Topics include current economic news, campaigning for a sweat-free Portland, and the politics of working for peace.
Host: Bill Resnick Engineer: Tami Dean
1. Host Bill Resnick introduces today's line-up of features. 2. Mark Weibrot discusses the state of the economy, especially the debt crisis. 3. Music and transition 4. Tom Becker reviews the 1919 massacre in Centralia, Washington involving the IWW and the American Legion. 5. Music and transition again. 6. Deborah Schwartz explains the movement in Portland to stop the purchase of sweated products. 7. Larry Bowlden reviews Ian McEwan's new novel "On Chesil Beach." 8. Bill Resnick and Normon Solomon discuss the prospects of progressive politics. 9. Wrapping up the show.