Media for the peace movement in Maine and the world
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
This video is a slightly edited 68-minute version of the Thursday November 19, 2009 luncheon talk, Sharing the Burdens of Climate Change, by Professor Mike Howard of the University of Maine Department of Philosophy. [This post will be updated shortly to include the document files for Mike's handout.]
Professor Alex Grab, History, on Iraq March 20, 2008
5 Years After the Invasion And Occupation of Iraq:
What Is To Be Done?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 7:00 PM
140 Little Hall, University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by the Maine Peace Action Committee
This podcast is presentation 1 of 4 in the main program. The downloadable audio file (below) is identical to the audio in the video viewable above.
1. “Iraq: Some Historical Background and Analysis and Some Relations with Iran”, Alex Grab, Professor of History, who teaches courses on the Middle East.
2. “My Military Experiences in Iraq”, Brian Clement, UMaine student who served in the U.S. military in Iraq.
3. “The People of Iraq Under Occupation and War: Where Do We Go From Here?”, Rick McDowell, who moved to Baghdad in 2003 working for the American Friends Service Committee, returned to the U.S. in 2005, and has maintained close relations with Iraq over the years.
4. “The Larger Lessons of the Iraq War: Militarism, Imperialism, and Empire”, Doug Allen, Professor of Philosophy, MPAC, and Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine
Brian Clement, U Maine student and Iraq veteran, March 20, 2008
5 Years After the Invasion And Occupation of Iraq:
What Is To Be Done?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 7:00 PM
140 Little Hall, University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by the Maine Peace Action Committee
This podcast is presentation 2 of 4 in the main program. The downloadable audio file (below) is identical to the audio in the video viewable above.
1. “Iraq: Some Historical Background and Analysis and Some Relations with Iran”, Alex Grab, Professor of History, who teaches courses on the Middle East.
2. “My Military Experiences in Iraq”, Brian Clement, UMaine student who served in the U.S. military in Iraq.
3. “The People of Iraq Under Occupation and War: Where Do We Go From Here?”, Rick McDowell, who moved to Baghdad in 2003 working for the American Friends Service Committee, returned to the U.S. in 2005, and has maintained close relations with Iraq over the years.
4. “The Larger Lessons of the Iraq War: Militarism, Imperialism, and Empire”, Doug Allen, Professor of Philosophy, MPAC, and Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine.
Rick McDowell, AFSC, on Iraq March 20, 2008
5 Years After the Invasion And Occupation of Iraq:
What Is To Be Done?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 7:00 PM
140 Little Hall, University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by the Maine Peace Action Committee
This podcast is presentation 3 of 4 in the main program. The downloadable audio file (below) is identical to the audio in the video viewable above.
1. “Iraq: Some Historical Background and Analysis and Some Relations with Iran”, Alex Grab, Professor of History, who teaches courses on the Middle East.
2. “My Military Experiences in Iraq”, Brian Clement, UMaine student who served in the U.S. military in Iraq.
3. “The People of Iraq Under Occupation and War: Where Do We Go From Here?”, Rick McDowell, who moved to Baghdad in 2003 working for the American Friends Service Committee, returned to the U.S. in 2005, and has maintained close relations with Iraq over the years.
4. “The Larger Lessons of the Iraq War: Militarism, Imperialism, and Empire”, Doug Allen, Professor of Philosophy, MPAC, and Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine
Professor Doug Allen, Philosophy, on Iraq March 20, 2008
5 Years After the Invasion And Occupation of Iraq:
What Is To Be Done?
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 7:00 PM
140 Little Hall, University of Maine, Orono
Sponsored by the Maine Peace Action Committee
This podcast is presentation 4 of 4 in the main program. The downloadable audio file (below) is identical to the audio in the video viewable above.
1. Iraq: Some Historical Background and Analysis and Some Relations with Iran, Alex Grab, Professor of History, who teaches courses on the Middle East.
