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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.

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Rupert Murdoch’s son: Resigns one thing; stays on at company; moves to New York!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by kwilder

Lucky us! [sarcasm] (excerpt from) The Seattle PI James Murdoch resigns as News Intl executive chair Cassandra Vinograd, AP / Feb 29, 2012 LONDON (AP) — James Murdoch, the executive at the epicenter of the phone hacking scandal at his father’s British newspapers, is stepping down as executive chairman of News Corp.’s U.K. newspaper arm, [...]

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Wed. Feb 29th Occupy actions: 70 Cities Nationwide Stand up to Corporate Greed and ALEC (plus Long Island area events)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by kwilder

Listing for Occupy Long Island events in Shirley and Huntington on Friday afternoon are posted: here and below. Informative (and amusing) update about NYPD preparations for the occupy event in NYC today (Feb 29): here. LiveStream of events in Spain: here (Please watch if you can, action all over Spain. And, at Wed 10am EST, [...]

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ACLU & NYCLU Call for Federal Probe Into Obama Funding NYPD Religious Profiling

Posted on February 28, 2012 by wilderside

The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today called for a federal investigation into the reported use of White House funds by the NYPD for its religious and racial profiling activities. Today the Associated Press reported that the NYPD used federal funds to support its surveillance of Muslim communities with [...]

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ACLU is still asking the wrong questions about Citizens United

Posted on February 25, 2012 by wilderside

With the influx of tens of millions of undisclosed dollars into this year’s presidential race, the ACLU is publicly re-examining its support of the Citizens United Supreme Court case which removes all controls over corporate spending in politics.  The ACLU is questioning whether it underestimated the effect of these super-sized contributions in balancing the right of the [...]

Filed under: campaign finance reform, Corporations, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, presidential race, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

Long Island Occupy Events: Join your neighbors on Feb 29th to Occupy The Banks

Posted on February 23, 2012 by kwilder

Here are two Long Island Occupy events and one NYC event I know of that coincide with the 2/29/12 National Day of Action: Shut Down The Corporations called for by Occupy Oakland. Shirley February 29th Meet at Chase Bank, 645 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley,NY 11967 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:45pm – 5:45pm JP Morgan Chase [...]

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Mon, Feb 27th: Occupy Our Food Supply

Posted on February 23, 2012 by kwilder

Occupy Our Food Supply is a global day of action, with an event in NYC. There is a listing for it at occupywallst.org: here. Monday, February 27, 2012 Occupy Our Food Supply In NYC: Seed Exchange at the NY Stock Exchange 11:30AM – Assemble at the Stock Exchange 12:00PM – Seed Exchange at Liberty Square [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, Environment, events, Food, grassroots democracy, health, local, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, progressive politics, public health, social & economic justice, sustainability, sustainable | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Organic, Vegan Bakery in Huntington, NY

Posted on February 22, 2012 by wilderside

In a walk through Huntington village today I found a number of interesting new organic and vegan places.

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A Marriage of Art and Politics Chapter 1: Church Meetings

Posted on February 22, 2012 by wilderside

My buddy Jim, who was the lead singer/songwriter of Nylon & Steel, said to me: You gotta go see the Vance Gilbert show in December. This guy’s grea

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Thoughts on flag burning incident and the life of Whitney Houston

Posted on February 21, 2012 by kwilder

My thoughts on the Michigan father of a soldier who burned the NJ flag in protest of the lowering of the flag for Whitney Houston: The man from Michigan who burned a NJ flag to show his upset about the honor to Whitney Houston is completely wrong. First of all, it is wrong and taboo [...]

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Green Party blasts Obama on approval of new nuclear reactors in Georgia

Posted on February 20, 2012 by wilderside

Rather than gamble with their own money, energy companies have convinced President Obama to pass the cost and liability on to US taxpayers

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A sample of peace and justice events for Long Island

Posted on February 19, 2012 by kwilder

For more details, contact the sponsoring organizations or onthewilderside. We will also try to post more details asap. 2012 LI Calendar Items Lots of Occupy and Peace/Justice Events in February and March Thursday, February 23rd – Know Your Rights with the Police and ICE 6pm – 8:30 at 1090 Suffolk Ave in Brentwood Sunday, February [...]

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Wilderside Is Six Years Old: Help keep us alive and growing

Posted on February 18, 2012 by kwilder

For six years, The Wilders have been posting news, celebrating political activism, and supporting poets and musicians here at onthewilderside. This website is our family project. We have invested a small amount of money in holding the URL names, and recently, in paying for server space. We have invested a lot of time in studying, [...]

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NYCLU Files Papers Contesting Trespassing Charges in Zuccotti Eviction Case

Posted on February 17, 2012 by wilderside

during the eviction of the Occupy Wall Street encampment should be dismissed because Brookfield Properties, the park’s owner, had no legal authority to exclude people from the public space.

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Live! NY Gov press conference on teacher evaluations (tied to student standardized test scores)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by kwilder

The eloquent and educated opposition to Governor Cuomo’s plan can be found at this video: More Than A Number: An Educational Symposium _____________________ The regular media portrays this as Governor Andrew Cuomo vs. The Teachers’ Union. It is actually Govenor Cuomo’s bad ideas for children, battling the Teachers’ Union sell-out and compromise over the children. [...]

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