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NY Governor hits historic low rating (Good news for third parties!)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by kwilder

Thoughts on the Governor’s race in New York for 2010 in light of Governor Paterson’s low approval rating. List of third parties who may be interested in running a candidate for NY Governor.

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Bronx Green Party candidate Walter Nestler

Posted on February 28, 2009 by iwilder

The Bronx County Green Party (BCGP) announced today that it has endorsed Bronx Community Board 9 member Walter Nestler as the Green Party candidate for City Council in the Bronx’ 18th Council District. Mr. Nestler will make a public announcement of his intention to run later today at the Bronx Parks Speak Up at Herbert […]

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SOA Watch founder Fr. Bourgeois on Long Island 4/1 -4/4/09

Posted on February 28, 2009 by iwilder

Please note that Fr. Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch, will be here on LI April 1 to April 4. During this time he will present at Stony Brook University on April 1, during the regular student activity period, (12 noon till 2 pm) and on Friday April 3, he will be at the Cinema […]

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LICSN – Calendar and News 2/26/09

Posted on February 27, 2009 by iwilder

1st New York Women’s Conference for Sustainability Mobilizing for climate stability one conversation at a time Friday, March 27th – Sunday, March 29th, 2009 Keynote addresses from grassroots environmental leaders will be interspersed with a weekend-long series of participatory World Café and self-initiated Open Spaces events. Attendees will actively engage in conversations and self generated […]

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Activity-permissive classrooms: Letting students stand, fidget, and just be

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I have always resisted our culture’s desire to have people “sit down and shut up.” As a high school student, I wrote a poem about a school girl’s foot, making circles under her desk. As a new teacher, I seethed when I was told that the first rule in my first grade classroom must […]

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Urgent! Calls needed on Bankruptcy reform legislation

Posted on February 25, 2009 by iwilder

*** CALL TO ACTION *** Please make calls today to help pass critical bankruptcy reform legislation, which the House is expected to vote on as early as this Thursday. The proposed bankruptcy reform is absolutely vital to reducing foreclosures, and will help save the homes of hundreds of thousands of families nationally.  It would enable bankruptcy […]

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DN! Obama’s War: US Involvement in Afghanistan, Past, Present & Future

Posted on February 23, 2009 by iwilder

from DemocracyNow.org President Obama is speaking before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night in what is being described as the first State of the Union address of his presidency. While the economy is expected to dominate the agenda, Obama will also talk about his top foreign policy initiative: the war in Afghanistan. Last week, […]

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Audience at debate heckles candidate who kicked opponent off ballot

Posted on February 23, 2009 by kwilder

I found this story at Ballot Access News. Gathered info from other sources, notably Elizabeth Benjamin’s page at the Daily News and the Queens Chronicle. While this all happened related to a City Council race in the Howard Beach area of New York, it is interesting to see the audience at a debate respond so […]

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PA GP Condemns Judicial Corruption in Juvenile Detention Scandal

Posted on February 22, 2009 by iwilder

Green leaders call into question the privatization of essential public services creating opportunities for corruption Green Party urges local governments to ban private management of public responsibilities such as juvenile detention White-hot outrage cannot adequately describe the Green Party reaction to revelations of children unjustly sent to Pennsylvania juvenile detention centers on the orders of […]

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Obama Siding With Bush Again: Missing Emails

Posted on February 22, 2009 by iwilder

from the AP The Obama administration, siding with former President George W. Bush, is trying to kill a lawsuit that seeks to recover what could be millions of missing White House e-mails. Two advocacy groups suing the Executive Office of the President say that large amounts of White House e-mail documenting Bush’s eight years in […]

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Florida Green Party opposes Levy

Posted on February 21, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party files Petition to Intervene in NRC licensing of Levy County Nuclear Plant,joins Nuclear Information and Resource Service to challenge deficiencies in Progress Energy Combined Operating License Application (COLA) On February 6, 2009 the Green Party of Florida (GPF, http://www.floridagreens.org) joined with the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS, http://www.nirs.org) and the Ecology Party […]

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If you or your friend are faced with eviction/foreclosure: Stick together

Posted on February 21, 2009 by kwilder

A few points: -Finally, people in America are understanding that if the rich people and elected officials steal your money and bailout banks, then we can all stick together to make make sure our homes, money, lives do not get destroyed in the process. -Interesting that this article refers to the plan and to ACORN […]

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IL Green Party Slams Cullerton on Campaign Finance Reform

Posted on February 19, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party leaders in Illinois ripped Senate President John Cullerton’s comments opposing campaign finance reform in Illinois. According to Joseph Ryan of the Daily Herald, Cullerton told the newspaper’s editorial board that “he thinks Illinois’ wide-open campaign system is just fine” and that disclosure is all that is necessary. (Ryan’s blog entry is at http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/1447.) […]

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GP-US: Stimulus bill falls short as a real stimulus, as compromises sacrifice public works creation of new jobs

Posted on February 12, 2009 by iwilder

Green Party leaders said today that the $789 billion compromise stimulus bill falls drastically short of providing what’s needed to end the deepening recession, and urged the Obama Administration to renegotiate the bill to restore and expand funding to create jobs and to provide a real safety net for every American. The US economy needs […]

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