Building Bridges Labor Internet Radio Wed. 8/8 8PM EST

WBAI RADIO IN EXILE –
presents

BUILDING BRIDGES:
Your Community and Labor Report in Exile
produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash

Wednesday, August 8th , 8-9pm (EST) over internet radio
http://www.wbix.org
WBIX is produced by Errol Maitland and Ryme Katkhouda

Our feature stories will be:

SPECIAL GUEST: BOB LEDERER, RECENTLY FIRED HOST OF
WBAI’S HEALTH ACTION
WBAI Interim Manager Utrice Leid’s latest victim is Bob Lederer.One of the key leaders in the fight against Pacifica and Utice Leid
since the December Coup, Bob was told this week that he was fired and banned. He joins those of us in exile on Building Bridges to talk about his firing and the new purge which began last week with the firing of Robert Knight in the overall context of new developments on the Pacifica front.

ARGENTINA'S ECONOMIC CRISIS:
FISCAL AUSTERITY, GENERAL STRIKES & THE IMF
Into its third year of economic crisis, the Argentine government of
Pres. De La Rua is deciding to balance its giant budget deficit on the backs of the poor, government workers and retirees. With the unions pressuring on one side with frequent general strikes and
the IMF on the other doling out bailout loans based on
"fiscal responsibility", Argentina's crisis is being watched for its repercusssions on neighboring countries and the world economy.
We talk with Daniel Ximenez,
Director of the School of Labor Studies in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

THE POOR GETTING POORER
Is homelessness on the rise? We look at the effects of the current recession, building on the "heritage" of the Welfare Reform andReconstruction Act of 1966. And in Giuliani's New York City the Shelter system is already overflowing.
Out guest will be Tim Casey
Attorney for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund


FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT “BUILDING BRIDGES”
CONTACT Ken Nash – knash [at] igc.org

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