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Ruth reads Native American stories.

Sci-Fi Journal for April 2013 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Jay starts off with Popcorn Previews with trailers for "After Earth", "Iron Man 3", "Man of Steel", and "World War Z". Jay went to a local gaming store "Game On" and interviewed the owner Pat. Marc does Toob News with news on upcoming TV shows, "Under the Dome", "The Following", and "The Originals". James shows an interview he did at TempleCon with Jeromy who runs Rum and Mulled beverage tastings.

Guests Nicholas Caleb (government Professor at Concordia University in Portland) and Mike Losier (Media Spokesperson with Portland Action Lab) identify what austerity economic policy is, how it represents attacks on the services and functions of government around the world, how people have responded in Europe and the United States.  Lastly, they discuss efforts in the United States, specifically in Portland, to develop consciousness about austerity as a policy program of the elite and how we,the people, mobilize in opposition.

David Cobb, chief organizer with Move to Amend (movetoamend.org), speaks on the need to amend the US Constitution to eliminate corporate personhood and the court made doctrine that money is speech.

Hear how Twain got his first book published and how you could follow his path.  

Guest Elizabeth Swager is Asst Director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign. She talks about her role in the enactment of Portland Oregon's sweat-free procurement ordinance, designed to protect foreign factory workers. She goes on to review past “free-trade agreements” (NAFTA, Panama, Columbia and So Korea) and their effects on American jobs losses, tax havens and challenges to laws and regulations as a result of investor protection clauses. The TransPacific Partnership is then discussed as as NAFTA on Steroids.

SHOCKING AND AWFUL MARATHON -- PART TWO:

"Dance of Death" (26 minutes)

SHOCKING AND AWFUL MARATHON -- PART ONE
10 years after the second US invasion of Iraq, the Deep Dish TV series "Shocking and Awful: A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation" remains the most comprehensive and powerful analysis of the war and opposition that arose in the US and around the world. To mark the 8th anniversary since the first "Media Edge" telecast on April 3, 2005, we present this entire 12-part series during the next three weeks, with each Media Edge episode featuring four of the Shocking and Awful series programs: