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    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.
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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.

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Tonight: Bab Green Holiday Party

Everyone is welcome! Doesn’t matter what political stripe you are! You can do one or all of these: Share fliers; vent about the Obama no-timeline-speech; meet new people; and/or enjoy some good music and fellowship…
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Hank Stone plays Holiday Party

On Wednesday,December 2, 2009 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature musician Hank Stone for the annual Green Party Holiday Party. The event will be held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) http://www.piscescafe.net Come hungry! For directions to the Babylon Green Party Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public. http://www.BabylonGreens.org

Social Media Release: http://pitch.pe/33078

Hank Stone is a classic ‘late bloomer’, who finally found his stride in middle age. He is at the peak of his songwriting and performance skills. Since hitting the local stages in 2001, he has garnered praise and encouragement from fans, musicians, radio hosts, and writers. The diversity in Stone’s melodies reflects his wide-ranging taste in music, and his lyrics offer a smorgasbord of narratives, character studies, and mood pieces. He has recently shifted his creative focus onto some new tools: partial capos that work like alternate tunings for the guitar, but with a twist. Stone has also been including harmonicas in the composing process, for some exciting new sounds, some of which will be included in his next CD. More information about Stone can be found at http://www.hankstone.net.

Rough Folk is Stone’s first CD, recorded from 2004 through 2005, and released in November 2005. The album got airplay on WUSB 90.1FM, and Bob Fass’s Radio Unnameable on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. Stone described the album as:

After the two opening tracks, idyllic representations of some threatened Eden, our hero is thrust into a trilogy of tragedy with the fiery opening harmonica of ‘Red,’ the preachings of a moralist that morphs into a murder confession, then the saga of suicide called ‘A Riddle,’ and the ‘Father’s Lament’ for his dying child. Fun stuff, and a surefire way to entice the party-loving youth pop music market!

Good Times reviewed the album by writing that Stone

eschews the usual singer/songwriter cliches and opts to write and sing about romance, politics, and events that have shaped his life – there’s even a tribute to John Lennon entitled ‘John, The Weather’s Fine’ included here – in a straightforward yet personal way. Using colors as a theme (‘Blue Crayon,’ ‘Red,’ the story song ‘Black Christmas’), Stone weaves his way through compositions both new and old with conviction and soul.

Additional Hank Stone websites:

Green Party to Obama: No escalation; withdraw US troops from Afghanistan instead

Green Party opposes escalation, urges Obama to announce US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in his Dec. 1 speech

2008 Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and 2010 Maine Green gubernatorial candidate Lynne Williams will speak at Dec. 12 Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally outside the White House (http://www.enduswars.org)

Green Party leaders called on President Obama to reverse his Afghanistan policy by pledging an immediate cease-fire in the Afghanistan war and a complete withdrawal of US troops and military contractors, when he addresses the nation on Tuesday, December 1.

During the speech, President Obama will announce his intention to send 30,000 more troops, raising the number of US personnel in Afghanistan to over 100,000.

Rosa Clemente

Rosa Clemente, the Green Party’s nominee for Vice President in 2008 (http://www.rosaclemente.com) said:

Millions of Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 under the impression that he was an ‘antiwar’ candidate, even though Mr. Obama supported the war in Afghanistan and favored a limited withdrawal from Iraq.  Troop escalation will not ‘finish the job’ in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.  Unless he surprises us in his speech on Tuesday, we’ll be further mired in a war that shouldn’t have happened in the first place.  Read more »

GP Prez cand Cynthia McKinney: Shame on Press Already Calling President Obama’s Plan an “Exit Strategy”

Many in the special interest press are cynically reporting the President’s speech tonight as an “Afghanistan exit plan.”  We have now reached the point where those who make and interpret current events think they can make us believe that war is for peace, ignorance is strength, slavery is freedom, and lies are the truth.  Well, we know the truth, and we will not rest until every drone is stopped and no more bombs are dropped.  We will not rest until peace is won.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said there comes a time when we do what we must because our ultimate measure is not where we stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where we stand at times of challenge and controversy.  At this time of challenge, we are clear:  we will not give up and we will not stop. –2008 Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney Read more »

Nassau County: Suozzi concedes to Mangano

(excerpt from) Nassau News Live
Suozzi Concedes Election to Republican Challenger

Written by Timothy Robertson

Nearly a month after Election Day, incumbent Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi conceded the election Tuesday to his Republican challenger, Nassau Legislator Edward Mangano. Read more »

Rise of cancer and babies with deformities reported in Iraq

from Democracy Now headlines
Rise of Cancer and Deformed Babies Reported in Iraq
December 1, 2009

Iraqi officials are reporting incidences of cancer, deformed babies and other health problems have risen sharply since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Many suspect the causes are contamination from weapons used in years of war and unchecked pollution. In the city of Falluja a spike in the number of births of stillborn, deformed and paralyzed babies has alarmed doctors. Falluja was the target of two massive assaults by the U.S. military. In the city of Basra, Doctor Jawad al-Ali said: “We have seen new kinds of cancer that were not recorded in Iraq before war in 2003, types of fibrous (soft tissue) cancer and bone cancer. These refer clearly to radiation as a cause.”

