• Contact Us

    .
    Ian Wilder: ianwilder7@gmail.com< You can also find us at:
    facebook.com/iswilder

    twitter.com/wilderside

  • Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: Ultimate Fan Guide

    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: The Ultimate Fan Guide [Kindle] $0.99.


    Kobo Inc.
    Download_on_the_iTunes_iBooks_Badge_US-UK_146x40_0824
    I
    Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: Ultimate Fan Guide

    Georgiana is the subject of the movie "The Duchess" (currently on Netflix) and a relative of the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. Get the Ultimate Fan Guide -- with plot points, history, and what happened to the historical characters -- for only 99 cents!

  • Green Party Peace Sign Bumper Sticker


    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.

  • Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened?

    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? ebook cover

    |

    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook on Amazon

    Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? eBook

    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.

Green Party: Obama-Romney debates prove it’s time for a voters’ rebellion

Posted on October 30, 2012 by iwilder

Jill Stein

Jill Stein

Green Party calls for a voters’ rebellion after narrow Obama-Romney debates, urges votes for Jill Stein and other Green Party candidates

• Hurricane Sandy: Mother Nature rebukes Obama and Romney for completely ignoring climate change during the debates (See “Obama, GOP steering U.S. into ‘climate storm’,” Jill Stein For President, Oct. 29, http://www.jillstein.org/climate_storm)

• “Vote for Policies” survey of support for positions puts Green Party in First Place: http://voteforpolicies.us

• Upcoming presidential candidates’ debates with Green nominee Jill Stein:
==> Sunday, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m. ET at Busboys and Poets restaurant, 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC, hosted by Ralph Nader (http://nader.org/2012/10/25/ralph-nader-to-host-third-party-presidential-debate-in-d-c-114/)
==> Monday, Nov. 5, 9 p.m. ET at RT America’s studio in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation (http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus / http://freeandequal.org) (postponed from Oct. 30 because of hurricane Sandy; Dr. Stein won her place in this one-on-one debate after receiving over online 17,000 votes within 24 hours on the Free and Equal site)

• Videos of previous presidential candidates’ debates with Dr. Stein and vice-presidential nominee Cheri Honkala:
Green Party Livestream Channel: http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus


WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders said that the narrow range of disagreement between President Obama and Gov. Romney exhibited during the three debates proved that it’s time for a voters’ rebellion.  Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, debate, Election 2012, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, international politics, News, presidential race, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, third party | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Hurricane Sandy: Long Island storm photos and video

Posted on October 29, 2012 by kwilder

Hurricane Sandy Photos at Flickr: here. Videos at previous post and same reposted at the readmore here.

North Babylon High School tree damage from Hurricane Sandy photos at Flickr

Tuesday morning, Oct 30th update: Reports say 1/2 of all LIPA/Long Island Power Authority customers lost power. We have half-power again, after losing all power for awhile. Government and local paper telling people to stay indoors due to downed trees and power lines. Worried about some family in the city. Phone is out, so communications difficult. The wind has died down tremendously. Some folks are walking about outside. Though, a tree branch still partially blocks our doorway.

______________________________

Hurricane Sandy: Long Island

Hurricane Sandy: Tree branches down

Hurricane Sandy update: It is about 8:20pm (Monday, 10/29). We are in North Babylon, Long Island, New York. Our home is a few blocks north of Sunrise Highway/Route 27. So, we have not experienced so much flooding. We are dealing with lots and lots of wind. A tree came down on the roof of our apartment building, and the one next door in our courtyard. It is blocking our front door (shared by other apartments), so I am a little nervous. Most of our electricity is out. But, we have some outlets working. So, we put the refrigerator on the working outlet, and are able to post on-line for now.

Our family all seems well. One friend was evacuated from her home on Eastern Long Island near the South Shore. But, she has given optimistic reports, otherwise.

Hurricane Sandy: Cat in Window

Hurricane Sandy: Cat in Window finally sees some excitement: A fallen branch. More like this at: http://onthewilderside.com

Read more »

Filed under: local, long island, Long Island news, News | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

Hurricane Sandy: Notes and Video from Long Island

Posted on October 29, 2012 by kwilder

Hurricane Sandy photos at our Flickr: here.

Hurricane Sandy has begun her visit to Long Island. Ian and I are stocked up on water and food, and doing okay. (We are north of Sunrise Highway, so not that bad.) We will probably have intermittent blog access, since our electricity flickered two times already, and the wireless went out for a bit.

Democracy Now! Has great coverage of the weather and politics of this Frankenstorm.

A quick video for those who want to hear the wind and rain on Long Island this morning:

Enhanced by Zemanta

Bonus Info: WBAI FM from New York City is one of our favorite radio stations. Here is their update about dealing with and covering Hurricane Sandy from Manhattan…

From: Chris HatzisProgram Director, WBAI 99.5 FM

We are continuing to broadcast from 120 Wall Street. It is a mixture of live broadcasts and already-produced material, along with some off-site regular programming. We will continue to broadcast here at 120 Wall St until the building forces us out. ConEd may take precautions and shut off the power to Lower Manhattan & the whole building, so we have to make contingency plans to leave. We don’t know yet if or when that will happen, but the building management will give us some notice before they decide to do it.

