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NY Green Party at the Rally Against the Wars

Posted on April 10, 2011 by iwilder

Green Party says, “Money for Jobs, not for War”

The Green Party joined today with hundreds of organizations at the United National Anti-War Coalition rally in NYC to call for a halt to war and to use military funds for public jobs, education and a rapid transition to carbon-free clean energy.

Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, spoke at the NYC rally.

The Greens called for closing all nuclear power plants as an environmental and financial threat, starting with the immediate closure of Indian Point. Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, afghanistan, Anti-War, grassroots democracy, Green Party, international politics, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, US Politics, war | Tagged: green, Green Party of New York, nuclear power, politics, united states | 3 Comments »

National Geographic: Sunken Nuclear Subs — Radiation Risk?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by iwilder

Nuclear Submarine HMS Vanguard Returns to HMNB...

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Radioactive nuclear reactors are resting around the globe on the seafloor in derelict subs—some the results of accidents, some intentionally dumped. Whether they pose a threat to marine and human life now, or if they ever will, remains an open question—and one that may not be answered for another thousand years.

The remains of two U.S. and three Soviet nuclear subs, including reactors and in some cases nuclear-tipped torpedoes, all rest in deep water on the bottom of the Atlantic; any removal efforts would be extremely difficult and costly.

via National Geographic: Sunken Nuclear Subs — Radiation Risk?.

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Gov Cuomo to NY Poor and Middle Class: Drop Dead | Mother Jones

Posted on April 9, 2011 by iwilder

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In a deal this past weekend, the governor and legislative leaders agreed upon a $132.5 million budget that cuts state spending by 2 percent, largely on the backs of the poor and the sick, women, children, the elderly, and other beneficiaries of state services. It offers next to nothing to the struggling middle class. But for the well-heeled denizens of Wall Street and beyond, there’s a promised end to the so-called millionaires tax passed at the height of the recession. This privileged group has already received a massive boost from the federal government in the form of the financial industry bailout, followed by the extension of the Bush tax cuts. Now they’ll receive an extra gift from the state.

via Governor Cuomo to New Yorks Poor and Middle Class: Drop Dead | Mother Jones.

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, economy, governor, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics | Tagged: Adrew Cuomo, Bush tax cuts, Government spending, Middle class, mother jones, republican, united states, wall street | Leave a Comment »

Join the Green Party on 4/9/11 Troops Home Now Rally.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by iwilder

The Green contingent will meet at 11:30 AM in front of “Babies-R-Us” on the east side of Union Square. Near 16th St. 24-30 Union Square East, New York. Bring your Green Party peace banners, signs, t-shirts. Howie Hawkins of the Green Party will be one of the speakers

➤ Bring U.S. troops home now: Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan! ➤ End the sanctions and stop the threats of war against the people of Iran, North Korea and Yemen. ➤ No to war and plunder of the people of Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa! ➤

via Green Party New York.

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Calendar, elections, events, grassroots democracy, Green Party Websites, new york, New York State Politics, News, nonviolence, Peace, progressive politics, third party, US Politics | 2 Comments »

Avi Wisnia 4/9/11

Posted on April 8, 2011 by iwilder

On Saturday, April 9 at 8:30 PM the Eclectic Cafe, at The Unitarian Universalist Society of South Suffolk28 Brentwood Road , BayShore, presents Avi Wisnia. For show info: 631-661-1278

If possible, please bring a donation of a non-perishable food item for our food bank.

Parking is available along Brentwood Road. We ask that you please AVOID parking in the medical offices’ parking lots south of the church or in the Sinai Reform Temple parking lot.

The open mic starts at 7:30pm. Performers wishing to participate should sign up by 7:30. The featured artists begin at about 8:30pm.

Admission is $10 for non-members ($5 for High School students with ID), and $8 for members. Membership is $12 a year. Read more »

Filed under: Calendar, events, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, music, News, open mic, original music | Tagged: Avi Wisnia, Eclectic Cafe | Leave a Comment »

Shut down the government (please) PLUS a more technical article…

Posted on April 8, 2011 by kwilder

Kimberly says: To the government and media: Shut up and shut the darned thing down.

Aware citizens have been thinking of some excellent consequences of a government shutdown – it would stop the wars in Afrghanistan and Iraq, it would stop the ability for the US to continue to use unmanned drones to kill people in places like Pakistan, and it may cause a hiatus in lessons in torture at the School of the Americas. Wow! A shutdown could truly help a lot of people.

And, really, this shutdown stuff has happened before. Nothing really happens. It is just a game for Obama and the Democratic politicians to say there was a crisis, so they can compromise more gracefully with the Republicans. It is such a theatrical, manipulative, game. I can hardly stand the ominous news reports all this week threatening us with a shutdown.

