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Click here for details: "Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a U.S. in Crisis" at the Left Forum Session 1: Saturday, March 20, 10 a.m. - 11:50 p.m., Pace University, W612 Moderator: Scott Harris: producer, Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine Panelists:
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Interview with political analyst Raed Jarrar, conducted by Scott Harris 
Two days after the election, and before preliminary results were announced, the two leading political coalitions both claimed victory in the contest for the 325-seat Iraqi parliament. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition was in a tight race with the Iraqiya coalition lead by former interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Before the election, more than 500 candidates were banned from running for parliamentary seats due to their alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. A new controversy erupted after the election when a list of 55 candidates, appointed to replace names from the initial banned list, were themselves disqualified. Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Iraqi-born political analyst Raed Jarrar, a senior fellow with the group Peace Action. Jarrar assesses the integrity of the Iraqi election and the status of plans for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by December 2011. Read political analyst Raed Jarrar's commentaries online at www.peace-action.org Related Links:
Seed Banks Challenge Corporate Control of Food Crops RealAudio
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Interview with Kevin Greene, founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Ken Greene is the founder of the Hudson Valley Seed Library, based in the village of Accord, N.Y. During a workshop at the NOFA conference, Greene examined the history of seeds, which for millennia were saved from one year's harvest and planted the next year. But with the growth of giant multinational conglomerates like Monsanto, the life of seeds has changed dramatically. When companies patent hybrid seeds or genetically modified organisms, they become private property, which means saving them for the next season becomes illegal. Now farmers and gardeners are forced to purchase new seeds every year from giant corporations. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Greene about the history of seeds, the role of private enterprise, and the fight in the form of seed exchanges and seeds banks. Visit the Hudson Valley Seed Library's website at www.seedlibrary.org Related links:
As Worker Productivity Rises, Unemployment Remains at Record Levels RealAudio
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Interview with Max Wolff, economist and instructor at The New School's graduate program in international affairs, conducted by Scott Harris  The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in the fourth quarter of 2009, worker productivity increased at a 6.9 percent annual rate, revised upward from the initial 6.2 percent reported in February. The rise in productivity provides an explanation how the U.S. economy could have grown at an impressive rate of 5.9 percent in the final quarter of 2009, while unemployment remained at near record levels. Increased worker productivity reflects the current strategies that businesses have employed to cut costs to the bone by both laying off their work force and demanding ever-increasing productive output and efficiency from fewer workers. With jobs scarce and labor unions in an extremely weak position to make demands on employers, wages and benefits for an increasingly more productive workforce are stagnating or in decline. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with economist Max Wolff, an instructor at The New School's graduate program in international affairs. Wolff provides an overview of the ailing U.S. economy and the challenges for workers as productivity increases and unemployment remains high. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Read Max Wolff's commentaries online at www.huffingtonpost.com Related links:
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