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Reform and Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick speaks with labor journalist Michael Hirsch about working within reform movements toward revolutionary ends. Hirsch writes about labor and politics and is a member of the editorial board of New Politics.   Graphic courtesy of Nation of Change. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 1, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts today's program which includes: Reform and Revolution: An interview with Michael Hirsh on reform vs. revolution Labor and the Green New Deal: A reading from the Jacobin website entitled "Organizing to Win a Green New Deal." The Anthropocene: A reading f... Read more

The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Radiozine airs episode "The Non-Violent Path of Cesar Chavez" from Making Contact. Cesar Chavez has made it to the big screen. Millions of people are now learning about the legendary farmworker organizer. But where did Chavez get his organizing philosophies? This week,... Read more

Raising Cane

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Stage & Studio presents a special documentary from the "Crossing East" Asian Pacific American history series, winner of the 2006 Peabody award. This is excerpted from the "Raising Cane" segment by Robynn Takayama and Dmae Roberts with help from Jenny Dunn. For more in... Read more

Troublemakers School - Coming April 6

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
The Troublemakers School is back!  Every two years, the "troublemakers wing" of the labor movement (Labor Notes) organizes a day-long school on everything from "secrets" of successful workplace organizing to putting-the -"movement" back in the labor movement.  This year'... Read more

Labor Radio on 03/18/19 - The #NewEraHatsOff Campaign

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
  Is America's Pastime Crushing Labor Unions? Host Michael Cathcart tells the story of the fight to halt New Era Cap Company's plan to shutter their long-standing unionized factory in upstate New York in order to shift production of Major League Baseball (MLB) hats to ... Read more

Organizing for Social Justice

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today on The Radio Activst,  Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande talk with social justice consultant and spiritual leader Rabbi Debra Kolodny,  and Will Layng, Executive Director of Jobs With Justice about their work organizing for social justice. Rabbi Kolodny has worked t... Read more

Gender, Class, and Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the 1950s and 60s, political and economic commentary was about the struggle between labor and capital. Not now. Why? Thom Becker reads from Rob Urie’s article in CounterPunch arguing that that capitalism has attempted and largely succeeded in co-opting and compromisin... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with John T. James about the extent and the causes of fatal medical errors. 2. Frann Michel discusses Earth Strike. 3. How and why the capital-labor struggle disappeared from political ... Read more

California Educators Rising

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Join us as we speak with Josh Austin, a Berkely teacher and member of the group California Educators Rising.  With all of the excitement surrounding the strikes in Oakland and Los Angeles this year, you might not know that there is also a group in Californing working on ... Read more