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Around the Nation: April 1, 2008

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  1. Free Forum: 'Economy in Crisis: Who Pays? Who Profits?'
    • Palo Alto, CA.
    • 7:00pm

    With Jack Rasmus, author of _The War at Home and Max Bollock, fair trade activist. What’s behind the economic downturn? Why did the White House resist helping homeowners but then bail out Bear Stearns? Who is responsible for those bad mortgages? What roles have deregulation and globalization played? The foreign debt? The Iraq War? Community Media Center, 900 San Antonio. Free. Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, PeaceandJustice.org ~ 650-326-8837 The forum will be broadcast on Mid-Peninsula Cable Channel 27, as well as webcast, with rebroadcasts throughout April.

  2. Freedom to Connect
    • Washington, DC.

    The F2C: Freedom to Connect conference brings netheads, netizens and other activists into the same room as congressional and FCC staff, public advocacy wonks, members of the federal communications bar and other Beltway insiders to see what happens.

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