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Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 12:00am

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Clergy Abuse: Can we hold the abusers accountable and heal the community? Revelations earlier this month implicating Pope Benedict XVI in cover-ups of clergy abuse in Europe are just the latest developments in an issue that is rocking religious institutions to their f... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/29/10

Voices from the Edge on 4-22-2010

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am

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A Local Look at Environmental Justice On Earth Day, much attention will be paid to the long struggle to protect and preserve our ancient forests, wild salmon and pristine coastline. Less notice will be given to the fact that Oregon's least empowered communities are a... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-15-10

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am

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Near-Deadly Error: An interview with exonerated death row inmate Juan Melendez-Colon It is hard to imagine spending over 17 years on death row for a crime you did not commit. Juan Melendez-Colon did just that following his 1984 conviction and sentencing to death in the k... Read more

Andy Stern Steps Down

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2010 at 12:00am

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Kevin Card and Peter Shapiro interview Mark Brenner of Labor Notes about the mized legacy of Andy Stern, outgoing head of the Service Employees International Union and founder of the breakaway labor federation Change to Win. Read more

The Big Picture: Labor's Strategies on Global Climate Change and the Racial Wealth Divide

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2010 at 12:00am

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Labor Radio often brings you stories on real specific, immediate struggles, but tonight's show is about the big picture. We talk with two longtime scholar-activists about labor's strategies to address two of the larger-scope problems we face. In the first half of the sho... Read more

Class: What Do the Rich Owe the Rest of Us?

Airs at: Sun, 01/10/2010 at 12:00am

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What's the class consciousness of middle management? Who really has the power to subvert our unfair economy? In the first half of the show we talk with local union member activist and campaign superstar David Delk, member of AFSCME Local 3135, about what Oregon ballot Me... Read more

Si Kahn on Creative Community Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2010 at 12:00am

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Tonight we spend the half-hour with renowned singer, songwriter and community organizer Si Kahn. His new book, Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice, is full of amazing stories from his forty-five years in the st... Read more

Labor Rights Under Attack in Colombia, and How Free Trade Versus Fair Trade Affects US Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 04/05/2010 at 12:00am

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Hear from Alberto Bejarano of the cane cutters movement in Cali, and from Arthur Stamoulis of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in Portland Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04/08/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/08/2010 at 12:00am

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What does peace mean to you? Oregon youth respond In world where we struggle with wars, injustice, violence in our communities and the threat of environmental devastation...what does peace mean to you. That was the question 186 students from around Oregon answer... Read more