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Say Yes! to non-corporate politics

Posted on January 11, 2017 by iwilder

For the last 20 years, Yes! Magazine has been at the forefront of providing alternatives to the corporatocracy. It regularly provides news of alternatives to the big corporate choices in banking, food, housing, and work. Only in electoral politics does Yes! Magazine fail to understand that there are non-corporate alternatives. I have had a private dialogue […]

Filed under: 3rd party, Corporations, elections, Green Party, media, News, US Politics | Tagged: equal time, Fair Vote, lesser evil, move to amend, yes! magazine | Leave a Comment »

Corporatization Of Your Media: Dan Rather

Posted on September 19, 2014 by iwilder

Dan Rather speaks out about the corporatization of mainstream news media, the corruption, how deep it runs, and the demise of investigative journalism.

Filed under: Corporations, media, News, video | Tagged: Corporation, Dan Rather, Gary Younge, Guardian, Washington | 1 Comment »

Long Beach, NY: Ban Fracking/Halt Port Ambrose LNG Port Rally 10/19/13

Posted on September 29, 2013 by iwilder

Attend the upcoming Global Frackdown in Long Beach! Global Frackdown 2–There is an important rally scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 1:00 PM on the Long Beach boardwalk. Many groups and individuals concerned about our threatened environment are coming together to urge a ban on fracking and a halt to the misguided plan to build a LNG facility […]

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, Ecology, economy, energy, Environment, Food, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, nature, new york, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, public health, safety, sustainable, third party, US Politics | Tagged: climate change, Food & Water Watch, hydraulic fracturing, Jim Brown, Liquefied Natural Gas, long island, natural gas, Port Ambrose | Leave a Comment »

4th of July on Long Island: Help End Corporate Rule

Posted on July 3, 2013 by kwilder

Move to Amend Brookhaven is working towards the goal of adding a 28th amendment to the US Constitution. The new amendment would counteract the Supreme Court’s “Citizen’s United” decision, and assert that money is not the same as “free speech”. Move To Amend Brookhaven marching in the Patchogue 4th of July Parade Thursday, July 4th […]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, Holidays, local, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, News | Tagged: Brookhaven politics, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Long Island 4th of July, Long Island events, Patchogue 4th of July, Patchogue events, United States Constitution | Leave a Comment »

Two Good Potential New York Laws and One Bad Law

Posted on June 17, 2013 by iwilder

Potential New York laws includes a good foreclosure law, a good banking law, and a bad campaign finance law.

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ballot issues, campaign finance reform, Corporations, economy, elections, grassroots democracy, housing, new york, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, rants, reform | Tagged: Bank of North Dakota, foreclosure, new york, New York State Assembly | Leave a Comment »

Occupy Opposes LA Foreclosures

Posted on May 5, 2013 by iwilder

Upset with Wells Fargo’s foreclosure practices, protesters held a demonstration on May Day that briefly shut down one of the bank’s branches in downtown Los Angeles.

Filed under: activism, Corporations, News, nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, politics, progressive politics, social & economic justice, US Politics | Tagged: banks, Downtown Los Angeles, foreclosure, JPMorgan Chase, Los Angeles, May Day, mortgages, Occupy Los Angeles, Wells Fargo | Leave a Comment »

Stock Transfer Tax Continues the Work of Occupy Wall Street

Posted on April 28, 2013 by iwilder

Green Party urges passage of Wall Street transaction tax Occupy Wall Street leveled a challenge to the 1%: We won’t pay for your crisis. Until we get a Wall Street transaction tax, they’re not even helping to alleviate the mess they made. The Green Party of the United States is calling for passage of legislation […]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, economy, Green Party, new york, News, nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, politics, Press Release, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, US Politics | Tagged: Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Financial transaction tax, Glass-Steagall Act, green, Green Party of the United States, Keith Ellison, Laura Wells, wall street | 4 Comments »

EFF: Congress Shamefully Passes CISPA; Stop US Senate

Posted on April 21, 2013 by iwilder

CISPA is a poorly drafted bill that would provide a gaping exception to bedrock privacy law

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, international politics, media, News, politics, rants, US Politics | Tagged: CISPA, Civil Liberties, Electronic Frontier Foundation, internet, privacy, United States House of Representatives | 1 Comment »

Mic Check: NYC pays for destruction of Occupy Library

Posted on April 16, 2013 by iwilder

We celebrate the news in The Village Voice article, City Settles Lawsuit Over The Destruction of the Occupy Wall Street Library showing that the Occupy movement received some measure of justice for the wanton destruction of their community. Occupy Wall Street claimed $47,000 in damages [for the loss of books and computers], all of which the city agreed […]

Filed under: activism, Books, Corporations, economy, grassroots democracy, media, new york, New York State Politics, News, nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, Photos, politics, To Study Up On Nonviolence, US Politics, video | Tagged: new york city, Obama Administration, Occupy Wall Street, People's Library, Village Voice, Zuccotti Park | Leave a Comment »