Do you know who makes your electronic gadgets?

On the next Your Call, we'll look at where our technological gadgets are made and the labor abuses that go into their manufacturing. Ten workers at the Foxconn factory in China--where Apple iPhones are assembled--have committed suicide this year. How do labor practices affect your purchasing decisions? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you know where your smart phone is made? Who will be first to offer "fair trade" electronics? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Greg Fay--program coordinator with China Labor Watch
Richard Jones--Freelance journalist and photojournalist

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What's Driving the Globalized Business of Organic Food?

What should you know about your "organic" food from China? On the next Your Call, we'll continue with our series Agenda for a New Economy and ask, what's driving the globalized business of organic food? How do you make your choices at the market? And how do you know what's safe?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why are we buying broccoli from China in the first place? And what do you want to know about it? It's Your Call, with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Samuel Fromartz is a veteran journalist and author of Organic Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew.

Paul Muller is a founding partner and organic farmer at Full Belly Farm in Guinda, California.

Christine Bushway, Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association (OTA).

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Your Call 081208 Doha round of world trade talks

What happened to the Doha round of world trade talks? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the WTO talks in Geneva and get an update on the movement opposing free trade and globalization. Last month, negotiations broke down after nine days. So what happened? What role did the U.S. play? Who is benefiting from these trades polices? And nine years after 500,000 people took to the streets of Seattle, how strong is the anti-globalization movement? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Victor Menotti, Program Director with International Forum on Globalization

Deborah James, the Director of International Programs of Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington.

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