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)
Producer/Host: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco, Lawrence Reichard
Today we’re marking the 2 year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Here are some excerpts from our archives, as WERU covered the beginning of the movement, the occupy movement in Maine, and the one year anniversary, on this date in 2012
Hosts: Amy Browne, Meredith DeFrancesco, Lawrence Reichard
Engineer: Joel Mann
Live reports from OWS protest in NYC, featuring voices of Mainers taking part
Where does the OWS movement stand today, on the 1 year anniversary?
How has it influenced “Occupy” movements across the country?
What issues is the movement working on, nationally and in Maine?
Recorded interviews with several Mainers who were in NYC taking part
Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco
Program Topic: Casella Waste Systems’ proposed expansion of Juniper Ridge landfill in Old Town, and opposition to it by Occupy Augusta and general public
Key Discussion Points:
Casella’s claim that the waste is not from “out of state”
Public’s environmental and health concerns
Occupy Augusta’s recognition of this case as an a example of corporate sway over politics, and how profit seeking corporations attempt to disguise the negative aspects of their proposed projects.
Guest:
Hillary Lister, waste activist
**NOTE: A 2nd audio file featuring a presentation about the University of Maine’s relationship with the Juniper Ridge Dump is included. Audio was recorded by John Greenman. Presentation was part of the University of Maine’s Marxist and Socialist Lecture Series