WERU, the station that is a patchwork of diverse cultures and loves a fiesta, is having a Birthday, Open House Potluck Celebration on Saturday, May 5th –Cinco de Mayo – with free fun for all ages including music by the Downeast Fiddlers and the Machias Ukulele Orchestra. The WERU Celebration, on Saturday, May 5th from [...]

The documentary film The Corporation was described by a Harvard Business School professor as “a riveting, entertaining and highly intelligent film…about a long-neglected but vital question: the proper role of business in society.”  Since first appearing in 2004, it has won 26 awards, including the Insight Award for Excellence from the National Association of Film [...]

For You, a Thousand Times Over by Kathy Kelly, April 18, 2012 Print This | Share This At the start of The Kite Runner, a novel by Khaled Hosseini later adapted for film, a brave and selflessly loyal Afghan boy runs to help his much wealthier friend, singing out his love for him: “For you, [...]

Argentina Proposes Nationalization of Biggest Oil Company President sees ‘the recovery of sovereignty’ in take-back of natural resources from corporations story here: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/04/17-5  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has proposed a bill to seize back major oil shares from the country’s biggest oil company YPF, owned by Spain’s Repsol. The move is facing aggressive opposition from the [...]

“It is a disgrace that we have to break the law in order to speak to our government,” Bolger said. Judge Expresses Sympathy With Criticism of Government, Imposes Minimum Sentence Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger pled guilty to the charge of Unlawful Conduct — Disruption of Congress at a hearing before Judge Stuart Nash in [...]

further evidence of the isolation of the United States Published on Monday, April 16, 2012 by Inter Press Service Unified Latin America Challenges Failed US/Canada Policies on Drug War, Cuba, and Finance ‘Last Summit of the Americas without Cuba’ sees alternative rise to challenge hegemony of US policy by Constanza Vieira CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia [...]

expanding the blockade…… Israel, Europe Crack Down on Palestinian ‘Flytilla’ Scores arrested, stranded in day of protest – Common Dreams staff Over 40 pro-Palestinian activists on their way to the West Bank have been detained upon arrival as they reached Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday as part of an action planned by the Welcome [...]

You Wanted to Be a Farmer: A Discussion of Scale tells the story of farmer Dan Brown, of Blue Hill, who is being sued by the state for selling milk from his one cow to neighbors.  Why are farmers who operate on this scale required to meet licensing  standards designed for agribusiness?   Watch this [...]

film: The Black Power Mixtape   BLUE HILL– Peninsula Peace & Justice announces the showing of The Black Power Mixtape on April 27. The documentary, created with sponsorship of the Swedish Film Institute, examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, [...]

FINDING A JUST PEACE IN ISRAEL- PALESTINE Speaker: Dr Alice Rothchild, co-founder and co-chair of American Jews for a Just Peace-Boston and author of Broken Promises, Broken Dreams: Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resistance Date: Sunday, April 22, 7-9pm Location:Mediation and Facilitation Resources,                   11 King St., [...]