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Greenpeace co-founder Jim Bohlen Passed (via CollTales)

Posted on July 10, 2010 by iwilder

Ecology Hero Rests Now in Green Peace Jim Bohlen, who along with Irving Stowe and Paul Cote, founded Greenpeace in the late 60s, died this past July 5 at 84. A born and bred New Yorker, Bohlen and his friends turned an idealistic concept into a practical, effective and vibrant organization, to which we’re all in deep debt. Greenpeace is now synonymous with the fight against nuclear power, the extinction of whales and countless other animal specie … Read More

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The John White case: This piece made me think…

Posted on July 9, 2010 by kwilder

Full piece at Newsday
Prison for White raises questions about justice
July 9, 2010 By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

“In the John White manslaughter case, why weren’t the teens ever charged, Joy Brown writes.”

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Long Island Summer Music Concert Series

Posted on July 8, 2010 by iwilder

h/t to Wendy and Charlotte for compiling these lists

Summer Music Festival are abundant around us! I just wanted to remind you all of some of the great musical events all around us. There are a lot that I know of, but I am sure that there are many more in your neck of the woods that want to share with others. There are many of them that are completely free, and there are some that you pay for a full day of various bands.

At Heckscher Park in Huntington there are free events 6 days a week. This is the best please for outdoor shows. It is a small and cozy area.
http://www.huntingtonarts.org/ content/programssaf/2010/docs/Calendar_ 2010.pdf

Patchogue has two great things this summer. Every other Friday night, July 2, 16, 30 and August 13. They close down main street and have three different music stages going on at different parts on the road. Last Friday I got to see a local band that I have seen before and then got to meet a local SKA band that I never knew about. http://www.patchogu evillage. org/specialevent s.htm

Patchogue also has my favorite musical weekend that is coming up this very weekend July 9,10,11. The Great South Bay Music Festival . It is worth the price. http://greatsouthbaymusicfestival. com/GSB_Schedule .html

The weekend after that is the Blues Festival in River Head. July 17 and 18Th http://www.riverblu es.org/

The weekend after that is the Be-In Solar Festival on July 24Th and 25Th at the
Yaphank Presbyterian Church. http://f1.grp. yahoofs.com/ v1/QKoyTLB_ jm6aOrDvRegwnU37 bs8wVEXVGxiMATIX WCnERWAG- DnQvv2s0XvHPgoA4 eUuL5-hmjVX7jDiT XxwoBCXnsFW3Djzt kFSv4jgng/ The%20Be- In-Solarfest% 202010%20/ Photo%20Negative %20FlierThpgtThn July 24th and 25th. This is run by some close friends of mine, and is full of a lot of local bands.

And in Northport … Every Friday Evening at 7:30 at the Patio in the Park, by the Harbor there are musical”Happenings on Main Street. and on Saturday, July 24 “Art in the Park, there will be dancers, musicians, poets and vendors . Wednesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. Sharp at the Northport Library Community Room “Blue Detour” … a 4 piece Bluegrass Band will perform and on Wednesday, August 11 at 7 p..m. Sharp! at the Northport Library “Jazz for a Summer Evening” with Ranny Reeve and friends, with classics and improvs. All these events are free and are brought to you by the Northport Arts Coalition (www.northportarts.org for our e-mail newsletter).

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The Green Party mourns Njere Alghanee, national leader in the movement for reparations

Posted on July 8, 2010 by iwilder

Green Party leaders, mourning the recent death of Njere Akosua Aminah Alghanee (‘Sister Courage’), national co-chair of National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA, http://www.ncobra.org), reaffirmed the party’s dedication to reparations for the descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States.

On June 24, Njere Alghanee had just returned from the US Social Forum in Detroit with plans to attend the annual meeting of N’COBRA in New Orleans the next day when her life was taken in a tragic auto accident. June 24, 2010 was her 58th birthday.

