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Moyers & Co. preview video of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein 9/7/12

Posted on September 7, 2012 by iwilder

Moyers & Co. Preview: Challenging Power, Changing Politics

This week on Moyers & Company, Bill also talks to Green Party presidential and vice presidential candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala about what they’ve learned about American politics. Stein graduated from Harvard Medical School to become an internist specializing in environmental health. She was a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate in 2002, co-founded the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities in 2003, and represented the Green-Rainbow Party in state races in 2004 and 2006. Honkala is an anti-poverty activist and community organizer who co-founded the Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. A formerly homeless single mother, Honkala became the first woman ever to run for Sheriff of Philadelphia in 2011.

Filed under: Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, media, News, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, US Politics, video | Tagged: Bill Moyers, Cheri Honkala, green, Green-Rainbow Party, Harvard Medical School, Jill Stein, Moyers & Co, Philadelphia, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign | 4 Comments »

The Folk-Groovin’ Café 9/22/12

Posted on September 5, 2012 by iwilder

Ryan, Wells, & Frazzitta

Add a little GROOVE to your coffee!

Come hear the folk sounds of Frazzitta, Ryan & Wells

Saturday, September 22, 2012

8:00pm at St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church

655 Old Country Road, Dix Hills, New York 11746

OPEN MIC—All performers welcome. Sign up at 7:45pm.

Admission- $10 (includes light refreshments and FREE CD raffle)

Hotline: 631-368-1920

Hosted by

JIM FRAZZITTA (performing solo/acoustic)—A veteran, acoustic singer/songwriter, Jim has hosted The Folk-Groovin Café’for over 15 years. His songs have received international radio airplay and he will soon be releasing his second solo CD, Tales of the Midnight Busker. Jim was a founding member of the former, legendary band, Nylon & Steel.

Special Guest Features Read more »

Filed under: Calendar, events, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, music, open mic | Tagged: Dix Hills New York, folk, Folk Groovin', groovin, jam, jim frazzitta, long island, michael wells, Tom Ryan | Leave a Comment »

Thurs 9/20/2012: Vigil for Kevin Callahan (man killed by Suffolk County Police)

Posted on September 5, 2012 by kwilder

Kevin Callahan was killed by Suffolk Police. Join his family for a Memorial Service on Thursday, Sept 20, 2012

Kevin Callahan Memorial Service

Update 9/21/2012:
Photos from the event at Flickr: here.

(If you are on FaceBook, you can share the reflections and photos here:
FB Event page for Kevin’s Memorial: here.)

Candlelight Vigil
to commemorate the life of
Kevin Callahan

Thursday, September 20, 2012
7 pm

Liberty Park, Selden,
Long Island, NY
(On Franklin Ave between Boyle Rd & Linwood Ave)

Message from the Stand Up for Kevin page:

On September 20th, 2011, Kevin John Callahan was shot and killed in his own home. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, local, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, social & economic justice, suffolk, suffolk county | Tagged: Criminal Justice, Kevin Callahan, Kevin Callahan vigil, man killed by Suffolk Police, Police Abuse, police killings, Suffolk County, Suffolk County New York, Suffolk County Police Department | Leave a Comment »

Put Global Warming in the debate by including Green Party’s Jill Stein

Posted on September 4, 2012 by iwilder

While Obama and Romney ignore global warming, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and other Green candidates promote real solutions

Unless Stein can join the presidential debates, there will be no discussion of fossil fuel consumption, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, hydrofracking, mountaintop detonation mining, and other threats to the environment and public health

Green Party candidates and leaders said today that the delay of the Republican National Convention in Tampa and hurricane Isaac’s Gulf Coast landfall should remind voters of a worsening crisis that both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama keep ignoring: global climate disruption.

Greens expressed alarm over Thursday’s news that the Obama Administration has granted Shell Oil approval for dangerous oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean in a fragile region off Alaska, especially when a critical oil-spill containment vessel still awaits certification.

