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Brookhaven Green Party Summer 2012 meeting 7/24/12

Posted on July 8, 2012 by iwilder

The Brookhaven Green Party will hold their next meeting on Tuesday July 24th, from 7-9PM at the Sachem Public Library

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Family of Selden man killed by police files lawsuit and receives press attention in Newsday

Posted on June 14, 2012 by kwilder

Background story at onthewilderside: here. Join the Stand Up for Kevin FaceBook page: here. (excerpt) from Newsday Kin to file suit vs. cops in fatal shooting June 13, 2012 The family of a Selden man killed by police last year will file a federal lawsuit against the Suffolk County Police Department Thursday, alleging officers used […]

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Silent protest to end “stop and frisk”

Posted on June 12, 2012 by kwilder

Father’s Day is a wonderful day to stand up for ourselves and our neighbors. Hope you will consider going to this historic event. And, think about bringing your father along! Silent March To End Stop and Frisk Sunday, June 17th at 3pm in New York City (with buses from Long Island) The website for this […]

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Friday 6-1-2012 PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse

Posted on May 30, 2012 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse Friday, June 1st at 8pm First Fridays, Oct to June Next Coffeehouse Oct. 5, 2012 Save-The-Date 6/1/2012 featured: John Myles, Original singer and song writer. His song ‘Invisible Man’ is a favorite. John will do a few political songs too. Eli Maniscalco, Good guitarist, original songs Becca Hasselbrook, You will like Becca’s song […]

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Memorial Day Weekend: Think PEACE events on Long Island

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kwilder

Memorial Day weekend offers many chances for people who cherish peace to reach out to their neighbors, and discuss the importance of ending war. This morning, Long Island activists demonstrated for peace at an annual air show, which glorifies military might. That story below. Afterwards, two Long Island peace events you can still attend this […]

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Budget decisions in Nassau County: On 5/21/2012 Battle to keep important, human services

Posted on May 20, 2012 by kwilder

[As many of our readers know, The Wilders have little faith in Democratic politicians or Republican politicians to decide things fairly and for the 99%. Though, people in Nassau County should definitely pay attention to this struggle and express their interest in well-funded health and welfare services for those in need. Please consider lobbying Nassau […]

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Green Party of Suffolk Joins Move to Amend: Brookhaven

Posted on May 17, 2012 by iwilder

The Green Party of Suffolk has become a part of Move to Amend: Brookhaven (movetoamend.org/ny-brookhaven).

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2012 Long Island School Election Results

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kwilder

June 19th REVOTE results: Story at Long Island Press: here. All nine Nassau/Suffolk school districts passed budgets on the revote. Elmont School District passed a budget that was lower than the first proposed/rejected budget, but slightly higher than the budget tax cap imposed by NY State. __________________________________ Results are posted at Newsday (which is, unfortunately, […]

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A Long Island HS senior becomes one of our youngest, elected officials in NY State

Posted on May 16, 2012 by kwilder

Website of Josh Lafazan, NY’s youngest, elected official: joshlafazan.org Story with video at NBC News: here. “An 18-year-old high school senior has won a seat on his Long Island school board, becoming the youngest elected official in New York state…” [Correction: Another HS senior, younger than Joshua Lafazan, was also elected in NY State yesterday.] […]

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Wild Election Antics: Battle for records in a local school board race

Posted on May 15, 2012 by kwilder

Update: Josh Lafazan wins! Syosset high school student is youngest elected official in NY State! Story at NBC: here. _____________________________________ A public relations battle about voter records rages in Syosset, Long Island, today. If you reside in the Syosset School District, you may want to figure out today who was wrong and who was right: […]

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Occupy Long Island: updates and media coverage

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwilder

Long Island May Day and/or Occupy participation which onthewilderside heard about: Mt. Sinai/Brookhaven – Occupy May Day Tearwater Tea (Ian and Kimberly attended this one) Went well. Stories read to children. Held banners on side of road. Literature table with issues like Move To Amend. Big banner read “Celebrate Peace And Justice” “99%”. There are […]

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May Day: Links for Long Island occupiers

Posted on April 30, 2012 by kwilder

Many of our Long Island activist friends will be going into New York City for Occupy May Day on Tuesday, May 1st. Check around with friends from Suffolk Peace Network, or other activist groups, to see if you can find some friends to take the train in with. Some of us (because of time, money, […]

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May Day: March for Immigrant Rights in Hempstead, LI, NY

Posted on April 30, 2012 by kwilder

KW writes: If you cannot get to the city for one of Occupy May Day events on Tuesday, May 1st, this march may be a good place to go to be among like minds. I, personally, disagree with some of the specific bills and proposals that some folks have listed as part of the message. […]

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1,000 guitars: A May Day/Occupy Guitarmy

Posted on April 29, 2012 by kwilder

Update: A quick video of some Guitarmy folks. (Will put more videos in the bottom of this post) As of 4:51pm EST on May Day, you can watch the stage at Union Square at OccupyMusician: here.  We cannot get any numbers estimates. If you have any facts, please post in the comments. (If you don’t […]

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