Nobel Laureates: End Afghan War | Peace Couple

Posted on March 18, 2014 by iwilder

The final chapter in The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace is the 2001 International Appeal of Nobel Prize Laureates, Poets, Philosophers, Intellectuals and Human Rights Defenders for an Immediate End to the War against Afghanistan. This appeal ends the final section of the book: Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) .

The appeal succinctly reiterates the points made in the last two essays. The invasion of Afghanistan fails on two accounts. It did not bring the perpetrators of 9/11 to justice. It is increasing the future likelihood of terrorism against the US.

Since the Appeal is short, and a public document, it is reproduced in full on PeaceCouple.com

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Wise: War is Naive | PeaceCouple

Posted on March 10, 2014 by iwilder

The Tim Wise 2001 essay Who’s Being Naive? War-Time Realism Through the Looking Glass is the penultimate chapter in The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace. This essay continues the Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) section of the book. Wise is an anti-racism educator and author.

His essay complements the previous Arundhati Roy essay War is Peace. While Roy upholds the polite –but firm– criticism of a foreigner, Wise bluntly takes his fellow Americans to task for the Afghan War. As someone who forces Whites to face up to their own privilege in US society, Wise is at ease in ripping apart pro-war arguments in kitchen table language.

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NY Green Party members needed to put a peace candidate in Congress

Posted on March 8, 2014 by iwilder

Help put a peace candidate in Congress!

Calling all enrolled members of the Green Party of New York State:

Green Party member William Stevenson has announced his candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District (Suffolk and Nassau counties), and he needs your assistance! From the present date through April 10th, we are reaching out to New York State Green Party members to help Will by going door-to-door, and assisting with other basic tasks. Prior experience is not needed. If interested, please contact Will via call or text at 518-431-1912, or, via E-mail: williamdstevenson@email.com.

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Petroleum, Poetry and Peace 3/22/14

Posted on March 6, 2014 by iwilder

The Exploration for Ecological Hope, Economic Justice and A Sense of Place

Margie Swedish

On Saturday, March 22, 2014, Homecoming Farm will hold its Fourth Annual Spring Awakening. The program entitled “Petroleum, Poetry and Peace: The Exploration for Ecological Hope, Economic Justice and A Sense of Place” with Margie Swedish and The Peace Poets. For more information, please call S. Jeanne at 631-842-6000, Ext. 338 or email earthhomej@aol.com.

The program will take place at the Helen Butler Hall at Dominican Village, 565 Albany Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701. It will run from from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM. Lunch is included in the $20 admission. Proceeds will benefit Homecoming Farm & Sophia Garden.

To register, mail your name, address, email, phone number number of seats, along with your check, to Homecoming Farm, 555 Albany Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701. Please make checks payable to Homecoming. Please pre-register by March 15 to ensure lunch is available. Special student rates upon request

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Roy: Afghan War based on DoubleSpeak | Peace Couple

Posted on March 4, 2014 by iwilder

The Arundhati Roy excerpt War is Peace is from her .from ‘s 2002 book Power Politics. It form the twenty-second chapter in The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace. This essay continues the Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) section of the book. Roy is an activist and Man Booker Prize winning author. Though, the preceding essays in this book all deal with timeless themes in supporting pacifism, this essay, which centers on the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, is the first essay in the book to feel that it is based on contemporary world politics.

Roy starts the essay with the gamification {the process of turning war into a video game] of the October 7, 2001 US-led attack on Afghanistan. The attack was done without seeking UN approval or even under color of international law. Inverting the expected criticism against her comments, Roy makes clear that she does not take the side of any entity that chooses violence:

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Newsday Censors the NY Green Party, Again

Posted on February 25, 2014 by iwilder

For years Newsday has cut Green Party coverage out of articles. They pretend our candidates,a our party, don’t exist. And I am not talking about articles that just mention the 2 corporate parties. I mean articles that are specifically about the smaller parties. Take for instance this article by Dan Janison: Cross-endorsements loom for Cuomo, year after bid to change Wilson-Pakula. The article discusses or a quotes a leader from the Democratic, Republican, Conservative Working Families and Independence Parties. Only 1 New York State Ballot access party is not mentioned: Green Party.

