Friday, October 10, 2008

• Top Global Finance Leaders to Meet with Bush
• European Governments Respond to Financial Crisis
• Indian Muslims Denounce Harassment, Arrests
• Tens of Thousands of Voters Purged from Rolls
• Day Labor Series: Part Two

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Top Global Finance Leaders to Meet with Bush
As the Dow Jones reaches its lowest point in 5 years, global markets are also struggling – and President Bush is set to meet with members of the G7, the International Monetary Fund and The World Bank this weekend in Washington. At issue, the nationalization of US and global banks and how nations are responding to the US financial crisis. Karen Miller has more.

European Governments Respond to Financial Crisis
It's been another turbulent week in the global financial markets. European countries have experienced a rash of bail-outs, differing levels of government guarantees on savings, bank mergers and collapses in the space of a few days. Naomi Fowler reports on how European governments are reacting.

Indian Muslims Denounce Harassment, Arrests
Indian police have arrested dozens of Muslim youth in connection with a series of recent bomb attacks across Indian cities that killed more than 150 people since January this year. The Police claim little-known Muslim groups are behind these bombings. But members of India's 150 million strong Muslim communities think police are indulging in a defamation campaign against Muslim community at large. Bismillah Geelani has more from New Delhi

Tens of Thousands of Voters Purged from Rolls
If you're planning on voting in the upcoming election this November, you may want to double-check and make sure your name is on the rolls – especially if you live in a swing state. According to a study of state and Social Security records accessed by the New York Times, tens of thousands of otherwise qualified voters have been purged from the rolls, or have been prevented from registering. Uprising Radio's Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with Brad Friedman, of www.bradblog.com, a popular site devoted to voting integrity. (You can hear the entire interview at www.uprisingradio.org.)

Day Labor Series: Part Two
FSRN reporter Max Pringle examined yesterday the impact of the flagging economy on day laborers – finding that many job opportunities are drying up. The hardest hit among day laborers are the most vulnerable immigrants: working-class families with little or no savings, those with chronically ill children and single mothers, as well as recent immigrants. After months in debt or looking for work, those with ties to Mexico are looking back south to alleviate their financial struggles and to tap into social networks to help them trough the rough financial times. Today in our continuing series, Victoria Martinez looks at the recent phenomenon of reverse migration.