mi... Read more

Movie Moles: "Toy Story 3"

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken give you the real and radical viewing of Toy Story 3: it's about the great recession, the fear of unemployment, and the fear of being tossed in the dump when you're no longer new. It even shows the way forward towards a world of coo... Read more

Understanding the Great Recession

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

What are the most fundamental causes of the current economic crisis? Radical anthropologist David Harvey provides a lucid account of how this crisis and others are the result of capitalism’s inevitable compulsion to expand itself into a state of collapse, and argues that... Read more

Toy Story 3

Jan Haaken and I reviewed Toy Story 3 on the Old Mole Variety Hour July 5, 2010: a story of job loss and collective solidarity. Most of Andy's toys from the first two films are back, including Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and cowgirl Jesse, but some have been lost to yard sales... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/01/10

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Breaking trails in politics and law: A conversation with former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts. Betty Roberts was a child of the Great Depression. From the Texas plains of her childhood, she went on to become a teacher, lawyer, state legislator and Oregon'... Read more

Privatizing the Post Office

Airs at: Mon, 06/28/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Services that we used to count on from the US Postal Service have been increasingly taken over by private companies such as UPS and FedEx. Jim Cook, a long time postal worker and President of the Portland branch of the Letter Carriers Union, discusses what we lose as a re... Read more