2. My Military Experiences in Iraq, Brian Clement, UMaine student who served in the U.S. military in Iraq.
3. The People of Iraq Under Occupation and War: Where Do We Go From Here?, Rick McDowell, who moved to Baghdad in 2003 working for the American Friends Service Committee, returned to the U.S. in 2005, and has maintained close relations with Iraq over the years.
4. The Larger Lessons of the Iraq War: Militarism, Imperialism, and Empire, Doug Allen, Professor of Philosophy, MPAC, and Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine
12th Annual Greater Bangor NAACP and University of Maine Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast
This rocks!
This outstanding podcast and video features a speech given by University of Maine Professor of Philosophy, Doug Allen. Doug’s complete bio appears below the fold.
Doug covers Dr. King’s philosophy, methods, and the lessons we must learn from his true legacy. Unfortunately, a “fake” King is the image typically in use today. Doug also reads the not-enough-read King texts. And he calls us out to disrupt our normal compliance with injustices we see around us everywhere in plain site–as King would. Ending our acquiescence to the litany of war, multi-faceted violence, and economic horrors that especially affect the most vulnerable is the major theme in King’s life and the one that Doug helps us understand is the lesson we should learn when we honor that life today.
The downloadable audio-only attached podcast is basically the same as the video, except included are an introduction by emcee Angel Loredo and additional concluding remarks.
Scary Middle Class crises
Shot at the Labor Temple in Brewer, Maine, this video is a trip through the Underworld featuring job stress, pension loss, health care failure, & crushing debt. Worker solidarity is the only way to slay these monsters. Created by William Rice for the Eastern Maine Labor Council & Food AND Medicine, October 2007.
Working people’s musical theater
Here is what you’ve all been waiting for–the Eastern Maine Labor Council & Food AND Medicine production of “The Adventures of EFCA Man” performed at the 2007 4th July Solidarity Celebration in Brewer, Maine. You have a choice of Windows Media or mp4 (playable with a QuickTime plugin).
Most of you should be able to play one or the other format in your browser with your broadband connection. Sorry if you have dial-up, you probably won’t see much. You get the full 34-minute performance, including the catapulting. The whole files are quite large, so full downloads will take a while, even at broadband speed. Be patient, then enjoy!
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(QuickTime) [33:59m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAt Eastern Maine Labor Council 4th July Solidarity Celebration
July 4, 2007 / Brewer, Maine
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME, 2nd District) gave a short, meaty speech on Independence Day at a labor solidarity family celebration sponsored by the Eastern Maine Labor Council and Food AND Medicine. Mike spoke about the recent announcement by Quaker Fabrics of Fall River, Massachusetts that it is expecting to close due to free trade policies, the effect of NAFTA on immigration, and terrible labor repression in Colombia.
Mike referred to recent activity by trade unionists to convince the Democratic Congress that approving a free trade agreement with Colombia is not a good idea at the same time it appears to be open season on union organizers in that country. (See also, media file associated with THIS June 28, 2007 hearing in the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, Bill Delahunt [D-MA], Chairman, and on the Western Hemisphere, Eliot L. Engel [D-NY], Chairman.)
Also included with this post is a downloadable audio-only mp3 file of Mike’s July 4 speech.
Additional links to news stories are below the fold. U.S. companies are alleged to be implicated in the murder of Colombian labor leaders. (Mike mentions “Operation Dragon” in his speech–”an effort to neutralize 175 social and labor leaders,” according to a USW press release.)
Fiery union speech!
Recorded at Brewer, Maine on July 4, 2006
With the annual 4th of July celebration at the Eastern Maine Labor Council rapidly approaching, it’s a good time to re-watch the video of the incredible oratory AFL-CIO organizer Stuart Acuff gave at this event in 2006. You’ll just have to listen to it to get the full effect!
“…lies like none of us have expected since Richard Nixon…
they lied to get us into an un-necessary war,
they lied about torture,
they lied about extraordinary renditions,
and they have lied to deface and defame the honor of the United States of America…
“Bush trade policy has cost us 3 million good manufacturing jobs.”
–Stuart Acuff
This 10-minute video is edited slightly to fit into YouTube. The audio-only file, accessible below, plays as delivered.
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