Now I understand that it would be embarrassing to the other third parties to mention the Green Party. You see, New York State requires a political party to receive 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate to remain a ballot access party. Janison pretends in his article that the only way for a third party to obtain that many votes is to run one of the corporate Democratic/Republican governor candidates on their line, even if the candidate goes against what they stand for. The case in point is made in the article that the anti-union Democratic Governor Cuomo ran last time on the Working Families line which pretends to be pro-union. (This supposed conflict is not surprising since the Working Families Party has in the past pretended to be anti-fracking and anti-war, but only for a short enough time to get votes.)

The Green Party ruins all of this mythology. The Green Party has been consistently pro-union, anti-fracking, and anti-war. (In fact the peace sign is the ballot symbol of the NY Green Party.) And to top it all off, the Green Party has gotten 50,000 votes on its line by running its own candidate.

Let Janison know you expect better reporting by commenting on the article or tweeting him @Danjanison.

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Pauling & Ikeda’s False Dilemma of Absolute Pacifism | PeaceCouple

Posted on February 25, 2014 by iwilder

The second excerpt in The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace.from Linus Pauling & Daisaku Ikeda‘s 1992 book A Lifelong Quest for Peace forms the books twenty-first chapter. This dialogue continues the Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) section of the book. In previous essay titled Immorality of War: Pauling & Ikeda, I discuss their credentials including Pauling’s Nobel Prizes both in Chemistry and Peace, along with Ikeda’s 1983 United Nations Peace Award.

This 3 1/2 page conversation does not make a cogent argument against absolute pacifism. Both speakers make the obligatory reference to Hitler; discuss the difficulties of being a pacifist in a non-pacifist world; and determine that unsurprisingly that Einstein was not an absolute pacifist. Paradoxically in an essay that argues against pacifism, they conclude with a discussion of how Japan has advanced quicker in economic and individual health due its not diverting national resources into a military economy.

The Hitler argument is that pacifism would be useless against the Nazis. It is usually raised by those who are fearful of the concept of pacifism. I would not expect this argument from these authors or to be promoted by the editors of this collection.

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Green Party of Suffolk needs $750 by 3/15/14

Posted on February 22, 2014 by iwilder

This is the most important election year for the Green Party of Suffolk. Our Green Party governor candidate must obtain 50,000 votes in November to retain the ballot line. As one of the counties with the highest Green Party enrollment in the state, Suffolk County will be a big part of that effort.

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The Green Party of Suffolk is planning its annual meeting for April. To mail to all our enrollees in Suffolk, we need to raise at least $750 to get our base organized. In honor of obtaining at least 50,000 votes in 2014 for New York State Governor, please consider donating $50. Read more »

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Immorality of War: Pauling & Ikeda

Posted on February 18, 2014 by iwilder

The excerpt from Linus Pauling & Daisaku Ikeda‘s 1992 book A Lifelong Quest for Peace is the twentieth chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace. This dialogue continues the Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) section of the book. Linus Pauling — who died 2 years after co-authoring his book — was a chemist, biochemist, pacifist, author, and teacher. Ikeda is the founder and current president of Sōka Gakkai International (SGI), an international lay Buddhist association which focuses on peace, cultural and educational activities. He is the recipient of the 1983 United Nations Peace Award and has written over 80 books.

In his amazing career, Pauling won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. When he was awarded the Peace Prize the Nobel peace Prize committee issued the following statement:

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Green Party of Suffolk seeking 2014 candidates

Posted on February 14, 2014 by iwilder

Green Party of Suffolk seeking Green candidates in 2014
for Village, State and Congressional elections

Do you know someone who…

wants to see more money spent on Main St. than shipped off to Wall St?
really cares about issues of peace, healthcare, justice, and the environment?
is or wants to be a Green Party member?
you would be willing to vote FOR, instead of just voting AGAINST? Read more »

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Schell: Complete Disarmament is the Only Sane Path | Peace Couple

Posted on February 11, 2014 by iwilder

The excerpt from Jonathan Schell‘s 1982 book The Fate of the Earth is the nineteenth chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace . This dialogue continues the Post-Vietnam to the Present (1975- ) section of the book. The essay centers on Schell’s lifelong quest to abolish nuclear weapons. The Fate of the Earth is based on a series of essays that Schell wrote for The New Yorker in the early 1980s. It won the Los Angeles Times Book prize.