At the present time, people are still being let into the building.

The worst is yet to come storm-wise. High tide this morning has come and gone, water levels have risen but not spilled into the street from the river. The crucial time is this afternoon/evening when high tide arrives again. It is expected to rise above this mornings’ levels, and when it does the building may make the decision to shut off power and evacuate everyone.

If 120 Wall St loses power we will use our stop gap measure: the comrex at Michael G Haskins’ place, where he will run pre-recorded programs along with live updates.

Tony Ryan, Ken Gale, Graceon Challenger and myself are currently here at the studios. We intend to keep broadcasting as much live music/talkback programming as possible. Esther Armah is exhausted after being up all night and has left. Tony Ryan has been here since last night but will be staying. Same for Ken. I have been here since Sunday afternoon. If anyone is willing to come in and assist it would be appreciated. Producers can also call in and give us updates as to what is happening in their neighborhoods.

As always we will keep you posted as to what will take place.

Chris Hatzis

Filed under: local, long island, Long Island news, News | Tagged: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Is it time to turn LIPA back into a people’s power authority for Long Island?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by kwilder

Editors’ comments on November 14, 2012: LIPA does not need rants from the politicians who helped make the mess. LIPA needs elections!

Pre- Sandy LIPA/Long Island Power Authority coverage from local media:

Suffolk Closeup: Electing LIPA’s trustees
Shelter Island Reporter / October 21, 2012 by Karl Grossman

Sparring over LIPA board’s ‘legitimacy’
Newsday / October 27, 2012 by Mark Harrington

The Newsday article raises the following concerns:

-Originally, Long Island Power Authority/LIPA was supposed to have an elected board. That process has lapsed, which is of concern. And, some of have suggested that changing from elected to appointed may have been an unconstitutional maneuver.

-Even if the process of appointment is okay, Newsday notes, “Four trustees, including [Chairman, Howard] Steinberg, are serving despite their terms having expired.”

-“Steinberg…has served on the LIPA board since Gov. George Pataki appointed him in 1999…”

What should Long Islanders who care about LIPA bills, and/or energy issues, and/or basic fairness do? Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, energy, grassroots democracy, green, local, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, new york, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, suffolk county | Tagged: , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Pre-election socializing on Long Island: PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse on Fri. Nov 2nd

Posted on October 27, 2012 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths November 2012 Coffeehouse will feature:

  • Musician: George Mann
  • Singer/Songwriter: Rorie Kelly
  • A tribute to Miriam Goodman and…
  • Your favorite campaign lit and discussion

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse
Friday, November 2, 2012
8pm-11pm Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Anti-War, Election 2012, events, grassroots democracy, independent politics, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, Peace, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, suffolk, suffolk county, third party, US Politics, war | Tagged: , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

Ralph Nader to Host Third-Party Presidential Debate in D.C. 11/4/12

Posted on October 26, 2012 by iwilder
Ralph Nader speaks out against the presidentia...

Ralph Nader speaks out against the presidential debates at Washington University in St. Louis from which he was excluded on Oct 17, 2000. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The candidates* from four political parties – Gary Johnson (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green), Virgil Goode (Constitution) and Rocky Anderson (Justice) – will meet for a two-hour debate on Sunday, November 4, 7:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets restaurant located at 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009. Busboys and Poets is a well-known venue for frequent political, civic and cultural events.

The debate will be moderated by Ralph Nader, and will focus on subjects and issues that have largely been ignored or avoided, as they are too controversial, by the 2012 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.  Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Ballot issues, debate, Election 2012, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, News, Peace, politics, presidential race, Ralph Nader, third party, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Tonight! Tues Oct 23rd: Third Party debate in Chicago

Posted on October 23, 2012 by kwilder

A Presidential Debate for third party candidates will happen tonight, Tuesday, October 23rd. Larry King will moderate.

The venue is Chicago. Though, you can watch on line at Free and Equal, or on Link TV. The debate starts at 9pm EST (here in New York), which is 8pm CDT (where it is being held in Chicago).

The candidates who will participate:

Jill Stein, Green Party
Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party
Virgil Goode, Constitution Party
Rocky Anderson, Justice Party

From the program description: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, debate, Election 2012, elections, News, third party, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

What is missing from tonight’s President Debate?

Posted on October 22, 2012 by iwilder

Presidential Debate for Monday, October 22nd, which includes ALL the candidates (merge video of Dem and Rep, with third party candidates on Democracy Now!). Starts with Amy Goodman’s debate coverage at 8:30m: www.democracynow.org

This video includes discussion from independent political voices on what is missing from the Commission on Presidential Debates.  The video consists of video and photos from the events outside of the Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Debate on Hofstra University Campus, Uniondale, NY.  It includes video from the Public Area (Free Speech Area) on ending the wars, global climate change, and single payer health care.  Look for Mac Bica and the PO’s Polar Bears. My full speech is re-printed below.  I also exposed the mutiny of corporate sponsorship due to the censorship involved in excluding presidential candidates.  Footage from the live taping of Democracy Now! during the pre-Debate activities at Hofstra also address the undemocratic nature of the corporately controlled debate. Discussion includes issues that continue not to be discussed from the 2008 debate.

