Children in the Fields. Brandon Louie, California Regional Coordinator for the Children in the Fields projects, part of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, talked about the reality of child labor in the US agriculture industry. To see the video of the movie clip played for the intro of Brandon's interview, check out this website.Brandon Louie can be contacted at louie@afop.org.
The future of a mountain. Lorelei Scarbro, community organizer for Coal River Mountain Watch and the Coal River Wind Project explains how wind farming could change the future of some Appalachian communities and how recent mountaintop removal on Coal River Mountain affects that plan. For more about mountaintop removal, visit iLoveMountains.org To learn about how the coal debate affects Appalachian communities, check out our Sept 29th interview with Mari-Lynn Evans and this audio compilation. (Note: This audio piece includes segments of other works -- cited but used without official permission. It is strictly for education.)
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Announcements:
Weds. Nov 4th, 7:30pm @ Bike Forth (1221 1/2 4th St in Davis): "Contagious Love Experiment," a conversation with two Iraq veterans on a tour of peace.
Music Playlist:
"Chez Seychelles" by Beau Soleil (from Roots Music: An American Journey on Rounder)
"They'll Never Keep Us Down" by Hazel Dickens (from Harlan County U.S.A.: Songs of the Coal Miner's Struggle on Rounder)
"Tu Y Las Nubes" by Jose Alfredo Jimenez (from Tesoros de Coleccion on Sony Discos)
"Down by the Riverside" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (from Complete Recorded Works 1938-1944 on Document)
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