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    The Green Party of New York State regained automatic ballot status by getting over 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. Look for us soon on your voter registration form and your ballot.

    Gaining ballot status enables the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates.

    The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state.

    The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are: Nonviolence/Peace; Grassroots Democracy; Social and Economic Justice; and Ecological Wisdom.

    If you are interested in getting involved in the Green Party of Suffolk,you can call 631-351-5763 or email info@gpsuffolk.org

    You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked "Green Party" on the voter registration form and writing in the word "Green" on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form.

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What happened in Oakland on Saturday: Good information on the Occupy Oakland situation

Posted on January 31, 2012 by kwilder

Many people are questioning what happened with Occupy Oakland on Saturday, January 28th. Below is some information, including a fairly objective article from The Christian Science Monitor, and a link to the bail fund for folks who want to help the occupy activists who were arrested. (excerpt from) The Christian Science Monitor Weekend violence in [...]

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Green Party to Obama: Problem isn’t just foreign oil, it’s all fossil fuels

Posted on January 31, 2012 by wilderside

President Obama’s energy policy shows a dangerous disconnect from the real nature of the current energy crisis, said Green Party candidates and leaders, who promoted the “Green New Deal” as a way to alleviate impending climate change and create millions of new jobs (http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2010/08/11/62-green-candidates-endorse-green-new-deal). Jill Stein, candidate for the Green Party’s 2012 presidential nomination: With [...]

Filed under: activism, energy, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, presidential race, US Politics | Tagged: , , | 4 Comments »

Updates on situation at OccupyDC: Preparing for unfair eviction of dream tents

Posted on January 30, 2012 by kwilder

Updates below (and ongoing) at OccupyWallSt.org: here #OccupyDC Prepares to Defend Home Jan. 30, 2012, 11:42 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Watch Twitter feeds for #OccupyDC, #McPhersonSQ, #defend99, #J30, @Occupy_DC, and @OccupyDCAction. [from OccupyWallSt] Live Updates: 1:40: After addressing media, cops circle around Tent of Dreams, leave.

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Prez hopeful Stein (G): Obama State of the Union “subverts New Deal”

Posted on January 26, 2012 by wilderside

Jill Stein, Green Party presidential candidate, called today for a Green New Deal to counter the “trickle down economic agenda” laid out by President Obama in his State of the Union address. Stein plans to release her alternative at 8:30pm Eastern Time in a “People’s State of the Union: A Green New Deal for America” that will be given via [...]

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Music Legends @ Port Wash Lib 1/26/12

Posted on January 24, 2012 by wilderside

LIMHoF Presents an Evening with Ervin Drake and Oscar Brand The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) announces the launch of LIMHoF At The Library on Thursday, January 26th (7:30PM). The series at the Port Washington Library (One Library Drive, Port Washington NY) kicks off with two veteran songwriters who have shared a decades-long friendship, Ervin Drake and [...]

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Valentines Day Gifts: Book suggestions | Peace Couple

Posted on January 23, 2012 by wilderside

When I was seeking a life partner I knew I wanted someone who was both passionate and compassionate. Someone who cared deeply and broadly.  I was lucky enough to find someone who would stop to play flute for a group of strangers to calm them after there was a fire at their nursing home. This [...]

Filed under: Books, Ecology, economy, Holidays, Labor, News, social & economic justice, sustainability | Tagged: , , , | Leave a Comment »

Long Island: Super Bowl poetry event on Sunday, Feb 5th

Posted on January 22, 2012 by kwilder

Come to The Walt Whitman Birthplace where Long Island Poetry Collective will host… Super Poem Sunday IV Sunday, February 5th, 2012! 1pm to 5pm Photos from last year’s event at our onthewilderside Flickr: here. In honor of both Super events, you can find a collection of Sports Poetry books here. Link to a collection of [...]

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Thinking about Odetta: Peace Song for 1/21/2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by wilderside

You Don’t Know My Mind, as sung by Odetta  (b. 1930 – d. 2008), is the Peace Song of the Day for January 21, 2012. This song expresses a strong sense of self and purpose. And, it brilliantly conveys the human condition of complexity of feelings, which is so important to conflict resolution, patience with ourselves [...]

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Occupy Long Island occupies the courts (video and info)

Posted on January 22, 2012 by kwilder

Occupy Long Island visits the Federal Courthouse in CI Story and video at Long Island Press: here. Occupy Wall Street activists from Long Island participated in the “Occupy The Courts” January 20th action inspired by Move To Amend. Occupiers gathered outside the big, white, Federal Court in Central Islip. They were  protesting Citizens United, the recent [...]

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Prez hopeful Stein (G) rallies movement to “Occupy the Courts” at steps of U.S. Supreme Court

Posted on January 21, 2012 by wilderside

To restore the rights of the people, we must take our Constitution back from the corporation. Tens of thousands of Americans in over 130 cities gathered at federal courthouses and in public squares, nearly the two-year anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC, to reject the doctrines of corporate personhood and money is speech. Dr. Jill [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2012 by wilderside

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Some updates and links for Occupy Congress in DC #J17

Posted on January 17, 2012 by kwilder

The numbers: A Washington Post report says 500 occupiers during the day and 1,000 occupiers by night. It is upsetting that the DC Police (I think it is the Capitol Police) played games with permits for Occupy Congress/Occupy DC. And, now the police have arrested one occupy activist. (Number of arrests may be up to [...]

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Exit 39 by Ian Wilder plus video

Posted on January 17, 2012 by wilderside

Ian Wilder performed his poem “Exit 39″ at Thanksgroovin, a part of The FOLK-GROOVIN’ CAFÉ The night was Hosted by JIM FRAZZITTA. and it featured BOB WESTCOTT, IAN WILDER, WALTER SARGENT, SCOTT JAMES, & RADIUM DIAL. The event took place at The Conklin Barn, 2 High Street (corner of New York Ave. at High St.), Huntington, NY. 

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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: Obama = Bush

Posted on January 16, 2012 by wilderside

Reading betwen the lines when the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the clock back to where it was during the GW Bush administration. They have said Obama’s peace-prize hope was false hope, and that the current preident is as dangerous as the one before.  Or in there own words: It is five minutes to midnight. [...]

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