Category: Specials

Producers/hosts: Marge May and Eric T. Olson

Segment 1:  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 Amita Jarmon of Adas Yoshuron in Rockland about what it will take peacefully to solve conflict in Israel & Palestine and opportunities coming up for Mainers to hear from a representative the largest national Jewish peace organization in America.

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 the public are welcome to attend and/or participate in any of the four scheduled public sessions. Any person wishing to testify before the Commission is urged to read the rules governing public testimony before LURC (available for downloading [at www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ]

1. Saturday, December 1, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)
2. Sunday, December 2, 2007 (Augusta Civic Center, 79 Community Dr, Augusta)
3. Saturday, December 15, 2007 (Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland)
4. Sunday, December 16, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)

PLEASE NOTE: There will be a re-broadcast of a panel discussion on this issue on Weekend Voices, Saturday December 1st at 3p.m. (also archived below)

FMI: www.nrcm.org , www.maine.gov/doc/lurc ,  www.endgame.org , www.dontbuysfi.com

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 – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM)

Members of the public are welcome to attend and/or participate in any of the four scheduled public sessions. Any person wishing to testify before the Commission is urged to read the rules governing public testimony before LURC (available for downloading under “Additional Information” to the right)

1. Saturday, December 1, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)
2. Sunday, December 2, 2007 (Augusta Civic Center, 79 Community Dr, Augusta)
3. Saturday, December 15, 2007 (Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland)
4. Sunday, December 16, 2007 (Greenville High School Auditorium, 130 Pritham Ave, Greenville)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS AIRED WHILE THE STATION WAS AT LOW POWER DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WE WILL RE-AIR THIS PROGRAM ON WEEKEND VOICES ON SATURDAY 12/01/07

FMI: www.nrcm.org , www.maine.gov/doc/lurc , www.endgame.org , www.dontbuysfi.com

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 a long way from home.

What Arthur Serota has to say will make it hard to forget. As a matter of fact, we strongly advise parents to make sure only their mature adolescent children listen to his talk.

It’s a powerful and shocking presentation. One you won’t soon forget.

FMI:
United Movement to End Child Soldiering
http://www.endchildsoldiering.org/index.htm

Producer/host: Amy Browne

People from all walks of life and all parts of Maine stood in line for up to 2 hours yesterday, and many more signed statements, to deliver a message to Congressman Michael Michaud at his Bangor office: “Support Impeachment of Bush and Cheney”.  This is the unedited first hour of what they had to say.  More will follow today at 4p.m. on RadioActive.

FMI: www.maineimpeach.org