The Maine Commons, Volumes 1 - 16. "Reclaiming our country, culture and consciousness from corporate rule" 2001-2004

The Maine Commons A Maine Independent Media Center Production.   "Reclaiming our country, culture and consciousness from corporate rule" 2001-2004

The  pdf files below are 16 editions of the Maine Media Commons, which  focused on: "viewpoints and stories that have been ignored or distorted by the corporate media, and issues of effects of corporate control on the freedom of expression."  (More editions as located)  Editors/writers: Hillary Lister, Laura Childs, Carolyn Chute, Rob Fish, Rob Waite and many other contributors.

Listed headlines are randomly chosen from pg 1 stories of each edition

1 Autumn 2001.Open Letter to President Bush 

2. Nov-Dec 2001. War or War? By Carolyn Chute     

3. Jan-Feb 2002.  Radioactive speaks with head of Bangor Central Labor Council

4. March2002. Belgrade Pines Avoid The Axe; Truck Fine Controversy

5. April May 2002.  A Shoe, a Shirt and a 2x4 for Snowe and Collins. 

6. June-July 2002. Fighting the Fed: American Liberty Dollars.

7. July-Aug 2002. The Widening Gap: Maine vs the DOT

8. Sept-Oct 2002.  So Whatever Happened To Freedom Of Assembly?

9. Oct-Nov 2002. Who Owns Maine? 

10. Dec 2002 Maine Lost History  Project : Racism in Maine.

11. Mar-April 2003. Maine's antiwar movement heats up.       

12. May 2003 Life After Layoff- A Woman's Perspective

13. July-Aug 2003. Maine DHS: Reporting on a Broken Bureaucracy

14. Late Fall 2003. Does Maine Need More Jailbirds?

15. Spring 2004. The Global Economy Hits Home

16.Fall 2004. The Theater of American Elections