Sadly, despite the fall of the Soviet Union, Schell’s arguments for the only path to a safe world still hold. He sees nuclear weapons as the greatest “predicament” that mankind has faced. With the benefit of current knowledge, I would argue that global climate change has overtaken nuclear weapons as humankind’s worst self-imposed threat. Yet even at number two, the abolition of nuclear weapons must be accomplished for our survival. I would also argue that the two are intertwined under former US President Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex.”

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Schell: Complete Disarmament is the Only Sane Path

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Vintage Jewelry = Eco-Friendly + Fashion-Forward

Posted on February 4, 2014 by kwilder

Are you thinking about Valentine’s Day gifts? Or, about sparkling up your own winter wardrobe?

If so, please stop by our shop, Wilderside Jewelry, on Etsy.

Why did The Wilders open a vintage jewelry shop? We love the environment. And, choosing vintage or antique jewelry to wear and/or gift, is a way to be gentle on the planet. Remembering the Waste Hierarchy Triangle, folks who love the planet should always try to… ”Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Making sure to share or donate your own jewelry, and trying to buy vintage rather than new, is a way to help the environment.

We are excited to share some pretty brooches, necklaces, earrings, and other goodies at our new Etsy Shop. All of our items are previously worn. So, purchasing them supports the “reuse” principle. And, since they did not come from the local department store, many of them will be unique or one-of-a-kind when worn among your circle of friends! A great way to make a fashion statement. Read more »

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, green, Holidays, News, progressive politics, sustainability, sustainable | Tagged: Curtain Club, fashion, Femme Fleur, Femme Fleur jewelry, Jewellery, Shabby Chic, shopping, Valentine's gifts, Vintage Fashion, Vintage Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry on Etsy | Leave a Comment »

20 CA Green Party Members Elected in 2013: Odd-Year Record

Posted on December 12, 2013 by iwilder

Twenty California Greens elected in 2013 – Record for an odd-numbered year

Renee Goddard

As a political party known for thinking globally and acting locally, seventeen California Green Party members were elected to local government on November 5th, bringing to 20 elected overall in 2013 (http://www.cagreens.org/elections/fall-2013). This is an all-time high for the party in an odd-numbered year (where there are fewer elections than in even-numbered years) – and it brings to 55 the number of California Green Party members currently holding public office statewide (http://www.cagreens.org/green-officeholders).

Since the founding of the Green Party of California in 1990, 293 California Green Party members have been elected to public office. The highest elected offices currently held by Greens in the state are Gayle McLaughlin (Mayor, Richmond) and Dan Hamburg (Supervisor, Mendocino County.)

All 11 Green incumbents were re-elected, led by Renee Goddard and John Reed in Fairfax, where Greens have had a Town Council majority since 2009, showing that Greens not only have good ideas, but can govern. Overall 68% of all Greens who ran on November 5th (17/25) and 69% in 2013 overall (20/29) were elected. The most from a single county were Humboldt (eight) and Marin (four).

Goddard said:

As a Green Party policy maker and community leader,the focus of my work on alternative transportation and leading Fairfax to reach our goal of Zero Waste by 2020, is grounded in making long term sustainable choices. My decisions and vision for Fairfax moving forward are rooted in green values which carefully consider the cost to the environment, and the welfare of the community as a whole.

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Suffolk Green Party Supports Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 18, 2013 by iwilder

The Green Party of Suffolk County announces our support of Transgender Day Of Remembrance, also known as TDOR, traditionally held on November 20th. We are announcing our support of this event both in its worldwide form, and its local events throughout Suffolk County.

TDOR is a worldwide event observed since 1999. The event is designed to raise awareness about the problems of discrimination, violence, and murder directed against transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and to commemorate the lives of transgender and gender-nonconforming people worldwide who have died from this kind of violence. As hate crimes are based on perpetrators’ prejudices rather than the identities of their targets, anyone who steps outside stereotypical gender expectations may be targeted for this kind of violence, whether or not they identify as transgender.

The other purpose of TDOR is solidarity, bringing together people from all parts of the transgender, gender and friends, and allies communities, to show that people are in solidarity against hate and violence, and in favor of community and freedom to express oneself. Read more »

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