How is the Occupy Movement affecting college campuses?

On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the November 15 strike at California colleges and universities in response to deep cuts and tuition hikes. Since 2008, there's been a 200 percent increase in tuition at state schools. California students say they plan to occupy dozens of campuses in the coming days. What are the most effective strategies? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Mandy Cohen is a graduate student at UC Berkeley and on the executive board of UAW2865.

Richard Walker, UC Berkeley professor of geography and Berkeley Faculty Association member

Robert Hass, UC Berkeley English professor and former poet laureate

Gwen Urey, professor of Urban and Regional Planning and president of Cal Poly's California Faculty Assocaiaton

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What is the value of community colleges?

On the next Your Call, we'll be broadcasting live from the Mission Campus of the City College of San Francisco. Community colleges have long offered affordable and accessible education to people of all ages and walks of life. But budget cuts have resulted in potential students being turned away and a loss of services. What do we lose as community colleges scale back? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is your community college story? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dora Palacios, student in community health program at the Ocean Campus of CCSF

Juan Rodolfo Cendejas, student in business and graphics at Mission Campus of CCSF and president of the Associated Student Council

Lulu Orozco, student in journalism program at Ocean Campus of CCSF

Jessie Ryan, associate director with the Campaign for College Opportunity in Sacramento

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How can we cut military spending?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed military spending cuts in the deficit debate. The US spends more on the military than at any time since World War II and almost as much as the rest of the world combined. Hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts are handed out every day. So what should be cut and where is the waste? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to cut the bloated military budget? What would you cut? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chris Hellman, Senior Research Analyst for the National Priorities Project

William Hartung, Director of Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy

Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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How will budget cuts determine the U.S. economic future?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the debt limit deal, which will raise the debt ceiling by at least 2.1 trillion dollars and entail cuts of 2.5 trillion dollars in two rounds, and no tax hikes for the rich. Where will these cuts come from? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are you making sense of the budget and what we're facing? And what is it going to take to fix the U.S. economy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andrew Fieldhouse, Federal Budget Policy Analyst at Economic Policy Institute

James Galbraith, an economist and the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government and business relations at the University of Texas at Austin

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What can we learn from the California in the 1930s?

On the next Your Call, we're going to go back in time and revisit California in the 1930s. We'll talk about how citizens and political leaders responded to the Great Depression with efforts to promote not only jobs, but lasting infrastructure, art and literature. We are suffering with a dire economic situation today--so what can we learn from that historic period? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are there programs we might consider using today from that era? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Gray Brechin, historical geographer and author; project scholar of California's Living New Deal Project with U.C. Berkeley Department of Geography

David Kipen, owner of Libros Schmibros and former National Endowment for the Arts' director of Literature

Lauren Coodley, author of The Land of Orange Groves and Jails: Upton Sinclair's California, and California: a Multicultural History in Documents

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the government shutdown in Minnesota and massive budget cuts in forty-six states. How are journalists covering these cuts? We'll also speak about the phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdock's News of the World in the UK. We'll be joined by Minnesota Independent's Sam Lane, Ventura County Star's Timm Herdt and Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sam Lane, a reporter with The Minnesota Independent

Richard Gizbert, host of Listening Post, the media watch broadcast on Al Jazeera English

Timm Herdt, The Ventura County Star's Sacramento Bureau Chief

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How are budget cuts affecting state parks?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California parks. Redwood forests, beaches, and some of the state's most important cultural and historic sites are among 70 parks slated for closure. As many as 220 jobs will be eliminated. Will widespread park closures lead to privatization? Join us live or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What should be done to save our state parks and keep them in public hands? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Bonny Hawley, executive director of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of California teachers' week-long protests and Detroit's mass teacher layoff. We'll also talk about media coverage of protests commemorating the Palestinian Nakba day and President Obama's speech on the Middle East. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Simone Landon, ColorLines' Julianne Hing and IPS' Mel Frykberg joins us from Ramallah. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Services global news agency's Ramallah correspondent

Simone Landon, Huffington Post News Editor. She also reported for the Detroit Metro Times, and the national magazine Labor Notes.

Julianne Hing, a reporter and blogger for ColorLines.com covering immigration, education and criminal justice.


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Why are local public libraries so important?

What's the value of public libraries and what can we do to save them? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about what public libraries mean to our communities. How are they being affected by budget cuts? A number of libraries are cutting their hours and services. Two-thirds of us carry library cards. How often do you visit your local library? Join us live at 10 or send us and email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What can we do to keep libraries open? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Carol da Silva, Division Manager at San Jose Public Library

Teresa Landers, head of Santa Cruz Public Libraries

Robert Dawson, San Francisco Photographer whose projects examine western American water, global water, American Public Libraries, the legacy of the New Deal

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What reforms will improve California's economic future?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist. In his special report on Californian, he reports California has been declared a "failed state," "dysfunctional," and "ungovernable." The good news is that California's problems, though complex, are now well understood, so reform has become possible. So where should we look for solutions? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the federal budget and President Obama's plan to reduce the deficit. What did you learn from the media's extensive coverage? We'll also discuss coverage of protests in Afghanistan. We'll be joined by Tax Notes' David Cay Johnston, McClatchy's David Lightman and independent journalist Anna Badkhen, who is just back from Afghanistan. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anna Badkhen has covered wars in Afghanistan, Somalia, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Chechnya and Kashmir and she has come back from 5 weeks of reporting in Northern Afghanistan.

