Midcoast Peace & Justice Group
committed to positive change through non-violent action
The Midcoast Peace and Justice Group is a gathering of individuals concerned about the state of our world and committed to helping create positive change through non-violent action.
All are welcome.
Members assume responsibility for projects they feel are important and work together to accomplish those projects.
On May 23, 7 p.m. P&J will be showing Growthbusters - Hooked on Growth
Occupy Maine Occupy Maine's TV site:OccupyME TV
Jury deadlocked in trial for 5 Occupy Augusta Blaine House protesters
Bangor Daily News story Portland Press Herald story Sun Journald story Kennebec Journald story
Steve Burke's Letter to The Free Press Editor
Correcting a misunderstanding about Cuba and talking about the book, “Revolutionary Doctors” - “How Venezuela and Cuba are changing the World's Conception of Health Care.”
Wall Street Should Buy Stocks, Not Politicians RootStrikers
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one striking at the root. - Thoreau
Lawrence Lessig - REPUBLIC, LOST How Money Corrupts Congress - and a Plan to Stop It
Lawrence Lessig - NY Times Editorial, Nov. 17, 2011
Lessig RootStrikers video Lessig Oct 24 Commonwealth Club speech podcast
David Gergen (CNN) comments on Lessig, his book and money in politics
Occupy Wall Street Declaration
Charts - See What Occupy Wall Street and Other Occupy Protesters Are So Angry About
David Korten, Living Economies Forum
- Ten Common Sense Economic Truths
The more closely I look, the more obvious it is that the Old Economy fails because it is based on false values, assumptions, and logic. Those who are working to create a New Economy from the bottom-up intuitively recognize and act on 10 common sense truths foundational to a sound economy. – David Koren
Amy Goodman and
Chris Hedges Discuss #OWS on the Charlie Rose Show, part 1
Amy Goodman and
Chris Hedges Discuss #OWS on the Charlie Rose Show, part 2
Poll says New York City Residents Approve of Occupy Wall Street
David Suzuki's Well-Spoken Comments at Occupy Montreal
David Suzuk Foundation Solutions Are In
Our Nature
September 17 marked the beginning of the occupation of Wall Street by a coalition of protesters including
Adbusters and
Anonymous . . .
Sept. 17 gothamist article
Oct. 1 gothamist article
Sept. 30 NY Times article Wall Street Occupiers, Protesting Till Whenever
later NY Times City Room article Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
We are the 99% photos and notes (stories) from some of the people who are occupying Wall Street . . . Today's gothamist . . . Occupy Together
October 8
NY Times Editorial - Protesters Against Wall Street
“Research shows that such extreme inequality correlates to a host of ills . . . It also skews political power, because policy almost invariably
reflects the views of upper-income Americans versus those of lower-income Americans . . . No wonder then that Occupy Wall Street has become a magnet for discontent.”
For some details see inequality.org connecting the dots on a growing divide
Economists report that the broader, and more accurate, unemployment rate is 16.2 per cent. Three years after the economic meltdown, nearly one in six Americans are out of work. – Empty Wallets by George Packer, July 25, 2011 The New Yorker
Maine has highest state rate of casualties in Afghanistan Portland Press Herald Story
Midcoast Peace & Justice Group supports Maine's
Bring Our War $$ Home efforts
Bring Our War $$ Home Radio Ad Campaign
It has been determined by the National Priorities Project that Maine taxpayers have paid
$3.4 billion as our share of war spending since 2001. Imagine how those dollars could have been used to fund education, health care, and other human needs in
our state.
— from the front page of the Peace Action Maine website (spring 2011)
Midcoast Peace & Justice Call to Midcoast Artists!
“Recent “progress” in Maine toward health care reform: “Full Speed Astern”
Dr. Philip Caper comments about the recently enacted Chapter 90 - Maine's new health care reform law: “. . . repealing essentially all of the consumer protections
(such as guaranteed issue and community rating requirements that have existed for many years in Maine), and abolishing all of the quality assurance, payment reform and health planning mechanisms that have
existed for at least the past 8 years.”
News, Video & Photos from the April 9 Rally Against War in NYC
War is not unavoidable. To avoid it we need a revocation of the principles of greed. Only if you believe that greed is unavoidable then you can say that war is unavoidable.
— SirTenTea (comment on a video of rally at YouTube.com)
Video, Images, Speeches . . . from Anti-War Rally - New York City April 9, 2011 - Video by Ana Nogueira
7 NYC Rally Photos from Steve April 9 in Maine
Ongoing Projects we're working on . . . Current Events on our schedule
Jerry Call'sProgressive Agenda email series
But wait . . . excerpt from an article by Robert Reich
Jerry suggests you substitute the word "citizens" for "Democrats" when you read it.
(We're are all responsible . . . Democracy works if you work for democracy!)
Other groups working for Peace & Justice in Maine and from away
A little reminder
not all that long ago it seems . . .
Those “who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.” – Seneca
Democracy works if you work for democracy.
Come meet with us! work for positive change