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Green Party Peace Sign Bumper Sticker
The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.
Today we march, tomorrow we vote Green Party.
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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.
The eBook is currently available on Amazon for Kindle; Barnes & Noble Nook ; Smashwords independent eBook seller; and a Kobo for 99 cents and anyone can read it using their Kindle/Nook Reader, smart phone, or computer.
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IW: Steve Levy continues his foot-in-mouth politics. An article from the Stony Brook Press explains how
During his State of the County address, Suffolk County Executive and Stony Brook University alum Steve Levy called out the Political Science Department as being riddled with communists.
That Levy would use 1950’s red-baiting to try to gain points with his new Republican friends is funny enough, but when you read the entire article it becomes rolling on the floor funny.
Levy said he knew he had a communist professor because: Read more »
Filed under: 3rd party, Education, grassroots democracy, local, long island | Tagged: commie, communist, red bait, steve levy, Suffolk County | 3 Comments »
Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid Friday under pressure from Democrats concerned about his faltering agenda and criticism of his handling of a domestic abuse case involving a trusted aide.
At a news conference, Paterson cited an accumulation of distractions that prompted him to end his campaign, but said he had never abused his office.
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Kimberly Wilder: Vote for women (and against Monserrate)
KW writes:
Oh…my…goodness…
Former State Senator Hiram Monserrate — found guilty in the incident with his girlfriend which involved allegations of domestic abuse — just will not go away. The women of New York finally got a reprieve from a man who commits violence against women roaming the halls of our government.
But, Monserrate is appealing. And, the woman-abuser — posturing as himself a victim of discrimination — has found a civil rights attorney to play his horrible game. Egads! What is Norman Siegel thinking taking the side of the abuser? And, what were 5,000 people thinking who (evidently) signed a petition for Monserrate to run for office? Egads!
I hope there are more than 5,000 people in that district in Queens that will come out on March 16th to vote against Monserrate. Read more »
Filed under: elections, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: domestic violence, Jackson Heights, Jose Peralta, Monserrate, Norman Siegel, NY State Senate, Queens, State Senate, women's issues | Leave a Comment »
IW: One of our regular readers has complained that we should not reflect Democracy Now! stories. The complaint is based on the valid point that Democrcay Now! does not give equal time to reporting on Green Party candidates. Because of that this reader feels we should not promote the show.
Filed under: debate, election, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, media, News | Tagged: Democracy Now, equal time, Poll | 2 Comments »
from the Organic Consumers Association
Siddiqui’s record at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and his role as a former registered lobbyist for CropLife America (whose members include Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont and Dow), has revealed him to consistently favor agribusinesses’ interests over the interests of consumers, the environment and public health (see attached fact sheet). We believe Siddiqui’s nomination severely weakens the Obama Administration’s credibility in promoting healthier and more sustainable local food systems here at home. His appointment would also send an unfortunate signal to the rest of the world that the United States plans to continue down the failed path of high-input and energy-intensive industrial agriculture by promoting toxic pesticides, inappropriate seed biotechnologies and unfair trade agreements on nations that do not want and can least afford them.
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Green Party leaders said today that Democratic and Republican politicians are pursuing fiscal agenda, including responses to the subprime mortgage crisis, that amount to an “economic war” on Black and Latino/a people across the US.
Greens especially criticized President Obama, whose bailouts for Wall Street firms have done little to provide economic security for those who were among his most enthusiastic supporters in the 2008 election.
Betty Davis speaks at Public Area at Hofstra 10/18/2008
Betty Davis, co-chair of the Green Party Black Caucus (http://www.gpblackcaucus.com/):
Blacks and Latinos were primary targets for lending corporations offering high-interest subprime loans, and were thus disproportionately hit by the subprime mortgage crisis. Blacks were especially vulnerable to such loans because they were denied the equity that whites have long enjoyed, a result of Federal Housing Administration redlining and racial discrimination in the granting of housing loans and mortgages during the mid 20th century. These policies have had profound effects on the finances of Blacks long after discriminatory practices were outlawed. The Center for Responsible Lending has found that, because of the mortgage meltdown, Latinos will have lost between $75 billion and $98 billion and Blacks between $71 billion and $92 billion in home-value wealth. The victims of subprime loans should be first in line for aid that restores financial stability and the ability to keep one’s home
Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, economy, election, Election 2010, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, politics, third party, US Politics | Tagged: black, latinas, Latinos, Subprime Scandal | 1 Comment »
from New Nuclear to be Hoist on its own Petard
In February 8’s ANOTHER NAIL IN NUCLEAR’S COFFIN, NewEnergyNews laid out the case (made in a recent paper, many papers before it, and many authorities over the last decade not the least of which is energy guru Amory Lovins) that there is a list of reasons why nuclear energy is simply not a wise choice for a smart society:
(1) new reactors are a decade in the planning, approvals, construction and testing process;
(2) new and upgraded facilities will at best offset the decommissioning of the many aging ones,
(3) the cost and financing of new reactors is “profoundly unfavourable and…getting worse,”
(4) federal subidies and emissions policies are not strong enough and are unlikely to become so with New Energy, Energy Efficiency and even natural gas as much safer and more economic choices,
(5) after 60 years, the nuclear energy industry has still not resolved the radioactive waste problem (because burying waste in a hole in the ground is a solution for animals, not humans), and
(6) nuclear energy brings with it very real and legitimate fears about safety, security and nuclear weapons proliferation. Read more »
Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, economy, energy, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, health | Tagged: Nuclear | Leave a Comment »
The news in Vermont follows Obama’s announcement last week of $8.3 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of the first new nuclear power plants in the United States in close to three decades. The loan guarantees will help the Atlanta-based Southern Company build two more nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia, near the city of Augusta. We speak to Nuclear Watch South coordinator Glenn Carroll, who has been leading efforts against the construction of the new plants.
