Common Ground Radio 12/5/14

Producer/Host: Cheryl Wixson
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Organic Food and Farming in Maine

Program Topic: Cooperatives (Co-op)

Key Discussion Points:
a) History of cooperative business models
b) Working examples of cooperative models
c) Challenges and success

Guests:
Allen White, President, Island Employee Cooperative, Deere Isle, ME
Betsy Garrold, FEDCO
Jonah Fertig, Cooperative Development Institute

Political Broadcast: No

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RadioActive 12/4/14

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: Solidarity Rallies for Fast Food Workers Day of Action and Black Friday Protests at Walmart; Second El Salvador Municipality Bans Mining

Key Discussion Points:
a) The Community Union of Ellsworth and Hancock County talk about local rallies in support of national movements to raise the standar of living for low wage workers. Black Friday demonstrations focused on Walmart workers,and December 4th was a day of action with fast food workers.
b) The Community Union also speaks to the importance of supporting the striking Fairpoint workers, who have no financial safety net, and who continue their daily pickets.
c) Salvadoran activist speaks at the Penobscot Nation’s River Justice event on the importance of organizing to protect the environment.

Guests:
A) John Curtis, Community Union of Ellsworth and Hancock County, ph: 667-
B) Edith Portillo, CRIPDES, stopesmining,org
C) Cori Ring-Martinez, translator, US El Salvador Sister Cities elsalvadorsolidarity.org/

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/4/14

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Today, let’s look at the final steps in digitizing music from old vinyl onto our our electronic devices. And, since it’s a major shopping season, it might be worthwhile to take a look at a recent academic study on “Measuring Price Discrimination and Steering on E-commerce Web Sites.” If you’d like to read it for yourself, go to www.css.neu.edu/home/cbw/pdf/imc151-hannak.pdf.

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