Andrew Groff, Green Party candidate for US Senate in Delaware:

Unless Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is allowed to participate in the presidential debates, there will be no discussion of what we need to do to curb catastrophic climate change. On one hand, Romney is appeasing the know-nothing extremists and junk-science believers in the GOP who deny human responsibility for global warming. On the other hand, President Obama has proposed minimal steps to deal with global warming — and then undercuts them by surrendering to the corporate energy lobby, supporting off-shore drilling in US coastal waters, repeating the myth of ‘clean coal‘, and allowing hydrofracking and mountaintop detonation mining to continue. All of these are immediate threats to public health and the environment and contribute to the fossil-fuel consumption that’s pumping more and more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The effects are already evident in the drought and growing instability of weather patterns in the US. Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, debate, Ecology, economy, energy, Environment, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, News, platform, politics, presidential race, sustainability, third party, US Politics | Tagged: Barack Obama, fossil fuel consumption, fracking, Green New Deal, hydrofracking, Jill Stein, Mitt Romney, mountain top removal, mountaintop detonation mining, MTR, the Trans-Pacific Partnership | 1 Comment »

Brainstorming Session: Who’s really sitting in Eastwood’s chair?

Posted on September 3, 2012 by kwilder

Comments on this post are especially invited. We want to hear your ideas on the internet sensation of the week!

Jon Stewart got us thinking about who was actually sitting in the empty chair that Clint Eastwood was talking to (or talking at) during the Republican Presidential Convention. Who did Jon Stewart say was in the chair?: “Invisible Obama”, whom only Republicans can see.

But, we are not sure that is entirely correct. Eastwood seemed to imply that the person who was sitting in that chair started the Afghanistan War. Wouldn’t that be George W. Bush?

Eastwood is claiming that the person in that chair is responsible for the current surge in unemployment. Maybe all of the folks who make up the 1% were squished together in that chair?

Or, maybe the person sitting in the chair was “The Ghost of Democratic and Republican Presidents Past”?

Or, perhaps it is the snarky, arrogant “Spirit of the Two Party System”?

We had other guesses, just thinking about why there is usually an empty chair on the stage: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, Anti-War, Election 2012, News, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, third party, US Politics, war | Tagged: Clint Eastwood, Clint Eastwood's chair, Eastwooding, Invisible Obama, Jon Stewart, Presidential Debate Commission, Prez 2012, Third Party politics | Leave a Comment »

Green Party prez Jill Stein Labor Day 2012 editorial

Posted on September 1, 2012 by iwilder

Dr. Jill Stein

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says in Labor Day 2012 message says:

Winning labor’s battles requires independent politics

I welcome and endorse the AFL-CIO’s campaign to finally fulfill President Roosevelt’s 1944 call for a second, Economic Bill of Rights, including the rights to jobs, living wages, labor unions, voting rights, health care, education, and retirement security.

As the Green Party candidate for President, my Green New Deal platform already has specific proposals to secure these rights… Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Election 2012, green, Green Party, Holidays, News, progressive politics, third party | Tagged: AFL-CIO, Employee Free Choice Act, farmer-labor, Green Party Prez, Jill Stein, labor day, National Labor Relations Act, President 2012, progressive, Taft-Hartley | 2 Comments »

Clint Eastwood channeled Ron Paul

Posted on September 1, 2012 by iwilder

Related Post:
Help us brainstorm… Who was really sitting in Eastwood’s chair?

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Clint Eastwood channeled Ron Paul

Ki and I were talking about how a US Congressperson (Ron Paul) had to have his speech vetted before he spoke at the Republican convention, but an entertainer (Clint Eastwood) was allowed to speak extemporaneously for as long as he liked. We then realized that the bright side in Eastwood’s dialogue with a chair was that he raised two substantive issues that neither the Republicans, Democrats, or the corporate media want to talk about:

Immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay.
Immediate end of the Afghanistan War.

Ki then realized that they are both issues that Ron Paul agrees with. So, ultimately, Paul’s voice was heard.

The Republican Party tried to kill Ron Paul’s speech at the convention. But, Clint Eastwood channeled the voice of Ron Paul: The Afghanistan War is a bad idea; Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp should be closed.

I would be sure to distinguish Ron Paul’s views from his son, Rand Paul, who would agree with the public face of the Democratic Party and Republican Party in opposing those stances. I would also say that Green Party presidential Candidate Jill Stein does support the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay and the immediate end of the Afghan War.

Stein’s stance is not surprising since in 2008, Ron Paul, then-Green party candidate Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, and then-constitution party candidate Chuck Baldwin, all agreed on a four-point platform in opposition to the Republican and Democratic parties.

