Article: Who are the Occupy Wall Street protesters? (including political breakdown)

Posted on October 29, 2011 by kwilder

There is an article in the NY Times that reveals a Fordham professor’s survey of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the story. Summary of question about political party identification. Of 301 adults who responded: 39% said they did not identify with any political party 24% said they were Democrats 11% […]

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Oct 23: Poets for Renewable Energy and Peace event in NYC

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kwilder

Featuring: Anne Waldman, Eliot Katz, Sahar Muradi, Zohra Saed, The Mast (featuring Haale Gafori and Matt Kilmer), Sara Goudarzi, Bob Rosenthal, Papoleto Melendez, Yusuf Misdaq, Tahani Salah, Jackie Sheeler, Chris Brandt, David Henderson, and surprise special guests. 10/22/2011 update: New additions to the evening’s celebrations: -Plus! Guest speaker, the author and investigative reporter, Greg Palast […]

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Credo lies about Funding Pro-War Politicians

Posted on August 13, 2011 by iwilder

Credo mobile, the cell phone company has a brochure out that says they don’t back pro-war politicians.  That’s a lie.  They back Obama. they back Clinton.  they back Pelosi. All of them are just as much, if not more, pro-war than the picture of Michelle Bachman they put on the cover of the brochure. Credo […]

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Mayors See End to Wars as Fix for Struggling Cities

Posted on June 20, 2011 by iwilder

So when downturn-weary mayors from around the country gathered here on Friday for the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, they decided to make a statement: they introduced a resolution calling for the speedy end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and calling on Congress to use the $126 billion a […]

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Did Obama’s Election mean the End of the Anti-War Movement?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by iwilder

A new study by U-M’s Michael Heaney and colleague Fabio Rojas of Indiana University shows that the antiwar movement in the United States demobilized as Democrats, who had been motivated to participate by anti-Republican sentiments, withdrew from antiwar protests when the Democratic Party achieved electoral success, first with Congress in 2006 and then with the […]

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Green Party of Suffolk Endorses March 19th Anti-War March and Vigil

Posted on February 18, 2011 by iwilder

The Green Party of Suffolk, the county’s largest peace organization, has endorsed the Saturday, March 19, 2011 march and vigil calling for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The date was chosen since it will mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq John Keenan, a 2002 Green Party Congressional candidate, […]

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Green Party of Suffolk Celebrates at its Annual Meeting

Posted on February 7, 2011 by iwilder

The Green Party of Suffolk invites all enrolled Green Party members to come to their annual membership meeting to celebrate regaining their ballot line.  The meeting will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2011.  It will start at 12pm at the Stony Brook Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 380 Nicolls Road,  E. Setauket.  (Directions)   For […]

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MLK to O: We Must End Our Violence Abroad and At-Home

Posted on January 8, 2011 by iwilder

Ian writes: Today’s shooting in Arizona of Congresswoman Giffords is an awful reminder of why violence is not the answer to political disagreements.  Dr. King was widely criticized, including on the editorial pages of the New York Times, for broadening his speeches from only violence at home to include  violence abroad. In a famous speech, […]

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Julian Assange of Wikileaks speaks out: Article published at The Australian and OpEd News

Posted on December 8, 2010 by kwilder

Julian Assange has published an article at The Australian (and republished at Op Ed News) that describes the Wikileaks situation in his own words. The entire article is worth reading. It’s here. Besides Julian Assange’s thoughts on a free press, the article includes a summary of some of the major revelations from the Wikileaks documents. […]

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DN! Does Opposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Bolster US Militarism? A Debate with Lt. Dan Choi and Queer Activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Posted on November 30, 2010 by iwilder

We host a debate on whether the queer rights movement should be focused on repealing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law between Lt. Dan Choi and queer antiwar activist and writer Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. Celebrating the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Sycamore says, only makes progressive movements in the US complicit with American wars […]

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Missing the Mark on Deficits by Ralph Nader (via Dandelion Salad)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by iwilder

Who are on these deficit commissions? Nader says: “There are self-styled centrists, moderates, conservatives and liberals. There are no paradigm-busters, few challengers of assumptions, no backgrounds from unorganized labor, elderly or youth activists. Even Trade Unions advocates are rare…” …It is true that both panels do include very modest cuts in the vast bloated military […]

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Swedish authorities re-renew case against Wikileaks founder

Posted on November 18, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) All Voices Swedish Authorities Come To Life In Wikileaks Case Stockholm : Sweden | Nov 18, 2010 By Robert Weller In a case slower than an Ingmar Bergman movie, more than two months after first accusing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of rape and sexual molestation, Swedish prosecutors are asking a court to issue […]

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AWOL Soldier Fights for His Right to Heal

Posted on November 11, 2010 by kwilder

The headline is from Iraq Veterans Against The War, who are supporting Jeff Hanks, who turned himself in today, after having gone AWOL because he wanted treatment for anxiety, and was instead getting re-deployed to Iraq. There is commentary and a news story at The Hill.

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Green Party Seeks Peace on September 11th

Posted on September 11, 2010 by kwilder

Today we remember the losses of September 11, 2001, and re-commit ourselves to building a nation of peace, justice, human rights, and stability through our continued growth as an alternative to two administrations of war. The Green Party Seeks Peace on September 11, 2010 On the ninth anniversary of September 11th, 2001, the Green Party […]

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