Archives for Veterans for Peace

Maine Currents 3/9/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Carolyn Coe
Engineer: Matt Murphy

Segment 1: Produced by Carolyn Coe. we hear from members of Veterans for Peace from this area who recently toured US military bases under construction in Japan and South Korea. FMI: www.vfpmaine.org

Segment 2: Interview and call in segment with local farmer and food rights activist Heather Retberg, about a proposed “right to food” amendment to Maine’s Constitution that will likely be taken up by the legislature next week. FMI: www.facebook.com/Food-for-Maines-Future-55928098548/

RadioActive 7/10/08

Producers/Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco, Amy Browne

Contributors: Matt Murphy and Joel Mann

Topic: Veterans and the 4th of July

Segment 1: Matt Murphy talks with the “Veterans for Peace” and their supporters marching in a local 4th of July parade

Segment 2: Award-winning author Deborah Joy Corey (“The Skating Pond”, “Losing Eddie”) reads an essay about a young Iraq war veteran who visited her family during Castine, Maine’s 4th of July celebrations.  Recorded by Joel Mann

FMI: Veterans for Peace, Maine Chapter: www.vfpmaine.org;  Iraq Veterans Against the War: www.ivaw.org