A show produced and executed entirely by the Journalism 35 students of Cabrillo College on KSCO 1080 am in Santa Cruz Saturdays 5pm. Hosted by Dan Wu and Chapman a discussion with Uncle Dennis (FRSC), Craig Jutsun (Community TV), Brad Kava (Former San Jose Mercury)

Explains how hard-working, responsible graduates become mired in impossible debt. Reviews the history of a predatory industry that has bribed universities, financial aid officers, and Congress to strip all consumer protections. Details the underhanded tactics, usurious fees, and draconian collection practices that have driven borrowers out of jobs, out of the country, and out of their minds. Also reads the poems "All the Hemispheres" by Hafiz, "Caretake This Moment" by Epictetus, and "Life is a Garden, not a Road" by Bokonon. Gives some biography on Epictetus and the Stoics, and presents elements of the religion started by "Bokonon" in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. Elucidates the checkered past of Daylight Saving Time and questions whether it's saving time or stealing it.

Hear audio from the October 30 rally in front of the Cigna Health Care offices in the SF Financial District, including an interview with Sharon Cornell, Executive Officer of the Alameda Labor Council. The rally was put on by the Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and North Bay Labor Councils. (11:43)

Recording of a WSM branch education that looks at 'what is class' and outlines many of the different classifications that have been used before asking whether this is right approach to the question at all. Followed by a brief discussion of class in relation to Joe Duffy phone ins demanding a public sector pay cut.

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 24th to October 30th, 2009

On Monday we spoke with James Loewen, researcher, author, teacher, and history-doer. His latest book is a how-to guide for teachers, with the aim of reclaiming history from boring dates and names and replacing a vibrant sense of connection to the past. Teachers for Class War airs every Monday at 6 PM on Freak Radio Santa Cruz. 30 min., mp3 format, mono.

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday October 29th, 2009.

Yesterday evening the Cork branch of the Worker’s Solidarity Movement hosted a talk by South African anarchist and ZABALAZA Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) member, Jonathan. The ZACF is an organisation of anarchist individuals from South Africa who identify with the communist tradition within Anarchism. The front is organised around the principles of theoretical and tactical unity, collective responsibility and federalism. Their activities include study and theoretical development, anarchist agitation and propaganda, and participation within the class struggle.

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday October 28th, 2009.

(audio 1:38:48) Audio missing first ten minutes of hearing, including Ammiano's opening statements and very beginning of Meyers Nave presentation. Public comment begins near the very end at about 1:30:00.

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday October 27th, 2009.

The Maestr@s spoke with a fellow media activist, Oaxaca City resident, and parent of a school aged daughter about the state of education in Oaxaca, where teachers mounted and led a massive uprising in 2006. We discuss the effects on schools and school children, three years later. 59.36 MP3 format

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday October 26th, 2009.

(audio 1:21:03) Oscar Grant video was shown before audio recording begins

24 minute audio interview with Northern Humboldt community activist, Tad, who was arrested after speaking at a county supervisors meeting against local manifestations of the prison industrial complex. Tad is currently on a hunger strike as a form of protest after receiving a 35 day jail sentence for "talking too long" at the meeting.

Reviews the "coming of age" of Democracy Now from their book, The Exceptions to the Rulers. Examines how one person's journalist- with-integrity is another person's hostile crank. Discusses Christian Parenti's response, called "Free the Truth," to Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves, who claimed that child slavery in cocoa has been eradicated.

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 17th to the 23rd, 2009

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Thursday October 22nd, 2009.

Attached is a recording of and the slides from a talk by Ann Pettifor, the second of 3 'Plan 2050 Environment Lectures', organised by Sheffield Cathedral and the Sheffield Campaign against Climate Change, which was held on Wednesday 21th October 2009.