Instructor, writer, activist VP
for Part-Timers
PCCFF / AFT / AFL-CIO
Local 2277
Monday, January 23rd, 2006: KBOO 90/7 FM
presents Labor Radio
Hour! 6:00pm 7:00
pm...
All listeners are invited
to call in
to Lane Poncy and
co-host
Tim Flanagan will be on the air with an exciting show about
How the Media Portrays Labor Unions. We
have several special guests!
At the
University of Portland,
Journalism instructor
Michael
Mulcrone, Ph.D. is an
Associate Professor in
Communication Studies.
Dr. Mulcrone teaches beginning and advanced journalism
courses. His research interests include communication law and
the history of journalism.
He will discuss:
"Cliches and closed doors: How organized labor is treated in the
corporate mass media."
Dave Mazza,
editor of from
The
Portland Alliance
will join us. In his own words, "Take The Alliance, for example. We define ourselves as an independent
tabloid —
our commitment is to helping build democratic mass movements to bring
about real social
justice." And we are fortunate
to have a last-minute addition to the panel, Tom
H. Hastings,
Director of the Peace &
Nonviolence Studies track at Portland State
University, and a writer for the
The Oregon Peaceworker.
His family went through the Minneapolis Teamsters strike in 1934.
Tom
will share
tumultuous times and hard-won truths. He is the author of A NonviolentResponse to Terrorism.in his own words,
"I regard Peace Education
as one essential in creating a culture
and ecology of peace and
justice." Nonviolent Response
to Terrorism
by Tom H. Hastings ISBN: 0786418745
We
invite listeners to call
in, ask questions, and let us know what they think!
Do we really have a "free press" in America?
Studio Line (503) 231-8187 90.7fm Portland, 91.9fmHoodRiver, 100.7fm WillametteValley
and the following week,
on Monday night, January 30th at 6pm, please
join us to discuss Oregon Politics! Labor Unions and
Oregon Politics.
Our guests include Michael Sullivan, Ann Samuelson,
Rob Wagner, and State Representative Larry Galizio. (Oregon house district
35) Mike Sullivanis a 25-year member of Steelworkers Local 8378 and president of the
Marion-Polk-
Yamhill Counties Labor Council. He is a Democrat and former
president of Local 8378. He retired from
Cascade
Steel and remains active in the Oregon labor political arena. He was a delegate at the
AFL-CIO Oregon convention.
He
describes the convention as upbeat, despite the challenges facing organized labor. "Labor will
rise again; it always
does," Sullivan
said
"This organization still has clout."Ann
Samuelson is seeking justice from the Oregon state
legislature
and has worked with former Senator Joan Dukes of Astoria.
Rob Wagner
(Director of Government Relations and
Political and Legislative affairs for AFT-Oregon)
will join with us
to discuss Oregon politics, labor unions, and our
listeners' concern Larry
Galizio represents
portions of both Washington and Multnomah County. http://www.leg.state.or.us/galizio/We
need Larry now, more than ever!
Find out more!
Listeners are invited
and
encouraged to call in!
Studio Line: (503) 231-8187
KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO
90.7fm Portland,
91.9fm Hood River,
and 100.7fm Willamette Valley
"The issue today
is the same as it has been
throughout
all history, whether man shall be
allowed to govern
himself or be ruled by a
small elite."
- Thomas Jefferson in Solidarity, this
page was edited by Tim
Flanagan Box
22, Lake Oswego,
Oregon
97034-0003
while using the wireless resources at: Mojo's Coffee Den - Portland, 97214-3081 unionactivism@peaceresource.com
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