Archive for November, 2008

03 Nov

Save our Center! Meeting November 15

We invite you to the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine on Saturday, November 15th from 1 to 4 PM to discuss strategies for sustaining the Center, which is facing a serious financial crisis. We are grateful to all those who responded to our emergency appeal this summer and helped us to meet our [...]

03 Nov

PODCAST! Key election issues

Cross-posted at Maine Owl
Ben Cohen: a demonstration of bloat

U.S. military budget is the cookie-eating elephant in the room (from TrueMajority.org)
The podcast for the peacecast.us/WERU Weekend Voices election special featuring the University of Maine panel presentation, “What are the Key Issues in the Nov. 4th Election?”, is now up at peacecast.us.
This radio special/podcast was recorded at [...]

03 Nov

Five years ago in war…

Cross-posted at Maine Owl
The U Maine - Iraq Business Conference

“Postponed” on November 11, 2003 but never actually canceled, the original agenda still is posted HERE! We’re still waiting for a new date for the Conference.
More than any other event around which we have organized against the Iraq invasion, conquest, and occupation, none hit home harder [...]

03 Nov

Oil Crash at Center on Nov. 16

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Sunday November 16 at 7:00 pm
Winner of numerous awards, this 2007 film, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers, tells the story of how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world’s [...]