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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=123 height=123 src="cid:image003.png@01CDD206.665BA050" align=left hspace=12 alt=2000px-Pictograms-nps-sledding.svg v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Sledding Down the Fiscal Cliff: <br>Grand Bargains seen from the Democratic Left<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#FF9900'>Set your Internet Browser to OBR.FM.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The day after November’s election, <em>The Boston Globe</em>‘s lead editorial said, essentially, “Now that you’ve won, Mr. Obama, you should immediately implement Mr. Romney’s fiscal policies.” Punditry began to speak incessantly about the deficit, and the “Fiscal Cliff”. Few mentioned that the so-called “cliff”, far from being a fact of nature, was a creation of this Congress, and could be eliminated by them with a vote, if they so wanted. We have been assured that the “cliff” is a looming disaster, that entitlements were to blame, and that belt-tightening would be necessary all around – except for millionaires, who MUST NOT be denied their tax breaks, or the economy would crumble all around us. Another phrase often heard has been “Grand Bargain” – a deal President Obama is supposed to strike with House Republicans so we don’t all “fall off the cliff”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>What is the “Fiscal Cliff”, really? Is it even a cliff, or (as some activists say) at most a “fiscal slope”? In this post-2008 crash, post-Occupy world, how can people still claim with a straight face that austerity for all but the wealthy is the best course to take for the economy? How can we keep the “Grand Bargain” from becoming a “Grand Sell-out”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Our guests this week are activists who have delved deeply into the facts behind the rhetoric, and will try to help us find some answers to these questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Paul Garver</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> is a retired union organizer with intimate experience wrestling with global corporations in a global economy. He is on the National Political Committee of <b>Democratic Socialists of America</b> (DSA), and has been a drafter of many recent DSA statements on economic policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Charlie Brackett</span></strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> is former Young Democratic Socialist, now a DSA activist who researches fiscal policy and helps write literature for the organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>With luck, we may also be joined by an activist from the American Friends Service Committee who is active in the Budget for All Campaign in Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#0070C0'>Sledding Down the Fiscal Cliff:<br>Grand Bargains seen from the Democratic Left<br></span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0'>Wednesday, 12/5/2012 7:00 pm USA Eastern Time<br>Occupy Boston Radio – OBR.FM<br><i>with rebroadcasts the following Monday 10:00 am<br>and Wednesday 7:00 am</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Occupy Boston Radio is not-for-profit, volunteer-based, community radio, currently available by internet only.</span></em><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#FF9900'>Subscribe to our podcasts<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FSU Programs typically are posted as podcasts about 8 to10 days after the original broadcast. You can subscribe to our podcast feed, and have them delivered right to your iTunes, or Juice, or some other podcatcher. There is a link to our Podcast feed on the right-hand side of <a href="http://fsuradio.wordpress.com/">our blog</a>, or you can go directly to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FreeSchoolUniversityRadioPodcasts">Feedburner</a> site, and sign up there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#FF9900'>Information about The FSU Program and Occupy Boston Radio<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Occupy Boston Radio is not-for-profit, volunteer-based, community radio, currently available by internet only. Our audio streams live from <a href="http://obr.fm/">http://obr.fm</a> or from <a href="http://www.occupyboston.org/radio/">http://www.occupyboston.org/radio/</a>, or you may go to <a href="http://occupyboston.org/">http://occupyboston.org</a> and choosing “Radio” from the red menu bar at the top of the page. If the radio doesn’t begin to play automatically once you’re on the page, click the “play” arrow on the radio player control app to begin listening, or try refreshing your browser screen. (If you have a device, like an iPhone, that can’t use the Flash player, there’s a link there for you, too.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#FF9900'>Check out our Blog at <a href="http://fsuradio.wordpress.com"><span style='color:#FF9900;text-decoration:none'>http://fsuradio.wordpress.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FSU-RADIO is an educational series by Occupy Boston's Free School University. Our goal is to form an autonomous zone and share skills needed to maintain that, to entertain educate and enliven Occupiers and the general public. Our purpose is to provide support and space for skill sharing and sharing basic info regarding Occupy Boston and to encourage self-organization, teaching, and learning opportunities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our Wednesday program consists of TALK radio featuring educational content such as lectures, panel discussions and interviews.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Host: David Knuttunen (guest hosts from time to time)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Time: WED 7-8pm USA Eastern time. (Rebroadcasts the following Monday at 10:00 am and Wednesday at 7:00 am.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To propose a guest for the program, email <a href="mailto:fsu.radio.podcasts@gmail.com">fsu.radio.podcasts@gmail.com</a>. You can also comment on the blog (<a href="http://fsuradio.wordpress.com/">fsuradio.wordpress.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>