The Radical Songbook Podcast

A conversation with Gretchen Bennett, the Salem, Oregon liaison with that city's Community Police Review Board about how the board works.

Bill Fletcher Jr. discusses the 1921 destruction and massacre of Tulsa's Black community by a white mob and explains why this history is important to understanding racism today.

Beatrice Olivo is a radiation therapist at St. Charles Medical Center who was on the bargaining committee for the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals and helped to negotiate the first union contract for 150 medical techs at the Bend hospital. She reflects on what it took to win a union contract and is optimistic about the future of work at St. Charles.

Ron Verzuh is an active member of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association and author of a new book titled "Working Oregon: A Labor History Chronology," which takes a long look at the history of working people and their unions in Oregon.

A conversation with Central Oregon activist Dalton Miller-Jones about Paul Robeson and the Black Freedom Struggle.

Bruce Barthol talks about his musical career from Country Joe and the Fish to the San Francisco Mime Troupe and beyond.

Retired union editor Dave Elsila talks about coming of age in Detroit while being spied on by the government for his political activities.

A conversation with Jordan Perry, a tech worker at St. Charles Medical Center, and Sam Potter, organizer for the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, about the fight for a first union contract at the Bend, Oregon, hospital.

Bill Fletcher Jr. on the elections, racial justice and building solidarity.

A conversation with Amber Keyser, board member at Indivisible Bend, on the need to protect the vote and defend democracy against the threat of a coup by Doanld Trump.