December 10, 2008 

Dr. Armando Navarro is professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author of several books and articles and has been a leading national voice in defense of immirgant rights. He joins us this morning to discuss his latest book, The Immigration Crisis: Nativism, Armed Vigilantism, and the Rise of a Countervailing Movement.   

Dr. Navarro will discuss his book at a lecture December 11, 2008 7-8:30PM in Humanities 1500, UC Riverside.  For more information call Maria Anna Gonzales at 951-743-7173. 

Alrene Inouye of Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools, (CAMS) provides our weekly commentary. For more information see www.militaryfreeschools.org. 

Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein is a professor of  history at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy. He recently published an essay on the Chicago factory sit-in on CNN.com and he joins us this morning to provide an assessment the workers’ occupation of Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago.  

Thanks to engineer Meleiza Figueroa and to Angela Ruiz The Center for the Study of the Peoples of the Americas at CSU Northridge for production assistance.

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