Black Friday: Buy Nothing! Demand Peace! Support striking Wal-Mart workers!

Posted on November 17, 2012 by kwilder

See box below for “Occupy Walmart/Occupy Black Friday” on Long Island Great Live Streaming of a Walmart event in Maryland: here. Black Friday for some people means lining up for bargains at the doors of big corporations. Though, people who want our country to be more sustainable, and less dependent on war money,  have often […]

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Friday 6-1-2012 PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse

Posted on May 30, 2012 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse Friday, June 1st at 8pm First Fridays, Oct to June Next Coffeehouse Oct. 5, 2012 Save-The-Date 6/1/2012 featured: John Myles, Original singer and song writer. His song ‘Invisible Man’ is a favorite. John will do a few political songs too. Eli Maniscalco, Good guitarist, original songs Becca Hasselbrook, You will like Becca’s song […]

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Memorial Day Weekend: Think PEACE events on Long Island

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kwilder

Memorial Day weekend offers many chances for people who cherish peace to reach out to their neighbors, and discuss the importance of ending war. This morning, Long Island activists demonstrated for peace at an annual air show, which glorifies military might. That story below. Afterwards, two Long Island peace events you can still attend this […]

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Occupy Long Island: updates and media coverage

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwilder

Long Island May Day and/or Occupy participation which onthewilderside heard about: Mt. Sinai/Brookhaven – Occupy May Day Tearwater Tea (Ian and Kimberly attended this one) Went well. Stories read to children. Held banners on side of road. Literature table with issues like Move To Amend. Big banner read “Celebrate Peace And Justice” “99%”. There are […]

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May Day: Links for Long Island occupiers

Posted on April 30, 2012 by kwilder

Many of our Long Island activist friends will be going into New York City for Occupy May Day on Tuesday, May 1st. Check around with friends from Suffolk Peace Network, or other activist groups, to see if you can find some friends to take the train in with. Some of us (because of time, money, […]

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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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War-free Wednesdays photos

Posted on March 28, 2012 by iwilder

They honor it by standing vigil at local train stations during morning rush hour to end current US wars and stop future US wars.

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LI Peace, Justice, and Occupy event: Photos and Videos from 3/24/2012

Posted on March 25, 2012 by kwilder

– – This is a full view of the rally after the march:

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Photos & Video: Spring in Port Jefferson

Posted on March 24, 2012 by kwilder

Ian and I spent the afternoon wandering around Port Jefferson. There were lots of wonderful signs of Spring on Long Island. Some photos below. Video at bottom.

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Sat March 24, 2012: Long Island peace, justice, occupy event

Posted on March 13, 2012 by kwilder

Update: The event was a success. Photos from the rally afterwards are at Flickr:here. _____________________________ A March and Vigil for Peace and Economic Justice On this 9th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we mourn and resist the ravages of war. We stand in solidarity with the Occupy Movement as we call for an end […]

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Wed. Feb 29th Occupy actions: 70 Cities Nationwide Stand up to Corporate Greed and ALEC (plus Long Island area events)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by kwilder

Listing for Occupy Long Island events in Shirley and Huntington on Friday afternoon are posted: here and below. Informative (and amusing) update about NYPD preparations for the occupy event in NYC today (Feb 29): here. LiveStream of events in Spain: here (Please watch if you can, action all over Spain. And, at Wed 10am EST, […]

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Long Island Occupy Events: Join your neighbors on Feb 29th to Occupy The Banks

Posted on February 23, 2012 by kwilder

Here are two Long Island Occupy events and one NYC event I know of that coincide with the 2/29/12 National Day of Action: Shut Down The Corporations called for by Occupy Oakland. Shirley February 29th Meet at Chase Bank, 645 William Floyd Pkwy, Shirley,NY 11967 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:45pm – 5:45pm JP Morgan Chase […]

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A sample of peace and justice events for Long Island

Posted on February 19, 2012 by kwilder

For more details, contact the sponsoring organizations or onthewilderside. We will also try to post more details asap. 2012 LI Calendar Items Lots of Occupy and Peace/Justice Events in February and March Thursday, February 23rd – Know Your Rights with the Police and ICE 6pm – 8:30 at 1090 Suffolk Ave in Brentwood Sunday, February […]

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Occupy Long Island occupies the courts (video and info)

Posted on January 22, 2012 by kwilder

Occupy Long Island visits the Federal Courthouse in CI Story and video at Long Island Press: here. Occupy Wall Street activists from Long Island participated in the “Occupy The Courts” January 20th action inspired by Move To Amend. Occupiers gathered outside the big, white, Federal Court in Central Islip. They were  protesting Citizens United, the recent […]

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