November 2007508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Brendan Melican talks about privatization and municipal employees; Mike Benedetti flips through the InCity Times and complains about the Green-Rainbow Party; Dante Comparetto talks about Worcester Local First (here’s a WCCA interview with two of the businessmen organizing it); and Nick Reville talks about Miro.
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Three important reports appeared this fortnight:
At the dawn of the First World War, New Zealand surveyed its draft-age men and asked if they would be willing to fight. One out of six said they would not. When it came down to a choice between joining the army and going to prison, many changed their minds, but many others spent the war in detention. Of those imprisoned, fourteen were deported to Europe, three of them brothers: John, Archibald, and Sandy Baxter.
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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panelists are Bruce “Snow Ghost” Russell and Jeff “Wormtown Taxi” Barnard.
We talk about the upcoming ballot recount and the price of gas vs. inflation. Also, even though this week Pie and Coffee posted an interview with a Cirignano juror, and the 2008 National Catholic Worker Gathering webpage, the additional traffic was drowned out from the traffic generated by a mention in Teresa Neilsen Hayden’s linkblog. What does this portend for the future of Worcester journalism?
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Pictured: The St. John’s high school football team stops by the St. John’s parish Thanksgiving free meal (held at Fiddler’s Green–long story) to say hi to Father John Madden. Later in the day, they beat St Peter-Marian 17-6.
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