Anyway, at Common Dreams, they have a story from Institute for Policy Studies which explains more about why the threats of a shutdown, and the claims of a need for austerity are so empty. Don’t miss the key facts about who has the money and who pays the taxes…

(excerpt from) Common Dreams
Published on Thursday, April 7, 2011 by Institute for Policy Studies
Unnecessary Austerity, Unnecessary Shutdown Read more »

Filed under: afghanistan, Anti-War, Barack Obama, international politics, Iraq, News, Peace, politics, progressive politics, rants, US Politics, war | Tagged: government shutdown, Governor Cumom, military drones, military spending, Obama, shutdown, soa, taxes, war | 2 Comments »

NYCLU: State Ban on Prison-Based Gerrymandering Helps Ensure Equal Representation

Posted on April 8, 2011 by iwilder

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IW: The use of prisoners for a body count for election districts in which they are imprisoned while they did not have the right to vote always reminded me of the 3/5 person count of slaves in the Constitution.

Nine Republican state senators are among plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed this week challenging New York State’s recently enacted ban on prison-based gerrymandering – a practice that inflated the population of electoral districts with prisons by counting inmates as residents of those districts, rather than residents of the communities in which they lived prior to incarceration.

The following is attributable to Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union:

“The Legislature stood up for fairness and the democratic principle of one person, one vote by banning prison-based gerrymandering last year. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Ballot issues, election, elections, grassroots democracy, new york, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: Gerrymandering, new york, New York Civil Liberties Union, prison, Prison Policy Initiative | 3 Comments »

Green Party of Florida Joins Legal Challenge to Contest Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Reactor Design Approval

Posted on April 7, 2011 by iwilder

IW: Now if we can figure out how to get rid of Indian Point and Millstone. Oh heck, let’s close them all. have you heard Tom Ryan‘s new song, “A Dangerous Way to Boil Water”?

The Green Party of Florida and eleven other groups, known collectively as the AP1000 Oversight Group, have filed a legal challenge to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design, claiming that flaws in the design make the reactor unsafe, and unfit for certification by the NRC, and requesting that certification be withdrawn. See the legal motion here: http://www.ncwarn.org/?p=3031

The AP1000 is the reactor design chosen by Progress Energy Florida and Florida Power & Light for their new nuclear power projects in Florida. Progress Energy plans to construct two reactors at a new facility in rural Levy County, and FP&L plans to add two reactors to their existing facility at Turkey Point, on Biscayne Bay in Miami.

The Green Party is one of three intervenors in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing process for the Levy County Nuclear Plant, and the contentions that were admitted in that intervention are still pending before the Atomic Safety Licensing Board. Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, energy, Environment, Global Warming, grassroots democracy, Green Party, News, Press Release, sustainability, sustainable, third party | Tagged: AP1000, Florida, Green Party of Florida, nuclear power, Nuclear reactor technology, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Plant Vogtle, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Vogtle Electric Generating Plant | 1 Comment »

In NYC Education: Stakeholders finally win a round (Cathie Black to resign)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: Cathleen Black was appointed by arrogant, NYC Mayor Bloomberg. She needed and received a waiver from the NY Regents, because she did not have any education background or credentials. Now that she is gone, let’s get rid of the Regents that voted YES for her. And, let’s demand an open process to hire the next person, and demand a person with education credentials. (The Mayor has already appointed another person who will need a waiver. Egads!)

*Update: So, I still wish that there was more process to appointing a Chancellor. Though, the person that the Mayor has appointed, Dennis Walcott, does have public school experience, and the distinction of having been an executive at the Urban League. I think the waiver he needs is for a specific, administrative certification. More at NY1: here.

(excerpt from) Newsday
NYC schools chancellor stepping down
By MARIA ALVAREZ. April 7, 2011

Embattled New York City schools chancellor Cathleen Black, a magazine executive with no educational experience whose approval rating had hit rock bottom, agreed to step down Thursday, the mayor announced.

Black, 66, agreed to resign following a private meeting Thursday morning with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The mayor made the announcement during a late-morning news conference at City Hall, calling it a “mutual” decision. He said Black will be replaced by Deputy Mayor Dennis M. Walcott…

Black stepped down under pressure following a week that saw the fourth of eight high-ranking education officials who served under her predecessor, Joel Klein, announce their resignations…

In just three months on the job Black had seen her approval rating fall to 17 percent. The Associated Press reported that during one community meeting Black was heckled by hostile parents — and heckled them back. She also joked that school overcrowding could be fixed with birth control…

Like Black, Walcott will need a waiver from the Board of Regents to become chancellor…

Councilman Charles Barron of Brooklyn, a staunch critic of Black and the mayor, said at City Hall after the announcement that the mayor wasted valuable educational time — three months — because of Black’s appointment.

“She was forced down our throats because of the mayor’s arrogance and incompetence,”‘ said Barron, who will advocate for an open hiring process that includes a national search for a new schools chancellor.

Related stories from onthewilderside:

https://www.onthewilderside.com/2011/02/04/nyc-cathie-black-and-panel-vote-to-close-12-more-public-schools/

https://www.onthewilderside.com/2010/12/31/when-politicians-trample-on-education/

Filed under: children, Education, new york, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics | Tagged: Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Cathleen Black, Chancellor, Charles Barron, Dennis Walcott, education news, Mayor Bloomberg, NY Board of Regents, NY politics, NYC politics, NYC public schools, NYC School Chancellor, NYC Schools | 1 Comment »

NY Tea Party hates Democracy 4/7/11

Posted on April 6, 2011 by iwilder

IW: The Tea Party seems no different than the Democratic and Republican Parties that also exclude Green Party candidates.

