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Photos from Long Island Anti-War Mall Tour: Walt Whitman Mall

Posted on June 28, 2008 by iwilder

Next stops on the tour: Sat. July 26th at Roosevelt Field; Sat. August 23 at South Shore Mall in Bay Shore; September – Smith Haven Mall, date and time TBA. For more information contact Janet at 631-424-4647 or workforpeace at optonline dot net. Ian and I were not able to attend this stop of the […]

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War Legislation in Both Houses – message from Bill McNulty

Posted on June 23, 2008 by iwilder

Friends, This is the precursor to a repeat of the Iraq fiasco. The legislation is presently in the ” agitation folder” , utilized by the those legislators who sense the tone and temper before acting. Their present thinking is summarized by their statement that it should go through like a hot knife through butter. The […]

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LI Mall Tour for Peace makes News12 on-line

Posted on June 17, 2008 by iwilder

Jump to News12 on-line for full story and photo of Don Zirkel in the famous t-shirt here. Activists plan anti-war ‘mall tour’ By CarlCorry / News 12 My Town | 06/17/2008 11:09 AM Seeking to build on newfound notoriety gained after the headline-making arrests of peace protesters at the Smith Haven Mall in March, an […]

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IL Green Party Candidates/Iraq War Veterans Removed from Ballot

Posted on June 12, 2008 by iwilder

This week, the State Officers Electoral Board decided to remove four anti-war Illinois Green Party congressional candidates from the November ballot, two of whom served during the Iraq War. The removed candidates are Iain Abernathy of Round Lake Beach (8th District), Dave Kalbfleisch of Arlington Heights (10th District), Rob Hill of DeKalb (14th district) and […]

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Green Party: Obama & McCain embraced Bush propaganda on attacking Iran

Posted on June 12, 2008 by iwilder

Green Party National Convention in Chicago (July 10-13) will challenge voters to vote GreenParty instead of the ‘bipartisan war machine’ US goals in the Middle East must include multilateral disarmament and an end to US political and military domination over the region, assert Green Party The Maine Green Independent Party urges towns and cities throughout […]

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ILGP Cong Cand Alesch Supports Impeachment Charge Against Prez Bush

Posted on June 11, 2008 by iwilder

Steve Alesch, Green Party Candidate for Congress (IL 13), called today for support of the 35 articles of impeachment of President Bush, introduced in Congress earlier this week by Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. “As a member of Congress, I would strongly support the articles of impeachment against President Bush for his many crimes against freedom, justice and humanity,” Alesch […]

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Chicago 1968-2008: Presidential Convention T-shirts

Posted on June 7, 2008 by iwilder

Front: 1968…2008 Green Party “This time the peace movement is inside the convention.” Ian and I had fun working on a t-shirt to express the irony that in 1968, the Democrats held a convention where they would not let the peace movement inside. And, now, in 2008, the Democrats will still probably keep the peace […]

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What to do about $4 a gallon gas?

Posted on June 5, 2008 by iwilder

Posted by KW: (see “keep reading” link below for a list of hypermile tips) The other day, when I filled up my gas tank, my poetic identity and need to express overcame me. Since I had to sign the credit card bill anyway, I decided I might as well make a stand. As I signed […]

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Long Island activist Don Zirkel makes the NY Times

Posted on June 1, 2008 by iwilder

Video of Don Zirkel from wilderside media here. – At 80, Protesting a War, and Winning Fame By ROBIN FINN Published: June 1, 2008 SOUNDS peculiar, but Don Zirkel, 80, has fond memories of the two hours he spent handcuffed to the wall of a holding pen in Central Islip. Mr. Zirkel ended up there […]

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For Memorial Day: Cindy Sheehan, Casey, and why we must help citizen candidates

Posted on May 24, 2008 by iwilder

Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress as an independent candidate. Many people will remember that Cindy Sheehan’s son was a soldier who was killed in the Iraq War. Cindy Sheehan is often known as the “Peace Mom”, because having her son die in an unjust war motivated her to become a spokesperson for peace and […]

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Peace at the mall: Don Zirkel’s statement about t-shirt arrest

Posted on May 23, 2008 by iwilder

Statement by Don Zirkel, a member of Pax Christi After charges were dismissed in District Court, Central Islip, NY May 22, 2008 [distributed by Don after his court appearance] I declared that it is insane that no one has been punished because over 4,000 U.S. troops and many more Iraqis have been killed, but I […]

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Peace-2 : Suppression and False Patriotism-0 (for Don and Susan, case dismissed)

Posted on May 22, 2008 by iwilder

As reported on 880 AM News from NYC: This afternoon, the charges against Don Zirkel, were dismissed. Wilderside commentary: Don is 80 years old. He is a deacon in his church and a member of Pax Christi (the Catholic Peace Movement.) Don had been at an outside peace demonstration at the Smith Haven Mall in […]

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News and Video: Susan McKeon “dismissed in interest of justice”

Posted on May 22, 2008 by iwilder

Just returned from First District Court. Susan McKeon was to be arraigned for having been at the Smith Haven Mall, reading the names of the soldiers who died in the Iraq War. It was part of a 4,000 soldier peace demonstration which Long Island groups such as Suffolk Peace Network and PeaceSmiths participated in. Susan […]

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Thursday, May 22nd: 8:30am and 2pm – court support for peace activists

Posted on May 21, 2008 by iwilder

Changing this situation is of a higher moral order than a pleasant shopping environment. – Susan McKeon Steinmann (pictured below, on right in green print top) Message from Susan McKeon to Wilderside readers is here. K: It is my understanding that Don Zirkel, the 80 year old deacon who was arrested for wearing an anti-war […]

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