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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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NYPD Arrests NYCLU Legal Observer at Occupy Wall Street event

Posted on April 29, 2012 by kwilder

KW writes: The police must learn to change. The police must learn to respect people who are protesting. And, police departments should learn to fire police officers who are caught doing wrong. In addition, the public should have easy ways to recall politicians like Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who allow bad cops […]

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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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Green Party prepares for the ‘Occupy May Day’ General Strike

Posted on April 27, 2012 by iwilder

Green Party candidates and activists will participate in the May 1 General Strike organized by the Occupy Movement

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Air Quality: Suffolk County receives an “F”

Posted on April 25, 2012 by kwilder

The full report, with background and info on air pollution issues, is at an American Lung Association webpage: here Detailed, Suffolk County article at Newsday (subscription media): at Newsday here.

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Two new videos at Peace Couple

Posted on April 25, 2012 by kwilder

“Free Me From Me“: Long Island singer/songwriter David Jensen performs his original song. (Peace Song of the Day video for 4/24/2012): And… Video of Susanna, Duchess of Peace, singing “Little Drops of Water“: here. (Peace Song of the Day video for 4/23/2012) More like this at: Peace Couple

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Drum roll, please…Winner of The Strip Search Limerick Contest

Posted on April 24, 2012 by kwilder

Strip-Search For Poetry: A Limerick Contest For The Supreme Court The results are in for the contest we held to create limericks about the Supreme Court’s horrible decision on strip searches, which has decimated the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.  With this recent decision, any person who will be held in the “general population” in […]

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The Smithsonian: 10 Things We’ve Learned Since Last Earth Day

Posted on April 23, 2012 by kwilder

(Excerpt. Click here or the title for the full story.) Smithsonian.com / Blog 10 Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since Last Earth Day April 19, 2012 …the most surprising, awe-inspiring and alarming things that we have learned about the Earth and the environment since last year’s holiday: 1. Undiscovered species are still out there: […]

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Earth Day music at Peace Couple

Posted on April 22, 2012 by kwilder

Over at our other website, Peace Couple, we have some great posts about music for Earth Day. Hope you will check them out. Click here: Peace Song of the Day post for 4/22… “Baby Beluga“, by Raffi, is the Peace Song of the Day for April 22nd — Earth Day 2012. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Click here: Peace […]

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Books for Earth Day (From an environmentally-conscious bookstore!)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by iwilder

Our friends over at Chelsea Green sis having an Earth Day Sale with Selected Titles 25% Off. Below are some of the books that looked especially tasty!

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A Poetic Scene On Wall Street: 14 arrests and one, really loud poet!

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwilder

Follow on Live Video At www.ustream.tv/wearechange What a wonderful, beautiful, symbolic scene! Alex Carvalho is a poet-occupier who was arrested for starting a Mic Chec (which I think was a poem). As he was being arrested,  and carried away by two policemen, he shouted “Poetry will never die”. Now he is in the paddy wagon […]

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Need a way to protest taxes on Tax Day?: Long Island demo 4/17/2012

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwilder

Update: I went by the protest at lunchtime, and things were going well. Several protesters — some old hat, and some newbies. Passers by were interested and took fliers. Some passing cars honked in support. A press person from a local paper was there. Photos at our Flickr: here. Also, see one photo below… __________________ […]

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Tues April 17th in Suffolk: Protest the fact of an Earth Summit at the home of the polluter

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwilder

A protest against fake environmentalism and “green-washing”… __________________________________________ Protest Demonstration at BNL’s so-called Earth Summit Who: Renew Community Earth [and Long Island environmentalists, anti-nuke activists, concerned citizens, and civic leaders] When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11 am – 1 pm Where: Entrance to BNL – bring anti-nuke signs Why: Demand closure of BNL’s Nuclear Power […]

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Is there a Gas Boycott for April 15, 2012?

Posted on April 14, 2012 by kwilder

Update 4/29: Well, people want to know if the gas boycott worked. I guess until something is huge, you can’t always measure the results (and the government and media won’t be anxious to tell you how much power you have!) But, I do recall seeing an article in the  last few days that said gas […]

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