OCTOBER 25, 2008 – MW207 Welcome to Making Waves: Independent Voices for Peace & Justice, your local connection to the world on WSCA LP 106.1FM Portsmouth Community Radio! This is Amy Antonucci and I am happy to introduce our show to you today, OCTOBER 25, 2008. Here’s what is coming up: For our news segment this week, we hear a WBAI news report on a conference on ending world hunger which took place last week in NYC. Then, Building Bridges brings us highlights of an emergency forum on economics and grassroots politics sponsored by the Brecht Forum and the Nation magazine. In our second hour, Outside the Box talks about a transfer of power to the people, then Peak Oil check-in asks: Why is the price of oil dropping?. Weekly Radio Spin and Media Minutes follow with an in-depth look at current media issues. We’ll end with Between the Lines – independent radio out of Bridgeport CT. We’ll also have music, announcements and more, so stay with us. NEWS: WBAI Sunday News: CALL TO ACTION TO END WORLD FOOD CRISIS – 3:30 min OCTOBER 16 IS WORLD FOOD DAY, A WORLDWIDE EVENT DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED YEAR-AROUND ACTION TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER. THIS YEAR, HUNDREDS FROM OVER FORTY ORGANIZATIONS GATHERED AT THE GREAT HALL OF COOPER UNION IN MANHATTAN TO ANSWER AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION. THE PROGRAM, NAMED “STEP UP TO THE PLATE: ENDING THE WORLD FOOD CRISIS” WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY WBAI FRED NGUYEN WHO FILES THIS REPORT. SONG: In This Land – Sweet Honey in the Rock -Building Bridges: Capitalism's Crisis - What is to be Done? – 28 mins Highlights of an emergency forum of leading left voices on economics and grassroots politics sponsored by the Brecht Forum and the Nation magazine. Features William Greider, journalist, & author of Secrets of the Temple and Nation columnist? The Federal Reserve; Arun Gupta, journalist, & activist; Prof. Francis Fox Piven, author, Poor People's Movements. SONG: Broken Down – Rose Gerber SONG: Ways of the Gangsters – Jolly Bankers -Everyday Environmentalist – wrapping paper – 4 mins from KVSR Washington studios SONG: Tree of Life – Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman To hear our previous shows, please visit our archive online www.nhmakingwaves.org. Please email nhmakingwaves@yahoo.com and let us know what you think of our show! And feel free to call the station in the next hour for more information – 603-430-9722. (59 min) --- Break – disclaimer, station & show id, underwriters, weather--- LIVE: Announcements – 5-10 minutes “And now for Outside the Box, brought to us by Maine social justice activist Larry Dansinger with Resources for Organizing and Social Change and WERU in Blue Hill Maine." -Outside The Box with Larry Dansinger – transfer power to the people "Thanks to our friend and Maine activist Larry Dansinger with Resources for Organizing and Social Change and WERU in Blue Hill Maine for that episode of Outside the Box. For more information on Larry's work go to? www.abilitymaine.org/rosc/rindex.html. -Peak Oil Checkin -Radio Spin -Media Minutes -And now for Between the Lines – independent radio out of Bridgeport CT. Ending? Thanks for listening to Making Waves? Independent Voices for Peace and Justice! The Making Waves crew is? Amy Antonucci, Steve Capron, Steve Diamond, Jo Ann Paradis, & Damon Thomas. We welcome – and need! - your participation, too! Please email nhmakingwaves@yahoo.com to get involved! Our theme music is by NH women’s drum group, Tabbalat, and our mid-show music is Evening Stars by Alice Gomez and our ending music is Avalon by Amethystium. You can live stream our show on Saturdays 2-4 if you are not in range of the station by going to www.wirenh.com. Remember that WSCA is growing and hoping for your membership and your participation! Go to www.wscafm.org to join and learn more. Ongoing technical improvements for Making Waves need your support. Go to our website to find out how? www.nhmakingwaves.org Tune in next Saturday from 2-4 for our next Making Waves program. We leave you with this quote by Vandana Shiva? “Societies and economies can be destroyed by bombs. Societies can also be destroyed by locking every aspect of life like provision of food and water through an economic war.”