WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Weekend Voices 1/03/09

January 3rd, 2009

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Audio contributed by: Meredith DeFrancesco, Eric Olson, Jim Harney

Music from School of the Americas Annual Protest at Ft. Benning, GA

Today we pay tribute to Bangor resident—and world citizen—Jim Harney, who died on December 26th at age 68.

Harney was former Catholic priest, and one of the Milwaukee 14, a group of priests and faith-based peace activists who broke into draft boards and burned about 10,000 Selective Service records with homemade napalm in a protest against the Vietnam War in 1968. They read from the gospel while the records burned. He spent more than a year in jail for his part in that protest.

In recent years many of us knew Jim Harney through the faces and voices of others that he shared through his photographs and stories. The photographs of people he met in Iraq have adorned pins and posters, putting a real face on war. Jim traveled extensively in Latin America, interviewing and photographing people whose stories might not otherwise be told— the poor, survivors of systemic economic violence, those struggling for change. He accompanied them on their journeys– running with his friends in El Salvador as US bombs rained down on them, sleeping in the mud in the corn fields, crossing the desert with the undocumented.

After learning he had terminal cancer, Harney planned a walk from Boston to Washington DC last summer, to call attention to the plight of the undocumented. He was able to make it as far as Rhode Island.

In December 2008, Jim Harney was given the Sacco & Vanzetti Social Justice Award from Community Church of Boston— an award that over it’s more than 30 year history has also been presented to Howard Zinn, Scott and Helen Nearing, Cesar Chavez and Rachel Corie.

FMI: www.posibilidad.org, celebratingjim.net/, www.soaw.org

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Renewable Radio 1/02/09

January 2nd, 2009

Producer/Host: Dave Evans

Topic: Live Food in the Winter Kitchen

Why would I want live food? What are brined vegetables? What options to root cellars are good for storing food?

Guests: Shana Hanson, Tree of Life Fruit Tree Service, 207-338-8980; Maria Orlova, Moonflowers Wild Mushrooms

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/01/09

January 1st, 2009

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Continuing our New Year’s tradition, we gently suggest a resolution that will make you happy all year long - clean up that hard drive. Here are some hints on how. Happy New Year!

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EarthSense 12/31/08

December 31st, 2008

Producer/Host: Phil Bailey

Topic: Tidbits

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Voices 12/30/08

December 30th, 2008

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Audio recorded by: Adam Lacher

The 4th– and final– segment of excerpts from the testimony at the Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission’s recent public hearing in Bangor. The commission was established by Maine’s legislature in 2004 to assess and monitor the legal and economic impacts of trade agreements on state and local laws, working conditions, and the business environment in Maine, and to provide a mechanism for citizens and legislators to voice their concerns and recommendations to our Congressional Delegation. It was the first of its kind in the country and has served as a model for other states. The board is made up of representatives of various stakeholders. U.S. Congressman Michael Michaud attended the hearing. Senators Snowe and Collins sent representatives.
This is testimony offered by our neighbors, describing the impact of “Free” Trade agreements on Maine communities and communities elsewhere, including our Sister Communities in El Salvador. Also included in today’s segment are Representative Mike Michaud’s remarks at the hearing, focusing on his proposed Trade Act legislation.

The commission is accepting written comments, which may be submitted to: Linda Nickerson, Bureau of Labor Standards, 45 State House Station, Augusta, ME or Linda.B.Nickerson@maine.gov
FMI about Congressman Michaud’s proposed Trade Act Bill: www.michaud.house.gov/

NOTE: Part 1 aired on Weekend Voices on 12/20/08, Part 2 aired on Voices on 12/23/08 and part 3 aired on Weekend Voices on 12/27/08. Listen/download at www.weru.org

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