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    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Dancing for Environmental Revolution: Thurs 6/30 at 1pm in Canton, NY

Posted on June 29, 2011 by kwilder

from a Media Advisory: Dancing for Environmental Revolution Late in the Days of Cancer Epidemic in the USA: A Cancer Action NY Call for Total Global Spiritual Environmental Revolution Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 1:00 PM New York State Department of Health, District Office, Canton, New York USA

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NYS had Same-Sex Marriage since 2002

Posted on June 29, 2011 by iwilder

We have not had same-sex weddings because of the cowardice of Spitzer, Paterson and Cuomo. The New York State constitution was changed to be gender neutral in 2002.  At that point, marriage was no longer dependent on the gender of the participants. No State law, including domestic relations law required the parties to be married to be […]

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BTF Interviews Ian Wilder, Green Party Activist, Pt 1

Posted on June 25, 2011 by iwilder

Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix asks Ian questions such as: When did the Green Party start? How does the Green Party differ from other political parties? From a few years ago. Related articles GPSuffolk in Newsday for Earth Day 4/17/11 (www.onthewilderside.com) Green Party Calls on WGRZ To Include Congressional Candidate Ian Murphy in the 5/12/11 CD-26 Debate (www.onthewilderside.com) NY Green […]

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Same sex marriage passes in NY!

Posted on June 24, 2011 by kwilder

After-the-news-update: At the Gotham Gazette, there is an interesting story of things that happened behind the scenes during the same-sex marriage vote, which those of us watching and celebrating were not privy to. It seems that even when our government is doing some things fairly, they employ games and locked doors to make sure things […]

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Recalling SSM in NY: West, NYT & Maddow

Posted on June 24, 2011 by iwilder

But in 2003, when Mr. West became the first Green Party mayor elected in the state, he began to research whether he could marry same-sex couples. (Mr. West, who lost his first bid for re-election after the same-sex marriage fight, was recently restored to the mayor’s office at the ripe old age of 34.) via […]

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DOE Must Do More to Encourage Positive, not Punitive, Discipline in the City’s Schools

Posted on June 21, 2011 by iwilder

In testimony tonight on the disciple code for New York City public schools, the New York Civil Liberties Union will encourage the Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to include positive-discipline practices in the city’s schools – but will caution that the DOE’s disciplinary code and zero-tolerance policies criminalize student discipline and discriminate unfairly against students of color […]

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Coalition of Community and Religious Groups to Protest Rep. King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearing with Counter-Hearing on Religious Freedom

Posted on June 13, 2011 by iwilder

On Tuesday in Westbury, a coalition of civil rights, religious and interfaith groups, will protest U.S. Rep. Peter T. King’s upcoming congressional “radicalization” hearing targeting the American Muslim community by hosting a counter-hearing on religious freedom. The coalition, Long Island Neighbors for American Values recently formed to promote diversity and tolerance and to counter attempts to […]

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Boog Fest 5 lineup 8/5-8/9/11 NYC

Posted on June 9, 2011 by iwilder

Update: Some photos from Boogfest 2011 are at Ian’s Flickr: here. Two months from now, from Fri., Aug. 5 through Tues. Aug. 9, we’ll be celebrating Boog’s 20th anniversary by putting on the fifth annual Welcome to Boog City poetry and music festival. The poetry readings are curated by Jim Behrle, Joanna Fuhrman, and me. The music is booked by Brian […]

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Link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? (via Ecobeth)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by iwilder

Since I couldn’t have said it better myself, I am re-posting an op-ed by Bill McKibben that appeared in this week’s Washington Post newspaper. A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Nah… By Bill McKibben, Published: May 23 Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week’s shots […]

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NYPD Stopped and Frisked Record Number of Innocent People during First Quarter of 2011

Posted on June 4, 2011 by iwilder

The NYPD stopped and interrogated more than 161,000 completely innocent New Yorkers in the first quarter of 2011, the highest number over a three-month period since the Police Department began reporting data on its troubling stop-and-frisk program. About 88 percent of the 183,326 stop-and-frisk encounters recorded from January through March resulted in neither an arrest […]

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NYCLU Challenges Illegal Stop & Frisk of Livery Cab Passengers

Posted on June 3, 2011 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s unlawful practice of detaining, questioning and searching innocent New Yorkers – particularly blacks, Latinos and other non-whites – who are riding in livery cars. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, maintains that the NYPD is using its […]

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PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse: Banjo, Shoreham thoughts, and a sing-a-long (via PeaceSmiths) 6/3/11

Posted on May 26, 2011 by iwilder

The PeaceSmiths June 2011 Coffeehouse is dedicated to the memory of Lisa Fishbein PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry, and Whatever Coffeehouse Friday, June 3rd at 8pm with Music by Maria Fairchild A presentation: Shoreham and Spirituality with Peter Maniscalco Andy Greenhouse sing-a-long PLUS Open mic: Maybe you! Held at: The First United Methodist Church in Amityville, $7 suggested […]

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ICE Statistics Reinforce Advocates’ Call for Immediate End to NY Deportation Program

Posted on May 26, 2011 by iwilder

A wide coalition of advocacy groups intensified its demand today that Governor Andrew Cuomo immediately terminate the state’s involvement in Secure Communities (S-Comm), Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mass deportation program, in light of mounting evidence of the program’s problems. Recently released federal data shows that, in New York, more than 70 percent of immigrants transferred into […]

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NY Green Party Selects Peace Sign as Ballot Symbol

Posted on May 25, 2011 by iwilder

Greens Rule Out Fusion, Will Run Their Own Candidates Since receiving the ballot line, Greens have run in three elections. Alex White received 9 percent of the vote in a three-way special election for Mayor of Rochester on March 29. Jason West, a Green Party member running on the village party Cooperative line, recaptured his […]

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