U Maine Iraq teach-in: Rick McDowell

Published on March 31, 2008 in Iraq, Podcasts and Video. Closed

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

 
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U Maine Iraq teach-in: Doug Allen

Published on March 31, 2008 in Iraq, Podcasts and Video. Closed

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

 
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DAHR JAMAIL March 20 interview on WERU

Published on March 21, 2008 in Featured, Iraq and Podcasts. 1 Comment

Beyond the Green Zone by Dahr Jamail available now

I spoke with independent journalist DAHR JAMAIL last week and the interview aired Thursday March 20 on Community Radio WERU. You may download or play the 28-minute audio program using the links below.

Dahr will be in Maine March 22 & 23 for TWO appearances:

“Beyond the Green Zone”
Book reading/Iraq Lecture

Saturday March 22, 7:00PM CANCELLED
Curtis Memorial Library
23 Pleasant Street, Brunswick (MAP)

and

Sunday March 23, 4–6PM
Belfast Free Library
106 High Street, Belfast (MAP)

 
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Shenna Bellows WERU interview pt. 2

Published on March 18, 2008 in Featured, Podcasts and Torture. Closed

This approximately 30-minute program was broadcast on WERU Voices for March 18, 2008. Shenna and I discuss Real ID (Maine is leading national dissent from Homeland Security policy), and the Military Commissions for Terror War detainees. Click HERE for recent posts in the Maine Owl blog giving some background on rights and justice issues, along with links to news stories about William Haynes and Col. Morris Davis, who are discussed in the program (these are February 2008 posts).

 
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Shenna Bellows WERU interview pt. 1

Published on March 18, 2008 in Podcasts and Spying. Closed

This approximately 30-minute program was broadcast on WERU Voices for March 11, 2008. Shenna and I discuss government surveillance, telecom. company immunity, and the so-called “Protect America Act.” Click HERE for all recent posts in the Maine Owl blog giving some background on the surveillance state, government snooping, and telecom. immunity.

 
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Doug Allen: MLK keynote 1/21/2008

Published on February 5, 2008 in Featured, Podcasts and Video. Closed

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.

 
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Bhikhu Parekh on Gandhi

Published on January 12, 2008 in Featured and Podcasts. Closed

Professor Bhikhu Parekh is one of the most distinguished scholars and remarkable public figures to have visited the University of Maine in 2007. He was the Philosophy Distinguished Visiting Scholar and gave several sessions on April 12, 2007. This post contains the evening speech as broadcast on WERU Community Radio, and the extended question & answer session that accompanied that speech.

Educated in India and an influential figure in the United Kingdom, he is world-renowned author of numerous books. A member of the House of Lords, he is also an influential public figure working on issues of multi-ethnic relations, violence, and mutual understanding.

Please check back for the additional program on Gandhi and Marx…

 
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Arjun Makhijani on Carbon-free, Nuclear-free energy

Published on January 1, 2008 in Energy, Featured and Podcasts. Closed

Talk at University of Maine November 8, 2007

Arjun Makhijani, Founder and President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Tacoma Park, Maryland spoke on “Achieving a Carbon-Free Society Without Nuclear Energy” on November 8, 2007.

Makhijani, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He was the principal author of the first study (1971) ever done on energy conservation potential for the U.S. economy. This study was even more remarkable as it was published two years before the 1973 oil embargo which was pivotal in our understanding of our dependence on fossil fuels. He has also written or edited four books on energy and the environment.

An edited 26-minute version of this talk broadcast on WERU on January 1, 2008. The full version is approximately 72 minutes.

 
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Technorati

Published on December 20, 2007 in Uncategorized. Closed

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Haunted house of economic horrors

Published on October 30, 2007 in Economy, Video and Workers/unions. Closed

Scary Middle Class crises

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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.