The platform these four candidates agreed on is: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, afghanistan, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, media, News, progressive politics, US Politics, video | Tagged: afghanistan, antiwar, Clint Eastwood, convention, cynthia mckinney, Eastwooding, Federal Reserve System, gitmo, Guantanamo, Jill Stein, Ralph Nader, republican, Ron Paul, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | 2 Comments »

Democracy Now! gives the Green Party its Graphic Props

Posted on August 31, 2012 by iwilder

I complained vehemently here about Democracy Now! not treating all presidential candidates equally. I even posted a somewhat tongue in cheek Contest to Change the Name of Democracy Now! for their lack of equal time coverage.

This was especially prompted by the failure of DN! to cover the arrest of the Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein leading an anti-foreclosure protest. The post did not seem to catch anyone’s attention. It only attracted a negative comment from Denis Moynihan, the former DN! outreach director. The day after that DN! finally reported on Green Party Nominee Arrested at Anti-Foreclosure Rally.

That was followed by Green Party Mayor Gayle McLaughlin on Chevron fire in Richmond, California and this week’s Green Party VP Cand Cheri Honkala Joins “Romneyville” Encampment.

And now a Green party graphic from Democracy Now! for the election season. I may have to cancel the contest. ;)

Here is the full graphic at 1 minute, 44 seconds: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, activism, Anti-War, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, Peace, Photos, presidential race, US Politics, video | Tagged: Democracy Now, Jill Stein, presidential convention | 2 Comments »

Had Enough? Help Green Party Prez cand Jill Stein launch first TV campaign!

Posted on August 30, 2012 by iwilder

Help 2012 Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein break through the media blackout and get this ad in front of millions of Americans! Go to http://www.jillstein.org to put Jill Stein’s ad in front of more people!

Filed under: 3rd party, Election 2012, film, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, News, nonviolence, Peace, presidential race, third party, video | Tagged: Jill Stein, television, youtube | 1 Comment »

DN!: Green Party VP Cand Cheri Honkala Joins “Romneyville” Encampment

Posted on August 29, 2012 by iwilder

from Democracy Now!

Set up for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, the “Romneyville” encampment is similar to Hoovervilles of the 1930s Great Depression. Residents of Romneyville are calling for an end to foreclosures, homelessness and the criminalization of poverty. We hear from Shamako Noble, a Romneyville resident and executive director of the Hip Hop Congress. And we speak to Cheri Honkala, the Green Party’s vice-presidential nominee in the 2012 election and the national coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Election 2012, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, News, politics, presidential race, social & economic justice, US Politics | Tagged: Cheri Honkala, Democracy Now, foreclosure, great depression, Hip Hop Congress, homeless, Mitt Romney, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, poverty, Republican National Convention, romneyville, Shamako Noble, Tampa Florida | 2 Comments »

Are democracy ideas creeping into the national Republican Party?????: Texas delegation considers floor fight

Posted on August 27, 2012 by kwilder

Republican stalwarts threatening mutiny if their grassroots rights are not respected? This sounds like democracy and empowerment creeping up on party discipline. It also sounds like the kind of fights that green and leftist organizations must also put up with. I like this! -KW

(excerpt from) Yahoo News
Texas delegates planning floor mutiny over RNC rules changes

TAMPA–On Monday morning, at a meeting of more than 100 Texan delegates and alternates at the Saddlebrook Resort 20 miles north of Tampa, one topic got the crowd more fired up than any other. Delegate Melinda Fredricks read aloud a letter condemning recent changes to the national Republican party’s rules that would allow the GOP presidential candidate to veto and replace state delegates. Read more »

Filed under: News, politics, US Politics | Tagged: Ben Ginsberg, Esq, James Bopp, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney campaign, President 2012, presidential race, Prez 2012, Republican Convention, Republican National Committee, RNC, Ron Paul, Ron Paul delegates, Texas delegation | 1 Comment »

Republican National Convention: What’s happening in Tampa right now?

Posted on August 26, 2012 by kwilder

Occupy Tampa UStream:
Thursday afternoon 8/30:
Earth First at Power Plant
Chants of “Dirty Money — Dirty Coal”

On Twitter, find: @OccupyTampa or #OccupyTampa or #owsRNC

Another Occupy Live Stream
from Tampa:here

Ongoing protest:
“Romneyville” story at Democracy Now!

