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Occupy Wall Street update: Eviction averted, march to Wall Street, handful arrested

Posted on October 14, 2011 by kwilder

A good place to stay in tune with the action is through Twitter. Some of the tags are #ows or #OccupyWallStreet. Also, there is a NYC Live Stream at www.livestream.com/occupywallstnyc Even if the streaming video is down, there are often people in the chat room who know what is going on. (excerpt from) OccupWallSt.org website: […]

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Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience | Peace Couple

Posted on October 14, 2011 by iwilder

The fourth chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace brings us to Henry David Thoreau‘s seminal 1849 essay on Civil Disobedience.  This is the essay that turned words into action.  It turned the future into right now.  This essay educated two of the most powerful leaders of the 20th century, Gandhi and King.  It […]

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Evicting Occupy Wall Street?: Update, video, and chant

Posted on October 13, 2011 by kwilder

PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO STOP EVICTION TOMORROW! 1) In NYC: Call 311 and tell Bloomberg to support our right to assemble and to not interfere with #OWS. (Long Island and all out of town call 212-NEW-YORK/212-639-9675) 2) Come to #OWS on FRIDAY AT 6AM to defend the occupation from eviction. (Nearby subway stations: Cortland Street, […]

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PeaceSmiths of Long Island endorses Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 13, 2011 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths is a decades-strong, Long Island activist group, which works on issues of peace, justice, and the environment. PeaceSmiths released the following message today, October 13, 2011: A Message from PeaceSmiths, Inc. about Occupy Wall Street PeaceSmiths supports Occupy Wall Street in New York City. Our organization stands for peace, justice, and the environment. We […]

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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s War | Peace Couple

Posted on October 6, 2011 by iwilder

We continue with the third chapter from the The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace This week we discuss the third chapter of the book which is an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson‘s essay entitled War. This chapter is in the Pre-Twentieth Century section of the book . Last week we discussed an excerpt from a 1693 essay […]

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Occupy Wall Street declarations: One demand, twenty grievances, lots of consensus

Posted on October 4, 2011 by kwilder

Comparison of the two sets of demands/grievances published by Occupy Wall Street by Kimberly Wilder 10/4/2011 The first document I will refer to as the “One Demand Document” The second document I will refer to as the “Grievances Document” To see both documents in text, go to my previous post: here. Up front, I would […]

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Occupy #AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple

Posted on October 4, 2011 by iwilder

  October 6, 2011 are the protests on the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan War.  In the blog post The hour is approaching: Make a commitment!, we are asked to focus this week’s tweets on organizing for that day: via Occupy #AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple.

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Ten Years of War in Afghanistan | Peace and Justice Online

Posted on October 3, 2011 by iwilder

It’s been ten terrible years of war in Afghanistan.  Nearly two thousand U.S. soldiers have been killed in this war.  Tens of thousands of Afghans have been killed.  We have spent nearly $500 Billion fighting this war.  The war in Afghanistan should never have begun.  The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was immoral and in clear […]

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Blow by Blow: Brooklyn Bridge “taken” by Occupy Wall Street *

Posted on October 2, 2011 by kwilder

Want to understand exactly what happened on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday? GO HERE for Excellent coverage by D. Eris at Poli-Tea website. Excerpt only below (The Poli-Tea website has eyewitness accounts, photo, and video)…Over 700 Arrested in Occupy Wall Street Protest as Movement Continues to Grow Across the Country (The link for this excellent coverage […]

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“Peace Song of the Day” and a new statue for Wall Street

Posted on September 26, 2011 by kwilder

As some of you know, Ian and Kimberly have alter egos, and a new website, trying to channel activist energy towards good energy and good shopping. The website is Peace Couple, and it often features posts by Duke Augustus and Duchess Susanna, The Duke and Duchess of Peace. For every day of the year, there […]

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Wangari Maathai, Green Party heroine and Nobel Peace Prize winner, passes away at age 71

Posted on September 26, 2011 by kwilder

Wangari Muta Maathai (1940-2011) It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at the Nairobi Hospital, after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer. Her loved ones were with her at the time. Professor Maathai’s departure is untimely and a very great […]

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Chris Hedges at Occupy Wall Street (transcript and link)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by kwilder

Chris Hedges speaks with the first incarnation of Occupy Wall Street. Link to a youtube of the Chris Hedges interview: here. (An interview on Sunday Morning 9/25/2011. Ended at about 12:15pm) Chris Hedges stopped by the Occupy Wall Street encampment, and after a slow start, they fed him excellent questions. Great stuff. Sorry for the […]

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Immanuel Kant: Standing Armies Should Be Totally Abolished

Posted on September 21, 2011 by iwilder

3. “Standing Armies (miles perpetuus) Shall in Time Be Totally Abolished” For they incessantly menace other states by their readiness to appear at all times prepared for war; they incite them to compete with each other in the number of armed men, and there is no limit to this. For this reason, the cost of […]

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The Power of Nonviolence: Zinn-troduction | Peace Couple

Posted on September 12, 2011 by iwilder

The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace provides us with the Peace Book Chapter of the Week. You might have noticed this a slightly different concept. Duke Augustus is paring down the Book of the Week to just a chapter to make it more interactive.  We hope that you will join in a discussion […]

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