“The Green Party, especially the party’s Black Caucus, has had a strong alliance with N’COBRA and has supported the demand for reparations. We send our condolences and solidarity with Sister Courage’s family, friends, and fellow leaders in N’COBRA. We honor her leadership,” said Alfred Molison, candidate for Houston City Council, District C. Read more »

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Achieving Great Sound With a Budget PA and No Sound Man 7/15/10

Posted on July 8, 2010 by iwilder

All Music is pleased to announce the first installment of our FREE summer workshop series! Thursday July 15^th at 7pm All Music Store 397D South Oyster Bay Road Plainview, NY 11803 .

In this seminar, professional live sound engineer Joe Chinnici will show you how anyone can get excellent results with an inexpensive sound system. No soundman? No problem – Joe will show you how to avoid the pitfalls that cause distortion, vocals that don’t cut through the mix and those dreaded feedback gremlins. This workshop is recommended for anyone who uses sound equipment – bands, solo acts, acoustic musicians, as well as clubs, organizations and other institutions that use sound equipment for meetings, social events and other functions. Read more »

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Immigrants Rights Advocates to Rally at Major League Baseball in Protest of Arizona All-Star Game 7/8/10

Posted on July 7, 2010 by iwilder

Tomorrow, immigrants’ rights and civil liberties advocates will rally in front of Major League Baseball’s headquarters in Manhattan to call on MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to move next year’s All-Star Game out of Arizona in protest of SB1070, the state’s unconstitutional anti-immigrant law.

In April, Arizona lawmakers shocked the nation by passing SB1070, among the most discriminatory, anti-immigrant state laws in recent American history.

The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is scheduled to be played in Phoenix next July. Pressure is building on Commissioner Selig to relocate the game to send a clear message to the state’s lawmakers: Baseball is all-American but discrimination is not.

In May, the American Civil Liberties Union, with other leading rights groups, filed a legal challenge to the law. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against Arizona, charging that SB1070 is unconstitutional and seeking to block its enforcement. Read more »

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Vote Green Party for a Green Economy: Petitioning Started 7/6/10

Posted on July 7, 2010 by iwilder

The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates. The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state.

It seems like every politician and interest group these days promises Green jobs, Green energy, a green economy.

Doesn’t it make sense to support the real thing? A Green New Deal with the Green Party (www.gpny.org) . Howie Hawkins for Governor, Gloria Mattera for Lt. Governor.

New York needs jobs now. For everyone.

The Greens want a Green New Deal to put New Yorkers back to work.

Green jobs building renewable energy, solar and wind power. Green homes, insulating old ones, cut energy use.

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Green jobs building a real mass transit system, cleaning up our water and air, building parks and community centers,

A Green food system. Sustainable. Promoting organics, not petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides. Supporting local farmers, not corporate agribusiness, factory farms.

Reducing our carbon footprint. Really cut carbon emissions, tax carbon use, not more corporate welfare games like carbon trading.

Focusing on living wage jobs and a better quality of life for all – not more wealth and profits for a few.

That is the Green agenda.

We need 50,000 votes for Governor to become an official party again. We need to collect 15,000 signatures from July 6 to August 17. You can volunteer and donate at _www.howiehawkins. org_ (http://www.howiehaw kins.org)

Please help build a Green world. Support real change.

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Personnel change at WBAI FM in NYC, Pacifica Radio

Posted on July 7, 2010 by kwilder

99.5FM, WBAI/Pacifica Radio out of New York City, is an important place for information on news, activism, social justice, war and peace. WBAI’s airwaves extend into Long Island, and there is a vibrant listenership here.

Because WBAI is such an important, progressive institution, there are often battles and conflicts from the inside and out. I cannot always keep up, and am woefully out of the loop.

Still, thought it is at least interesting that there will be an upcoming change of leadership at this local station of the Pacifica Radio network.

