Interview

Our guests today present about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the “free trade” agreement which President Obama has been negotiating for 3 years in secret. Oregon Fair Trade Campaign Director Elizabeth Swager gives us a broad overview of the agreement, how is has been negotiated and why it needs to be opposed while Force Positive Coordinator (Cascade Aids Project)'s Benjamin Gerritz talks in a very personal way about how this agreement could impact the availability of generic HIV drugs as well as other medicines.

Thom Hartmann progressive talk show host and author of about 20 books, including Unequal Protections, The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights, addresses the need for a 28th constitutional amendment to end the legal doctrines that Money is Speech and Corporations Are People. He calls America's governing structure a constitutional monarchy and describes how we moved there from a constitutional democracy.

Health Care for All Oregon's Dr. Samuel Metz presents an easy to understand explanation of the health care crisis and why a universal single payer system is superior to both America's current system and Obamacare in a 3 question/9 answer format.

How does the practice of Public Health interact with social justice? Dr. Martin Donohoe, author of Public Health and Social Justice, explains, talking about the UN Declaration on Human Rights, trade in arms and the military, major social justice issues which impact public health including the status of women, industrial chemicals, access to health care (he advocated for a single payer system in the US),, corporate influence in the school system.

The Great Recession has created demands by both the American and world economic and political elites for the imposition of austerity polices, saying that we cannot afford benefits for the 99% and the government services, jobs and benefits have to be cut. Guest Michael Wade with the Portland Peoples' Budget Project and Solidarity Against Austerity discusses these trends and policies, and how these efforts are being resisted by Portlanders.

Diane Crumley hosts Emmet Brady, creator and host of the Insect News Network.

Topics discussed include: The upcoming Bee-a-thon, Cultural Entomology, the Insect News Network and Emmet's two radio shows.

Women's Tennis and Men's Soccer