RadioActive 10/25/07

Producers/hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco

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Segment 1:

An interview with David Smith-Ferri, author of Battlefield without Borders, a volume of poetry published in January, 2007. David wrote two thirds of the poems while in Iraq under circumstances ranging from visiting with Iraqis in their homes and at hospitals to encounters at bomb sites. Proceeds from the sale of the book go to the Iraq War Victims Fund Smith-Ferri, along with Kathy Kelly (Voices in the Wilderness, Voices for Creative Non-Violence) will be in Maine Saturday night at an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of Peace Action Maine.

FMI: www.battlefieldwithoutborders.org, www.peaceactionme.org

Segment 2: An update on CAFTA, particularly recent developments in Costa Rica