David Cay Johnston, a Tax Analysts columnist and professor of tax, property and regulatory law of the ancient world at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management.

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How will the new federal budget plans affect our economy?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the federal budget. Who are the winners and losers in the plans put forward by President Obama and House Budget Chair Paul Ryan? How will they impact people who depend on federal programs from Medicare to student loans? And what might they mean for our fragile and increasingly unequal economy? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are there alternatives the heavy-hitters in Washington don't want us to think about? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Annie Lowrey, economics and business reporter for Slate Magazine

Richard Wolff, professor of economics emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst and author of Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It.

Dr. Robert Drago, research director with the Institute for Women's Policy Research

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What do you want to ask California lawmakers?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with state representatives. California is facing a $26 billion budget shortfall and last week Gov. Brown announced an end to budget negotiations with Republicans. So where are they heading? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to tell your representatives in Sacramento? What should their priorities be? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Senator Loni Hancock represents the 9th Senate District. It includes Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Dublin, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Livermore, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, and San Pablo. She chairs key policy and budget committees on public safety.

Nancy Skinner represents the Bay Area's 14th Assembly District. It includes Albany, Berkeley, Canyon, East Richmond Heights, El Cerrito, El Sobrante (part), Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Oakland (part), Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, Rollingwood, San Pablo, and Waldon (part).

Jerry Hill Represents the 19th Assembly District. It includes Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Millbrae, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, and South San Francisco and parts of unincorporated San Mateo County.

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What's in store for the future of public education?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch. She served as assistant secretary of education under George H.W. Bush and is the author of the bestselling The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Teachers are under attack, school budgets are being slashed, and President Obama and Republicans are moving toward a possible compromise on education reform. What would you like to see reformed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Diane Ravitch, education professor at NYU and author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

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What do unions need to do to save themselves?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the future of unions. Anti-union legislation is being introduced across the country and the future of organized labor is on the line. So what can unions do to change public opinion and make themselves more popular? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is your opinion of unions? And what can they do to convince skeptics that they're relevant? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Fernando Gapasin, co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice

Peter Rachleff, professor of labor history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota

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How would Governor Jerry Brown's budget change California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed California budget. The proposal includes $12.7 billion cuts in education and social services as well as an extension of current tax rates. Who'll be hit hardest--and who does it let off the hook? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With the state facing a $26.6 billion budget gap, how should the state balance its budget? What do you welcome about the governor's plan? And what worries you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jim Lindburg, California Budget analysts with the Friends Committee on Legislation.

Chase Davis, an investigative reporter focusing on money and politics for California Watch

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How are college students responding to economic austerity on campus?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about how students are organizing against budget cuts for higher education. In the UK, campuses have become the front line for resistance to economic austerity. Will students in California follow suit? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do the cutbacks at California campuses compare with those in other parts of the U.S., and in Europe? If you're a student, teacher, or parent, what actions are you taking? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ateo Peruyero, student organizer at Lehman College in New York

Ben Beach, student organizer at University College of London

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What should Governor-elect Brown do to solve the budget crisis?

What should Governor-elect Jerry Brown do to solve California's budget crisis? On the next Your Call, on the day of his inauguration, we'll discuss what steps he can take to tackle the state's $28 billion budget deficit. What are your priorities for the state? Join us live at our new time, 10 a.m., or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What changes and solutions would you like to see? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Mark Paul, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How It Can Be Fixed

Peter Schrag, writes weekly columns for California Progress Report and is the author of Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future and California: America's High Stakes Experiment

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Should we allow the majority to rule on California's budget?

On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series with a debate on Proposition 25: "the ballot measure that would lower the vote threshold down from 2/3, so that lawmakers could pass budgets with a simple majority." Why shouldn't the majority rule on the state budget? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do some legislative decisions require supermajorities? And should passing the budget be one of them? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Fred Glass, communications director for the California Federation of Teachers--Yes on 25

Loren Kaye, president of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education--No on 25

Bill Monning, State Assemblymember representing the 27th District

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Can We Talk About Taxes?

As fiscal crises hit every level of American government, is it finally possible to break the taboo around raising taxes? On the next Your Call, we'll look at how the question of taxation is framed in today's political agenda, how that affects tax policy, public opinion, and the budget deficit. What would make you feel good about paying taxes? Join us live at 11am or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we talk about taxes in a positive way? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lenny Goldberg, executive director of California Tax Reform Association

Kevin Looper, director of "Yes for Oregon" Tax Hike's Campaign

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