 

Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, afghanistan, Anti-War, Ballot issues, debate, Election 2012, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News | Tagged: , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Hofstra Debate: Third Party Round-Up and Protest Photo Gallery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by kwilder

Protest photos galore – political celebrities, posters, marches, and more – at our Hofstra Debate Photo Gallery on Flickr

Mike McDermott for Congress: Long Island

Above: Mike McDermott for Congress at the Hofstra Presidential Debates Hofstra Debate. Mike McDermott is on the ballot, as a Libertarian, for Congress, 3rd District, Long Island, NY. Even though he is ballot-qualified, News12 is excluding him from their debates.

Jill Stein sign to Open The Debates

Note: Green Party candidate for President Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala were arrested for trying to participate in the debates. Though, they are presently out of jail. (And, the publicity must be good, because I think that their site is down/overloaded at 7:24pm)

Ian Wilder at Hofstra Debate Public Area
Above: Ian Wilder spoke about the “closed debates” and the Jill Stein campaign at the Public Area at 6:30. Photo is from right after the speech. Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, local, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, News, Photos, third party, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Hofstra Debate 2012: Stein Arrested & Dinner with the Governor

Posted on October 17, 2012 by iwilder

Hofstra Debate Photo Gallery is at Flickr: here.

Ian Wilder writes:

There were so many fascinating, wonderful, First Amendment moments happening outside of the debate.

I saw our peace and justice friends calling for a better world.

I missed witnessing Green Party President candidate Jill Stein be arrested for trying to get into the debate.  (Stein and Honkala were released the next day. One of the Stein campaign press releases is at the bottom of this post.) Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, afghanistan, Anti-War, debate, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, media, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Hofstra POTUS Debate Public Area Speaker Schedule 10/16/12

Posted on October 15, 2012 by iwilder
Karen Young, Kimberly Wilder, Matt from Nassau, Betty from NYC at Hofstra

Greens: Karen Young, Kimberly Wilder, Matt from Nassau, Betty from NYC at Hofstra 10/15/08

Ian Wilder writes: I’m speaking for the Green Party at 6:30, between 2 occupy speakers. I feel right at home. :)

You can find the information on the Public Speakers Area on the Hofstra website. Hofstra University has designated the Hagedorn Hall outside area and parking lot, at the corner of Uniondale Avenue and Hempstead Turnpike as a Public Area.  The public will be speaking from 3pm to 930pm.

Occupy The Debates 2012 at FaceBook: here.

2012 activist notes and schedule at our debate post: here.

You can find reflections on the 2008 Public area at:

2012 Public Area/Debate Speakers full schedule: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Anti-War, debate, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, hofstra, independent politics, international politics, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, presidential race, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Daily Peace Index reaches new high

Posted on October 13, 2012 by kwilder

Peace symbolOur peace indicator, PAXi, jumped to a new high today.

Previously, the high was 337, reached on September 11, 2012. Yesterday (Friday), the PAXi was at 197.

Today, Saturday, October 13th, the PAXi number is 754!

Hopefully, that reflects the level of discussion about peace and nonviolence in the United States. (The subject that PAXi attempts to measure and reflect.)

What made it so high today? Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Anti-War, Election 2012, News, nonviolence, Peace, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, third party, war | Tagged: , , | Leave a Comment »

News12 LI excludes third party candidate from debate

Posted on October 12, 2012 by kwilder
A coloured voting box

A coloured voting box (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mike McDermott is on the ballot, as a Libertarian, for Congress, 3rd District, Long Island, NY. Even though he is ballot-qualified, News12 is excluding him from their debates.

The e-mail excerpted below is from a Libertarian-minded, occupy friend. Please help if you believe in ballot access. Letters-to-the-editor might be useful. And, an e-mail for News12 is: news12li AT news12 DOT com

Our friend told us that Pat Dolan of News12 is the decision-maker on this. So, it might be useful to contact Pat Dolan, as well. (Pat Dolan was also the decision-maker who kept me from debating as a Green Party candidate a few years back.)

_____________
Hello all-

Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Ballot issues, Election 2012, elections, local, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics, suffolk county, third party | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

In DC: Sir! No Sir! antiwar film and discussion

Posted on October 12, 2012 by kwilder

Anti-war event in D.C. Hat/tip to John Judge for the info:

“Sir! No Sir!”

A Film About The GI Movement
Against The War In Vietnam

Movie night in Mt. Pleasant!

Friday  October 12th 6-9pm

Lamont Park (corner of Lamont and Mt Pleasant sts., NW)
4 blocks from Columbia Hts Metro (Green/yellow Lines)
S2, S4, 42, and H8 bus lines

  Read more »

Filed under: activism, Anti-War, events, News, Peace, politics, progressive politics, screening, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

« Previous Page — Next Page »