WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Massive Liquified Propane Tank Proposed for Searsport, Part 1 of 2
Key Discussion Points:
a) What is LPG?
b) What are the risks and benefits?
c) How far along in the approval process is this project?
Guests:
(Recorded at public meeting) Astrig Tanguay, Searsport resident and business owner, and member of “Thanks But No Tanks”
FMI: www.thanksbutnotank.org
Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No
Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 3 of 3)
Key Discussion Points:
The kick-off of Occupy Bangor
)How Occupy Bangor ties in to the Occupy Wall Street movement
)What participants at Saturday’s kick off rally said about why they are taking part
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 2 of 3) and LPG Proposal in Searsport
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
What participants at Saturdays’ kick off rally for Occupy Bangor had to say about why they were there
LPG facility proposed for Searsport What are the potential risks/dangers?
Guest:
Tom Gocze, Searsport resident and small business owner, and long time host of “Hot and Cold” TV and radio shows, and newspaper columns
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 1 of 3)
Key Discussion Points:
The kick-off of Occupy Bangor
How Occupy Bangor ties in to the Occupy Wall Street movement
What participants at Saturday’s kick off rally said about why they are taking part
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by: John Greenman
NOTE: Archived in 2 segments– A) The Marxist-Socialist Lecture series talk, and B) The Schonberger Lecture
Program Topic/Guest: Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently Visiting Professor at New School University, New York. – as well as author of several books, including the most recent: “Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What To do About It”. He spoke at the University of Maine last week, on the topic of “Rethinking the Capitalist/Communist Difference: A Marxian Analysis”.
Key Discussion Points:
Capitalism, communism—do either offer solutions to the current economic crisis?
How has Marxist theory re: capitalism vs communism changed over time?
What are some of the roots of the current global economic struggles?
Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Occupy Wall Street actions in Maine
Occupy Wall Street actions continue to spread across the country, and Maine. On Saturday, more then 150 people gathered on the steps of the capitol building in Augusta. That evening, more than 30 people camped out in the park across the street. Since Saturday, approximately 30 people have stayed each night. Each day, there is a demonstration on the capitol steps.
Occupy Bangor will kick off on October 29th. The time and place to be announced after an organizing meeting this coming Monday.
Blue Hill and Ellsworth are holding weekly Occupy Wall Street solidarity demonstrations : at noon on Saturday on the Blue Hill bridge and at noon on Sunday on the Ellsworth bridge.
Occupy Maine in Portland continues, as well.
On this program we hear from some of the participants in the Occupy Augusta Saturday, an international day of Occupy Wall Street actions.
And we speak with an activist with Occupy Bangor.
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Topic: Audio from the first meeting of the committee charged with making recommendation for the future of the Land Use Regulatory Commission (LURC). FMI: www.maine.gov/lurcreformcommission