Money Into The Working Families Organization Buys Influence Over Ballot Lines For The Working Families Party

from City Hall

Nothing demonstrates the connection between the Working Families Party and the Working Families Organization like the power the non-profit has over the Party’s political decisions. The Organization’s confidential New York City Coordinating Council Constitution & Rules and a not-for-distribution voting memo obtained by City Hall—backed by interviews and other documents—lay out a system which directly ties Working Families Party’s endorsements and nominations to the size of unions’ contributions to the Working Families Organization, which are not subject to campaign finance regulations or limits.

No political party that election law experts cite has any similar process for having money buy power over endorsements. Neither those election lawyers nor any non-profits experts had heard of any situation where money paid to a legally separate non-profit had any direct role in even influencing, let alone determining, what a political party would do.

If the weighted votes that determine party action are tied to money, election law experts say there may be constitutional issues, and tax law experts say that there would then be additional issues because of the involvement of a non-profit.

In CT: Green Party panel to ask “You call that health care reform?”

From a Green Party of Connecticut press release:

CT Green Party will host panel on Health Care Reform: Sharp Critique of HR 3962 Brings Focus to Single Payer

The Connecticut Green Party will hold  a panel discussion in Middletown,CT on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 explaining the weaknesses of the legislation that recently passed the House in the form of bill HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care For America Act. The panel is  composed  of Dr. John Battista, a nationally noted expert from Litchfield County who has written about reform for over a decade, Jerry Martin of the New Haven Green Party, Scott Deshefy,  Green Party candidate for Congress from Norwich, and Dr. Peter de la Rosa of New London, an advocate for Prevention through Health Education. The discussion is interactive, and examined the compromises, rhetoric, and betrayals by our elected representatives.  The debate now moves to the Senate where the battle has just begun. Read more »

NY Times asks for financial reform in Albany

An overview of campaign finance and funding concerns in New York State government:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/opinion/30mon1.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

Just one small item from a detailed article:

“The average national limit for contributions in governor’s races is around $7,500 per election. In New York, the limit, if you can call it that, is $55,900 per person, more than the average New Yorker’s salary…”

Water issues, fracking upstate, etc. on WBAI: Tuesday, December 1st at 11am

From: Ken Gale

Hi, folks,

Exploding toilets.  Exploding wells.  Contaminated drinking water.

This is what has happened in other states that have allowed Halliburton’s hydraulic fracturing process to reach natural gas deposits in shale.  Read more »

Using The Working Families Organization, The Working Families Draws Uncapped, Unrestricted Money

from City Hall

While standing for ethics in government and campaign finance reform, Working Families has non-profits groups and a for-profit entity that lack donation caps, disclosure requirements (in terms of frequency and detail) and other regulations that political parties face. Leading politicians, political operatives and other experts complain that Party-supported candidates are as a result given an unfair advantage over their rivals. These people, who asked not to be identified for fear of alienating the increasingly powerful party and who were wary of speaking on the record about legal issues, believe that what they know of the novel Working Families way of doing business contradicts the reforms the Party and its candidates tend to support.

Update: Mangano/Suozzi recount in Nassau

Update, Dec 1st: Suozzi concedes to Mangano. Democrat incumbent defeated by challenger. Story: here.

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Thanks to the Times Union, New York state political blog, for the link.

(Excerpt from) The New York Times
Vote Recount in Nassau Approaches Completion

By Angela Macropoulos / November 29, 2009

MINEOLA, N.Y. — Nearly three weeks after Election Day, the recount in the race for Nassau County executive is expected to conclude on Monday. Edward P. Mangano, the Republican challenger, has a slight lead over the Democratic incumbent, Thomas R. Suozzi…

As of Wednesday, with all but a handful of the ballots counted, Mr. Suozzi trailed by 217 votes… Read more »

An update on Lynne Stewart and how you can help

Lynne Stewart’s bail has been revoked, and she is now being held in jail after the Second Circuit ruled on her and the government’s appeals on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. You can read the opinion and other motions to stay  [ at http://lynnestewart .org/ ]

Lynne Stewart
053504-054
MCC/NY
150 Park Row
New York, NY 10007

Hello All,
It’s taken me a minute to report on Lynne because I have waited to talk to attorneys after they have visited with her first hand to discuss Lynne’s situation, needs and other matters.  Above is Lynne’s mailing address.  All mail (except legal mail) is subject to opening and reading by the institution.  Legal mail must be opened in front of the inmate.  Lynne will greatly appreciate getting beautiful cards and thoughtful letters.  Please remember to write to her now and as time goes along. Read more »

World March for Peace: Monday and Tuesday events

Monday: March over Brooklyn Bridge
Monday afternoon: Delegation meets with Ban Ki Moon at the UN
Tuesday: Gather with “September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows” at Ground Zero
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For Long Island info (ie: taking a train or bus, meeting others) see: here.

Bernard Lafayette to lead the World March for Peace and Nonviolence across Brooklyn Bridge

What: The World March for Peace and Nonviolence starts a three-day tour of the USA with a March over the Brooklyn Bridge led by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Civil Rights activist and adviser to Martin Luther King.

When: Monday Nov 30, starts 1 pm, finishing 3pm

Where: Starting at Brooklyn Boro Hall to City Hall, via the Brooklyn Bridge. Read more »

Video review of the “Guthrie Family Rides Again” concert (they’re playing again, today!)

Audience response to the November 2009 “Guthrie Family Rides Again” concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, November 28th. Arlo Guthrie and his family also did another show at NJPAC in Newark, NY on Sunday, November 29th at 3pm.