Muriel Tillinghast was/is the interim General Manager at WBAI. Berthold Reimers will be the new, interim General Manager, beginning July 19, 2010. – KW

Here is the beginning of the announcement from the WBAI website:

New General Manager Appointed at WBAI

The Pacifica Foundation is pleased to announce that Berthold Reimers, former Director of Medicaid and Child Health Plus programs at HIP of New York, has accepted the position of interim General Manager at WBAI. He will assume his managerial duties on July 19, 2010. Mr Reimers, a longtime activist and participant in numerous social programs in the New York Metropolitan Area, has had an extensive and fruitful relationship with WBAI extending over more than a decade. From 2003 to 2006 he served as the chair of the station’s Local Governing Board…

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American Hike: A poem by Steven Schmidt

Posted on July 6, 2010 by kwilder

American Hike

All created equal:

slaveholder’s words,

a gem in our shoe

we limped far to prove

___________________

Steven Schmidt is a poet and poetry supporter from Northport, Long Island.

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Tobacco Roadies 7/7/10 & more

Posted on July 5, 2010 by iwilder

Hi everyone!

We are pleased to announce that we will be the season opener at the Port Jefferson Arts Council “Picnic Supper In The Park” series this Wednesday evening, July 7 starting at 6:30 PM at the Harbor Front Park by the Port Jefferson Village Center.

www.gpjac.org

Here’s directions to the park:

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wlAdmission is free!! Bring a lawn chair and c’mon down!!

See ya then!!

Ken, Bob and Mike

The rest of the 2010 Harborfront Park Picnic Supper Concerts Read more »

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CNN complains that government is violating 1st Amendment!

Posted on July 5, 2010 by kwilder

Wow! CNN is saying that government officials are thwarting media attempts to cover the oil blowout/spill/disaster in the Gulf.

Filed under: Ecology, energy, Environment, media, nature, News, politics, progressive politics | Tagged: CNN, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Gulf oil disaster, Gulf Oil Spill, media | Leave a Comment »

Alternate ways to celebrate the 4th of July

Posted on July 5, 2010 by kwilder

KW: As you may have guessed from my recent 4th of July poem, there is something about the 4th of July Holiday that makes me nervous. Fireworks seem all fun and pretty and stuff. Though, I think they are supposed to somehow remind us of the military power of our country, passed battles, and the rockets of war.

So, I was trying to apply a new strand of thought I had. I have been thinking about taking a ritual or structure that exists that I don’t like so much, and just turning it on its head a little to use it to advantage. So, how could people like me [Insert your own favorite cause: peace activists? progressive? proponent of nonviolence? green activist] better celebrate Independence Day and the birth of our nation?

Instead of fireworks: Read more »

Filed under: activism, Anti-War, Holidays, nonviolence, Peace, personal, politics, progressive politics, US Politics | Tagged: 4th of July, 4th of July parade, fireworks, Fourth of July, John Philip Sousa, march music, parades, Stars and Stripes | Leave a Comment »

A poem for the fourth

Posted on July 3, 2010 by kwilder

4th of July in a Time of War

I want to like the fireworks.
Though, they keep reminding me
of the bombs.

I remember when my mother
dressed me up as Betsy Ross,
in a frilly and striped, flag colored dress,
and pulled me down the street
in a little red wagon.

I loved waving the flag then.

Now, I don’t want to salute the injustice.

My husband tells me,
“Don’t let them take the flag from you.
It’s your country, and your symbol, too.”

It’s getting harder and harder to believe.

here

By Kimberly Wilder
July 3, 2010

Filed under: Art, Holidays, kimberly wilder, local, long island, Long Island Politics, personal, poetry, politics, progressive politics, rants, US Politics, war | Tagged: 4th of July, 4th of July poem, American flag, Betsy Ross, fireworks, flag, Fourth of July, holiday, Long Island Poetry, Peace, Poems, poetry, war | 3 Comments »

2010: Smog alert for 4th of July: Please take care or yourself (and pollute less)

Posted on July 3, 2010 by kwilder

The following NY State websites have background info on smog. (Though I did not see the current warnings featured on the front page…): NY State DEC and NY State Department of Health

There is an air quality advisory for Sunday, July 4th of 2010 for Long Island and the NYC metro area. 10am to 10pm. Read more »

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, local, long island, News, public health, safety, traffic | Tagged: 4th of July, driving conditions, Fourth of July, Long Island driving conditions, Long Island pollution, Long Island public health, Long Island smog, Long Island traffic, Long Island transportation, Long Island weather | Leave a Comment »

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