This article was first published by Common Dreams. Defenders of Palestinian rights on Wednesday organized a campout protest at a General Dynamics factory in the city of Saco, Maine to pressure the weapons giant to “stop arming Israel’s genocide in Gaza.” The demonstrators, led by the Maine Coalition for Palestine, arrived at the roadway leading…
With Maine making national news with spirited debates in the State House over fading support for U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine, it’s time for reflection. We cannot allow this issue to become just another partisan bickering point. The consequences are too dire. Maybe you think Vladimir Putin unilaterally attacked Ukraine in a completely…
States Newsroom Washington senior reporter Jennifer Shutt contributed to this report. Braving blistering cold, anti-war activists held protests in Topsham and Belfast over the weekend to raise objections to potential war with Russia over tensions involving Ukraine. In Topsham, a crowd of 30 surrounded the intersection where Main Street connects with Rte. 196 near the…
We all know that Maine is peculiar in all sorts of ways, so it should be no surprise that we are out on an island in terms of the way we allow access by political parties to our ballots: “Maine’s statutory scheme is almost entirely unique in the nation,” says Oliver Hall, legal counsel for…
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden was one of 22 House Democrats last week who voted against an amendment to a defense spending bill that would have barred the transfer of certain military-style equipment to police departments. The amendment, offered by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia), was designed to “restrict the Department of Defense from transferring certain surplus…
The Brunswick Airshow is undoubtedly popular entertainment. Our state’s various media outlets covered it thoroughly. WCSH let us know that the Blue Angels wowed people. WGME was more subdued. Any number of publications previewed the event with interesting profiles of the folks who would be performing. Just one piece published by a mainstream media outlet,…
Breaking news: Lisa Savage is exactly who she says she is. In a video released on the eve of Election Day, discredited right-wing organization Project Veritas said they “exposed” Savage, a progressive independent candidate in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, pointing to views she has campaigned on all along. A tweet by Project Veritas founder James…
All four candidates in the Senate race said during Thursday’s debate that they think health care is a human right — a declaration popularized by activists and politicians who champion a universal single-payer system that does not make health care a condition of employment or a person’s ability to pay. Despite claiming that the U.S.…
Alyce McFadden contributed to this report. In the third U.S. Senate debate on Thursday evening, Democratic challenger Sara Gideon accused Sen. Susan Collins of duplicity on the issue of health care, noting that she claimed to be a defender of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while at the same time playing a pivotal role in…
Several progressive candidates for school boards in towns and cities across Maine are running for elected office for the first time, each compelled to answer a renewed call for equity in schools that came as anti-racism protests swept the country after the police killing of George Floyd. The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, they…