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WARNING!!! If someone comes to your door for Green Party signatures, ask if they are in the Green Party.
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WARNING!!! If a petitioner comes to your door, ask if they are in the Green Party.
Posted on June 21, 2015 by iwilder
Remembering Danny Schechter, “The News Dissector”: Pioneering Journalist, Filmmaker & Activist | Democracy Now!
Posted on March 20, 2015 by iwilder
Remembering Danny Schechter, “The News Dissector”: Pioneering Journalist, Filmmaker & Activist | Democracy Now!. The author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72. Danny Schechter rose to prominence as the “The News Dissector” on Boston’s WBCN radio in the 1970s. He went on to work as a […]
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WRHU Interview on Free Speech Zones
Posted on March 7, 2015 by iwilder
Ian Wilder was interviewed on WRHU by Rebecca Gianarkis about the “Free Speech Zones” at the Hofstra 2008 and 2012 Presidential Debates.
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Edgeleft: The Case for Howie Hawkins for NY Governor
Posted on October 28, 2014 by iwilder
David McReynolds makes the case for voting for the Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins for NY Governor.
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Suffolk Green Party Update on Esposito, Long, and Cuomo/Astorino Pay-to-Play
Posted on October 11, 2014 by iwilder
Cuomo and Astorino both take pay-to-play contributions-for-contracts, while both are hypocrites for calling out the other for unethical transactions.
Filed under: election, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics | Tagged: 3rd state senate, Adrienne Esposito, andrew cuomo, howie hawkins, Paul Senzer, pay-to-play, Rob Astorino, Steve Hackeling, Walter Long | Leave a Comment »
Ralph Nader and Grover Norquist Agree on Corporate Welfare and Auditing the Pentagon
Posted on September 6, 2014 by iwilder
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and anti-tax activist Grover Norquist spoke on issues where the left and right can come together
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Astorino Must Desegregate Housing to Improve Schools
Posted on August 10, 2014 by iwilder
NY Green Party Governor candidate Hawkins says Westchester County Executive Astorino’s housing desegregation record shows he can’t resolve this statewide.
Filed under: activism, election, governor, grassroots democracy, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: AFFH, andrew cuomo, Anti-Discrimination Center, Common Core Standards, Education, housing, howie hawkins, Rob Astorino, Westchester | Leave a Comment »
Story of Citizens United vs. FEC 6/30/14
Posted on June 17, 2014 by iwilder
Join Move to Amend Brookhaven for a viewing of the short film, The Story of Citizens United vs. FEC and an evening of stimulating conversation.
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Green Party NY nominates Governor candidate and State Slate
Posted on May 22, 2014 by iwilder
Hawkins/Jones need to receive at least 50,000 votes in the 2014 Governor election for the Green Party to retain the ballot line in NY.
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RIP Tony Benn, Lifelong Pacifist | PeaceCouple.com
Posted on April 1, 2014 by iwilder
Tony Benn, the former British Cabinet minister, longtime Parliament member and antiwar activist, has died at the age of 88.
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NY Green Party members needed to put a peace candidate in Congress
Posted on March 8, 2014 by iwilder
William Stevenson needs New York State Green Party members to circulate ballot petitions for the 2nd Congressional District (Suffolk and Nassau counties).
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Roy: Afghan War based on DoubleSpeak | Peace Couple
Posted on March 4, 2014 by iwilder
Arundhati Roy’s essay on the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is the first essay in the book to feel that it is based on contemporary world politics.
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