Video (Strong language, including the F Bomb): here
Police encountering protesters and
an anarchist dance in the rain on Mon 8/27/12

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What’s happening in Tampa now?

A great photo summary is: here. I think it updates occasionally.
(Thanks to Shannone from LI for linking to it.)

Some updates culled from the above and from my brief study of news sites today (Sunday, 8/26):

1. There are activists on the ground in Tampa now, holding demonstrations and making statements.

2. There are a lot of police watching the activists. There is a photo of a Tampa Police vehicle that is essentially a tan — but, it claims to be “Rescue 2”.

3. The Republican National Committee has said, in deference to oncoming Storm Isaac, they are cutting the convention to three days.

4. So, I think the demonstrators will be doing more than the Republican delegates.

5. There was a big Ron Paul this afternoon. Great attendance. Some into at The Albany Times Union: here.

6. Code Pink activists dressed like hot pink vaginas, to tell the RNC to keep their hands off women’s bodies. Great photos at the CodePink Flickr: here. Read more »

Filed under: activism, Anti-War, News, Occupy Wall Street, progressive politics, US Politics, war | Tagged: Code Pink, Republican National Committee, Republican National Convention, Ron Paul, Tampa Florida | Leave a Comment »

Save the date – Occupy one year anniversary events: Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 and more…

Posted on August 26, 2012 by kwilder

#S17: 3 Days of Education, Celebration & Resistance

The folks at Occupy Wall Street in New York City have been making plans to celebrate their September 17th for weeks now. Our friend Walter has been involved in some of the grassroots planning sessions.

Currently, there are only hints on-line of what will happen. There is a big push to register (which I am not keen on). Though, the main point is this: Please leave Monday, September 17th open, to go to events in New York City, or your locale. There will be three days worth of events: Saturday, Sept 15th; Sunday, Sept 16th; and Monday, Sept 17th.

On Monday, 9/17, it seems like there will be early morning demonstrations on Wall Street, and a noon start to other actions. I also found a very cool event listing for Monday evening: The Fannie Lou Hamer S17 City-Wide Community and Action Assembly at Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park).

The main focus of #S17 at this point seems to be on the economic justice issues. I am hoping that more peace activists will insert themselves, and remind folks to feature an “anti-war” message, too. It is so easy in an election year to allow Democratic politicians and Democratic apologists to steer folks away from the anti-war message. Yet, Occupy Wall Street’s energy and mission includes de-militarizing our democracy. So, those issues should stay front and center, too.

Some good places to stay up-to-date are:

The New York City General Assembly website: here

OccupyWallSt.org: here Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, events, local, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, Peace, politics, progressive politics, social & economic justice, US Politics, war | Tagged: #S17, Democratic Party and the peace movement, Is the occupy movement anti-war?, New York City events, NYC politics, nycga, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Anniversary, Occupy Wall Street platform, peace and the occupy movement, September 17th | Leave a Comment »

President 2012: New York Presidential Ballot Info (and national links)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by iwilder

Polling place info for NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, is at onthewilderside post: here.

11/2/12 Updates

Suffolk County, NY Absentee Ballot Hours Extended & Changed Polling Places (pdf) h/t Suffolk NYCLU

Receipt date of NY Absentee Ballots extended

10/5/12 update:

NYS Presidential Ballot:
(as finalized for Nov 2012)

DEMOCRATIC:
Barack Obama

REPUBLICAN:
Mitt Romney

CONSERVATIVE:
Mitt Romney

WORKING FAMILIES:
Barack Obama

GREEN:
Jill Stein

PSL-SOCIALISM AND LIB:
Peta Lindsay

LBT-LIBERTARIAN:
Gary Johnson

CST-CONSTITUTION:
Virgil Goode

Note: The INDEPENDENCE PARTY of NY is not running a Presidential Candidate.

PDFs of Ballots can be found at the NYS Board of Elections here:

Federal Ballot Certification for Overseas & Military Voters for November 6, 2012 General Election (picture of NY State Ballot for Presidential line)
State Ballot Certification for November 6, 2012 General Election

Nationwide 2012 Presidential Campaigns and Ballot info: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Ballot issues, Election 2012, elections, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, third party, US Politics, write-in vote | Tagged: Last day to register to vote in NY, NYS Conservative Party, NYS Green Party, NYS Independence Party, Working Families Party | 1 Comment »

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