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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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Green Party urges Obama to reverse decision to shun the third World Conference against Racism

Posted on June 8, 2011 by iwilder

US Green Party members will attend the conference Green Party leaders urged President Obama to reverse his decision to withdraw from participation in the third World Conference against Racism (“Durban III”). The conference, sponsored by the United Nations, will take place in New York City on September 22, 2011, marking the tenth anniversary of the […]

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Tribute to Morty Greenhouse 1922-2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by kwilder

(Video of a song tribute below.) Message from the Greenhouse family: Dear Friend, We are inviting friends, colleagues and relatives of Mortimer Greenhouse to a combined tribute and celebration of his life on Saturday, June 18. The celebration will include remembrances, tributes and folksinging.

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A Country Without Libraries by Charles Simic

Posted on June 6, 2011 by iwilder

IW:  Libraries are not some socialist institution that needs to be drowned in Grover Norquist’s bathtub.  They were established in this country by uber-capitalist Ben Franklin. And that sentiment was conitnued by the robber barons such as Andrew Carnegie who said:  “There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public […]

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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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Santana is Booed for Using Baseballs Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights

Posted on May 19, 2011 by iwilder

But Bud picked the wrong Latino. Carlos Santana took the microphone and said that he was representing all immigrants. Then Santana added, “The people of Arizona, and the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.” In a perfect display of Gov. Nathan Deal’s Georgia, the cheers quickly turned to boos. Yes, Carlos […]

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Suffolk County gambles with health of its residents

Posted on May 4, 2011 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Newsday Suffolk’s policy not healthy by Joye Browns / May 4, 2011 Suffolk County has made the decision to save a buck by gambling with the health of its residents. In a new policy, which will take effect on Monday, residents going to Suffolk health care centers who do not have health insurance […]

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NAACP urges action for Troy Davis

Posted on April 26, 2011 by kwilder

From an NAACP e-mail action alert: There isn’t much time. This is truly a matter of life and death. Troy Davis could be executed as early as next month, even though seven of the nine witnesses recanted their statements and the alleged murder weapon still has not been found. Last week, I sent the email […]

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Black Capitol Police staff complain about discrimination – TheHill.com

Posted on April 23, 2011 by iwilder

More than 50 black employees of the U.S. Capitol Police have filed a complaint Tuesday, alleging discrimination by the police force.Their action comes 10 years after nearly 300 employees filed a class-action discrimination lawsuit, a suit that remains unresolved. via Black Capitol Police staff complain about discrimination – TheHill.com.

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Ron Thomson’s life and work honored in Newsday (via PeaceSmiths)

Posted on April 17, 2011 by iwilder

Ron Thomson was a longtime PeaceSmiths supporter and volunteer. After he passed away in February, we did a tribute to him at the March Coffeehouse, and displayed his self-portrait. Ron Thomson’s work is currently on display at The Circle Gallery in Amityville. And, Newsday did a nice story on Ron,s life … Read More via […]

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GPSuffolk in Newsday for Earth Day 4/17/11

Posted on April 17, 2011 by iwilder

For Long Islanders such as Suffolk Green Party secretary Ian Wilder, Earth Day is a time to engage in serious conversations about issues such as climate change. “We use it to discuss going deeper than the swirly lightbulb,” said Wilder, referring to energy-efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs. “We should have offshore wind, like they do in […]

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Is Your Easter Basket Fair Trade This Year? (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)

Posted on April 14, 2011 by iwilder

If this is a question you are trying to answer yes to, then we have some great ideas and tips for you! Let’s start off with the basics, chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate! I don’t know about you guys, but this is certainly the part of Easter that I look forward to most, of course that […]

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SALT book: Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities

Posted on April 6, 2011 by iwilder

Carolina Academic Press is about to publish VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIVE LAW TEACHING: A CRITICAL READER, a collaboration between SALT and Golden Gate University School of Law.  Publication is anticipated in mid-March. The essays included in this volume began as presentations at the March 19–20, 2010, “Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities” teaching conference organized and hosted […]

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Doubts raised on OCC foreclosure estimate | Reuters

Posted on April 3, 2011 by iwilder

A Reuters analysis raises doubts about a widely cited statement by U.S. Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh that only a “small number” of wrongful foreclosure sales have occurred despite widespread misdeeds by banks that are the leading mortgage loan servicers. via Analysis: Doubts raised on OCC foreclosure estimate | Reuters.

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Brentwood girl, a four-year-old who is a US citizen, deported

Posted on March 23, 2011 by kwilder

Update: April 2011 – Emily Ruiz is home safe, with her parents, in the US. Story: here. (excerpt from) Long Island Press Brentwood Girl, 4-year-old US Citizen, Deported By Timothy Bolger on March 23rd, 2011 A 4-year-old Brentwood girl has been deported to Guatemala despite the fact that she is a U.S. citizen… Customs and […]

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