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Eastbound Freight Bluegrass Band 10/11/07
Posted on October 8, 2007 by iwilder
A moment for Susan Blake
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
Waiting Only through your death could we see your life laid out before us Only as you are fallen could we see the depth and intricacy of the foundation you created I recall another friend like you a lover of nature who nearly cherished that which was dead how it turned back to dirt and […]
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Monroe Green Party commended by Coop America
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
Thanks to the following blogs and Web sites who posted our 21 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle: Green Party of Monroe County From Coopamerica.org: 21 Things You Didn’t Know You Can Recycle Appliances: Goodwill accepts working appliances, www.goodwill.org, or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them. 800/YES-1-CAN, www.recycle-steel.org. Batteries: Rechargeables […]
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Swimming in the fog at Robert Moses Field 5
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
October 6, 2007, 5 pm. Photo of bathers and frolickers at Robert Moses Beach, on the Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Kimberly Wilder. Yesterday evening, Ian and I decided that a visit to the water would be healing. A friend of ours passed away this week, and we have both been thinking about her a lot. […]
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Running for Office to Fight Global Warming video
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
A workshop about how electoral politics can help to fight global warming. With strategies and tips for candidates about: campaign planning, campaign staff, media, messaging, fundraising and campaign finance. Workshop given at Long Island Global Warming Summit 2007 by Kimberly and Ian Wilder of the Green Party of Suffolk.
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Howard Zinn on behalf of the Committee for an Open Discussion of Zionism
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
from http://www.codz.org As you may have heard, in late August of this year, The University of Michigan Press, after receiving a series of complaining and threatening emails and letters from an ultra-Zionist group called StandWithUs, an offshoot of Campus Watch, withdrew from distribution [former Green Party of NYS Senate candidate and]Prof. Joel Kovel’s book Overcoming […]
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In New York: A peaceful and enchanting call for non-violence in Myanmar
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
Myanmar violence sparks protest in New York Peaceful activists challenged human rights violations by Zainab Hasnaih Issue date: 10/2/07 About 200 red-clad protesters, some sitting silently and some holding signs, demonstrated outside the Myanmar consulate yesterday against the house arrest of a political activist and the forceful actions taken against protesting monks and civilians. The […]
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Where can you hang a sign in your town?
Posted on October 7, 2007 by iwilder
Below is the story of activists pushing the pedal to the metal. Do we have a right to Free Speech in this country? Are we truly allowed the Freedom to Assemble? You know, you need to tell people where to meet in order to assemble. I have long thought that a good project for a […]
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Beaucoup Blue @ Acoustic Cafe 10/13/07
Posted on October 6, 2007 by iwilder
Father & Son Acoustic Blues & Roots Duo Plays Bay Shore, Oct. 13 Philadelphia’s Beaucoup Blue Brings Soulful Voices & Solid Musicianship to LI Beaucoup Blue, a Philadelphia-based father and son acoustic blues and roots duo, will perform for The Eclectic Café at the Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk in Bay Shore on Saturday, […]
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The Real Dirt on Farmer John film 10/21/07
Posted on October 6, 2007 by iwilder
Slow Food Huntington & Cinema Arts Centre present The Real Dirt on Farmer John Sunday, October 21 at 2pm Members $9 • Public $12 Reservations Recommended No Refunds • Includes Reception Guest Speakers: Jo Halsey, Green Thumb Farm; Steve Storch, Natural Science; Ann Rathkopf, Slow Food Huntington; suzanne j. zoubeck, Green Thumb CSA – Huntington […]
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Hauppauge Vigil changed
Posted on October 6, 2007 by iwilder
Monthly vigil at the Armed Forces Plaza in Hauppauge moved to the third Saturday of each month between 4:00—5:00 pm to coincide with the Iraq Moratorium effort. Also: October 11th Iraq Veteran Authors at Huntington Book Review at 8:00 pm October 16th Petition against war with Iran to be discussed at Suffolk County Legislature on […]
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