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[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4811062598203388471] April 2008 PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse with poet/artist Lois V. Walker and choir Harmonic Convergence
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Long Island Climate Solutions Network News Update 6/30/08
Posted on June 30, 2008 by iwilder
Contrary to even the most recent November IPCC (UN) scientific reports – the rate of change in the world is happening much faster than scientists anticipated. The last few weeks the polar north has been making headlines online and around the world. Reform efforts on LI and nationally are now accelerating. Should 350 become a […]
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Marty Tankleff is free…still needs support
Posted on June 30, 2008 by iwilder
Updates at the Marty Tankleff web-site here. excerpt from Newsday State Attorney General poised to tackle Tankleff case BY ZACHARY R. DOWDY 7:15 PM EDT, June 29, 2008 Martin Tankleff Monday is the day that lawyers from Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office may tell a Suffolk judge how they will proceed in the case against […]
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Photos from Long Island Anti-War Mall Tour: Walt Whitman Mall
Posted on June 28, 2008 by iwilder
Next stops on the tour: Sat. July 26th at Roosevelt Field; Sat. August 23 at South Shore Mall in Bay Shore; September – Smith Haven Mall, date and time TBA. For more information contact Janet at 631-424-4647 or workforpeace at optonline dot net. Ian and I were not able to attend this stop of the […]
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Dr. James Hansen: Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming – Green on The Huffington Post
Posted on June 28, 2008 by iwilder
Dr. James Hansen: Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near on Global Warming – Green on The Huffington Post Posted using ShareThis
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Resources Spent on Getting Votes or Stopping Votes?
Posted on June 28, 2008 by iwilder
The Green Party, holding its 2008 national convention in Chicago, will highlight the growth of the Illinois Green Party after adversity faced by Illinois Greens in the 2006 election. The convention, at which Greens will nominate their presidential ticket, will take place July 10-13. In 2006, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevitch spent an estimated $800,000 in […]
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Who do you know in Florida?
Posted on June 27, 2008 by iwilder
Posted by Kimberly Wilder: To donate on-line to Cynthia McKinney’s campaign please go here. (Political contributions are not tax-deductible. More information at the web-site) The Cynthia McKinney for President campaign has an interesting goal in hand. If they can raise $5,000 in 20 states by our convention – Saturday, July 12 – they may be […]
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Vote for the Green Party Vice Prez
Posted on June 27, 2008 by iwilder
Go to the poll here. (Then, scroll down on right hand side.) I think it would be wonderful sometime, if the Green Party of the United States created rules that allowed for an actual vote for the Vice Presidential candidate. But, alas, that is not yet the case. And, this year, since the Presidential Convention […]
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Stop the Indoor Ski Slope in the Pine Barrens
Posted on June 27, 2008 by iwilder
June 27, 2008 Dear EPCAL Grasslands Coalition Members, We have very disheartening news. State Senator Ken LaValle, a man who considers the passage of the Pine Barrens Protection Act one of his proudest achievements, has been pressured into a position that could undermine the landmark legislation that Long Island residents overwhelmingly supported 15 years ago, […]
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Chicago Conventions in 1968 and 2008
Posted on June 27, 2008 by iwilder
The site of the 2008 Green National Convention commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention, outside of which thousands of antiwar activists gathered to protest the war and the nomination of pro-war candidate Hubert Humphrey. The confrontation in the streets of Chicago between protesters and law enforcement erupted in a police riot under […]
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Caroline Doctorow 7/27/08
Posted on June 26, 2008 by iwilder
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport 51 Browns lane Bellport, NY 11713 (631) 286-8459 www.uufb.org CAROLINE DOCTOROW IN INTIMATE ACOUSTIC CONCERT Nationally renowned Singer-Songwriter from Bridgehampton to headline Bellport Songwriter Series July 27 The new Bellport Songwriter Series at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport (UUFB) welcomes Caroline Doctorow in a rare acoustic performance on July […]
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Tonite: What Do We Want From A New Administration And New Congress? 6/26/08
Posted on June 26, 2008 by iwilder
An Open Forum: Long Islanders Speak Out: What Do We Want From A New Administration And New Congress?” As Americans? As Long Islanders? Let’s hear what you think! Thursday, June 26, 2008 — 7pm In the Auditorium of the Huntington Library 338 Main Street, Huntington. Free Admission
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