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Midge Potts
Tuesday was the first day for Missouri political hopefuls to register to run for office in the August primary election. While the recognized parties will hold primaries, the Progressive Party of Missouri will circulate petitions to gather 10,000 verified signatures in order to gain ballot access. Midge Potts, the Co-Chair of the Progressive Party of Missouri, as well as a delegate to the Green Party of the United States National Committee, announced in June 2009 that she would seek the US Senate seat being vacated by Kit Bond. Tuesday she released a statement proclaiming that she intends to run a non-traditional campaign by walking the state in order to discuss issues of concern to Missourians in their own communities.
Potts said:
In 1976, Joe Teasdale, a then unknown entity in the Missouri political arena, walked the state on his way to winning the governor’s race against Republican incumbent, Kit Bond,. I intend on replicating the feat of ‘Walking Joe’ by winning the hearts and minds of Missouri voters in a series of walks and bike rides that will highlight a number of issues leading up to the November 2nd general election. The only way an alternative party candidate can compete against the special interest money spent by career politicians such as Roy Blunt and Robin Carnahan, is to bypass traditional campaign outreach through directly engaging people with innovative ideas and raw creativity.
In her statement, Potts described plans for her first walk which will begin on April 10th at the Ameren Nuclear Power plant near Fulton, and will end on May 1st, the anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with a rally at the Honeywell nuke bomb parts factory in Kansas City.
Potts added:
I want to highlight the need for the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act which has been introduced into Congress by Washington DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now is the time to divert the more than fifty billion dollars American taxpayers spend each year on maintaining the US nuclear arsenal into retooling facilities, such as the KC Honeywell plant, to build green technologies.
She announced that she will hold a press conference in Columbia on April 10th before traveling 30 miles to Calloway county where she will begin her walk.
Midge Potts, co-chair of the Progressive Party of Missouri, is the party’s candidate for U.S. Senator in 2010. She and other party members are circulating petitions to get Ms. Potts and other Progressive Party candidates on the Missouri ballot this year.
Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, election, Election 2010, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News | Tagged: anti-nuclear, midge potts, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power, nuclear power plant, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment »
The top Democrats on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have asked eight oil-field companies to disclose the chemicals they’ve used and the wells they’ve drilled in over the past four years. Last week, Waxman also revealed two of the largest gas drilling companies have pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel-based fluids into the ground in violation of a voluntary agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ecology, energy, Environment, Global Warming, nature, New York State Politics | Tagged: fracking, natural gas | Leave a Comment »
Gggggrrrr! It is such a shame that our biggest, local newspaper is Newsday, and they cut and ran behind a pay wall. It is really abusive of them to use our elected officials as sources, and take all the privileges of the media, and then force people to pay Newsday, or use their other corporate services to get that information back. Gggggrrrrrr….When does someone fix this injustice/corporate welfare situation?
Anyway, there have been two recent stories in Newsday about the Suffolk County Police. Main points: The Suffolk County police are still under a federal probe exploring their practices relating to immigrants. One of the good things that has come of this is the simple strategy of showing police how to interact better with people who are non-English speaking. What a simple point of culture and humanity – to try to relate to people on their own terms, to try to empathize with people from different cultures, or who speak different languages. It’s a shame everyone had to go through so much to get there. But, at least some police personnel are being better trained to be culturally aware… Read more »
Filed under: News | Tagged: English Language, immigration, Justice Department, Newsday, Suffolk County, Suffolk County Police | Leave a Comment »
Congressional candidate turns down money to avoid gas drillingLong time Green Party member Hank Bardel is running for congress in New York’s 13th Congressional District. Hank owns acreage in eastern Pennsyvania which is over the Marcellus Shale formation. Recently Hank was offered over $264,000 with 21% royalties to allow companies to drill there and he turned them down.
I’m very worried about keeping the ground water, where I own the property, very clean. Read more »
Filed under: 3rd party, Anti-War, Ecology, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Party, New York State Politics | Tagged: Bay Ridge, Bendonhurst, brooklyn, drilling, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, fracking, Gravesend, Green Party, Hank Bardel, hydrofracking, Marcellus Shale, natural gas | 1 Comment »
from Ballot Access News
Wealthy Campaign Donors Ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Support Public Funding Bill in Congress
February 20th, 2010
The February 19 issue of California Watch has this article about a letter sent recently by wealthy campaign donors to Speaker Nancy Pelosi [a Democrat], asking her to support HR 1826 [Also referred to as the “Fair Elections Now Act”] the Public Funding bill in the U.S. House. That bill has been stuck at 133 co-sponsors all month. The article has a link to the letter itself, which is dated February 17. It has 57 signers.
Filed under: elections, News | Tagged: campaign finance, democratic party, Fair Elections Now, HR 1826, nancy pelosi, public campaign financing | Leave a Comment »
