Archive for the ‘Specials’ Category
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Topic: Six Maine peace activists who were charged with Criminal Trespass for refusing to leave the offices of Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) in March 2007 have been found NOT GUILTY in a jury trial that ended yesterday. They were at the Senator's office ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Producer/Host: Adam Lacher with production assistance from Jeffrey McCarter
Topic: Former Black Panthers Discuss U.S. Political Prisoners and Social and Ecological Justice
What are the ten points of the Black Panther platform? How is Common Ground Relief related to the Meg Perry Center in Portland, Maine? Who are the ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Butch Phillips of the Penobscot Nation speaking about the Penobscot River Restoration Project, at the 2008 Maine Water Symposium: Who Owns Maine's Water?, held at Bates College on 3/29/08.  The symposium was sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy and The Water for Life Campaign
FMI: www.defendingwaterinmaine.org
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Producers/hosts: Marge May and Eric T. Olson
Segment 1: Â Democracy and Grassroots activism
David Cobb, 2004 Presidential candidate for the Green Party and Pat Lamarche, 2004 Vice Presidential candidate for the Green Party, Maine activist and journalist, speaking at the University of Maine. Produced by Marge May
Segment 2: Eric Olson interviews Rabbi ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Producer/host: Magnus Johnstone
Topic: Recreation of Democratic Caucus process
Caucus registration, the positions of 4 Democratic Presidential Candidates, how to get involved in the voter process
Guests: Bethany Reynolds, Vice Chair, Hancock Co. Democratic Committee; Lael Stegall; Will Rice; Dick Atlee; Nancy Hodermarsley
Call in show
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Producer/host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Guests: Emily Posner and Storm Waters, Native Forest Network
A call in show about the opposition to Plum Creek's proposal to develop the Maine woods.
LURC Public hearings on the issue (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ):
Public Sessions (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
Members of ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Producer/host: Amy Browne
Guests: Logan Perkins, Will Neills, Storm Waters-- volunteers with the Native Forest Network, one of many groups raising serious concerns about the plan proposed by Plum Creek in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine
LURC Public hearings on the issue (from the LURC website, www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ):
Public Sessions (10:00 AM ...
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Producer/host: John Greenman
Topic: Child Soldiering
Speech by Arthur Serota, Executive Director, UMECS (United Movement to End Child Soldiering)
Recorded Sept. 20th, 2007 at UMaine
Most everyone has heard that children are terrorized into becoming fighters in several places around the world.
It’s easy, though, to forget about something flabbergasting when it’s something that’s happening ...
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