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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Free School University Radio Program Presents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wed 4/3/13 7:00 pm USA Eastern on OB RADIO (<a href="http://obr.fm/">http://obr.fm</a>) <br></span></b><i>w/ rebroadcasts the following Monday 10:00 am and Wednesday 7:00 am. Podcasts put up within about 10 days after original broadcast.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt'>The Crisis of Student Debt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>with Jackie Sewell of Young Democratic Socialists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><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 class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Four years ago, debt, in the form of unsustainable mortgage lending, crashed the entire global economy. Crises of debt are looming in at least four other economic sectors, also: credit card debt, as people struggle to stay afloat in a “jobless recovery”; health care debt, caused by rising health care costs and a predatory private insurance system, and student debt. College costs are rising rapidly, and state and federal government support for higher education has been slashed, resulting in been a generation of college graduates staggering under a crippling burden of debt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Young Democratic Socialists (YDS), the youth section of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), has campus chapters of activists on colleges all over the country. Not surprisingly, they have made student debt one of their priority issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jackie Sewell is National Youth Organizer for YDS. She will share with us what this vibrant organization of college-age socialists has learned about student debt, and about how to fight back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Young Democratic Socialists: <a href="http://www.ydsusa.org">http://www.ydsusa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Democratic Socialists of America: <a href="http://www.dsausa.org">http://www.dsausa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Crisis of Student Debt<br></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wednesday, 4/3/13 7:00 pm USA Eastern Time<br>Occupy Boston Radio – <a href="http://obr.fm/">OBR.FM</a>*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>with rebroadcasts the following Monday 10:00 am<br>and Wednesday 7:00 am</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>*Push the play button on the radio control, or refresh screen if the radio doesn’t start immediately.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Note: OBR.FM has been having server problems for the past week. We hope everything will be completely fixed by Wednesday night, but if you have trouble with reception, we apologize advance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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 not more than 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>The Free School University Program (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>