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A project of the Midcoast Branch of the Southern Maine Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors.
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Opioids and the failure of capitalism
By Robert Wasserstrom - Jun 20Most of us know that Maine is going through an opioid crisis. Last year, 335 Mainers died of opioid-related causes. In 2017, one in seven newborn ...
Power in people's hands
By Dylan Cookson - May 23A few weeks ago, State Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, hosted a talk in Rockport on his proposal to replace both CMP and Emera Maine with a ...
Moving without fear to a carbon-free future
By Sarah Miller - Apr 25Global warming is frightening. There's no way around that. What there's no reason to fear is the transition off fossil fuels and onto renewable ...
For deep democracy, an economy of healing, and a livable ...
By Dwight Hobbs - Apr 11The Green New Deal has reentered the public imagination, thanks in large part to the public actions of young organizers who understand the ...
A democratic grid?
By Dylan Cookson - Jun 06“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” This sentence is ...
Scientist and socialist: Norman Wallace Lermond, 1861-1944
By Susan Reider - May 09Midcoast Maine has had no shortage of interesting and colorful characters over the years, like Norman Wallace Lermond (1861-1944), of Thomaston. ...
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The sounds of spring
By Robert Wasserstrom - Apr 18The songbirds are back. Snowmelt gurgles down the mountains. And everywhere, employers in low-wage industries are clamoring for H-2B visas to ...
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Democratic Socialism: Old Midcoast ideas are new again
By Susan Reider - Apr 04This just in: If the federal minimum wage had kept pace with Wall Street bonuses since 1985, the minimum wage would now be $33.51 per hour. This ...