“With all of their talk of the Constitution and Democracy,” he said, “you would not expect them to be as hypocritical as they are.”

“It’s bull—- that they didn’t invite me. It says right on the press release that they invited all candidates and then they haven’t,” he said.

Invite or not, Murphy says he’ll be at tonight’s forum. “I’m going to crash the party. I’m going anyway.”

via Tea Party hosts candidates night » Local News » Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online.

Thursday, April 7, 2011
7:00 PM
Frontier Fire Hall
2176 Liberty Drive Niagara Falls, NY

I hope you can all make it there, too. Let’s show them how democracy works

from http://www.murphycanhascongress.com/2011/04/tea-time/#more-346

Green Party Nominates Ian “Koch” Murphy for Congress (26-NY) (www.onthewilderside.com)

Filed under: 3rd party, congress, election, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, new york, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, third party, US Politics | Tagged: 26, congress, Constitution, David Koch, democracy, green, Ian Murphy, Tea Party, The Beast (newspaper) | 2 Comments »

NY State Senate Homeland Security Committee Hearing Must Focus on Legitimate Public Safety Concerns, not Fear-Mongering Directed at Muslims

Posted on April 6, 2011 by iwilder

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A State Senate committee hearing scheduled on Friday to purportedly examine homeland security issues must not be used as a forum to attack and demonize Muslim and immigrant New Yorkers, New York Neighbors for American Values, a coalition of more than 100 civic, labor and religious organizations, urged today in a letter to state Sen. Gregory R. Ball, R- 40^th district, chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs.

According to a memo circulated by Ball’s office, Friday’s homeland security committee hearing is titled “Reviewing our Preparedness: An Examination of New York’s Public Protection Ten Years After September 11.” The important agenda topics include the NYPD’s preparedness for terrorist attacks, radio interoperability in the MTA and potential threats posed by the Indian Point nuclear plant. But it also includes topics such as “the culture of jihad and shariah law,” and driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, new york, New York State Politics, politics, US Politics | Tagged: Gregory R. Ball, indian point, Islamophobia, muslim, new york city, New York Civil Liberties Union, Nuclear, Sharia, terrorism, united states, United States House Committee on Homeland Security | Leave a Comment »

Timely: School bus concerns in NY

Posted on April 6, 2011 by kwilder

*Update with some perspective: This threat was made on April 1st – several days ago, with no incidents in the meantime. In addition, a story at Long Island Press notes that state officials are considering the possibility it was just a really irresponsible April Fool’s joke. Story at Long Island Press: here.

KW writes: If you are sending your children to school on the school bus, you should probably review this information. And, consider if you want to either provide alternate transportation until this blows over, and/or mention something to your children about watching out for strangers on the bus or at the bus stop. I would guess that schools will give more precautions and strategies.

A threat has been made against state office buildings, the state legislature, and school buses in New York. There is an article at Newsday.

Huntington School District has a post on their website: here, reprinted below:

Safety Announcement from the State Education Department

The Huntington School District has received e-mail notification from the New York State Education Department regarding important safety information. The e-mail, which is pasted below, indicates that certain members of the media and state officials have received e-mails that contain threats of violence against state office buildings, school buses and the state legislature. Read more »

Filed under: children, Education, local, long island, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, new york, New York State Politics, News, public health, safety | Tagged: Huntington Schools, Long Island education, Long Island Politics, Long Island schools, New York public education, New York state politics, public education, school bus, school bus safety, school transportation | 1 Comment »

SALT book: Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities

Posted on April 6, 2011 by iwilder

Carolina Academic Press is about to publish VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIVE LAW TEACHING: A CRITICAL READER, a collaboration between SALT and Golden Gate University School of Law. Publication is anticipated in mid-March.

The essays included in this volume began as presentations at the March 19–20, 2010, “Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities” teaching conference organized and hosted by Golden Gate University School of Law and co-sponsored by SALT. That conference, generously funded by a grant from The Elfenworks Foundation, brought together law faculty, practitioners, and students to reexamine how to infuse issues of race, gender, sexual identity, nationality, disability, and poverty into law school courses.

Filed under: Books, Education, News, social & economic justice | Tagged: disability, Education, gender, law, Law school, Legal education, nationality, poverty, Race, sexual identity, united states | Leave a Comment »

Babylon STOP & Spring Cleanup Day 4/9/11

Posted on April 5, 2011 by iwilder

IW: My mother was on the original Suffolk County committee that named and instituted STOP days.

Date:     4/9/2011
Time:     7:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Location:     Residential Recycling Center, Field Street, West Babylon
Contact Info:     Residential Recycling Center 49-9346

The Town of Babylon will hold a free Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 9th, rain or shine, from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Residential Recycling Center located on Field Street in West Babylon.

Residents are permitted unlimited free trips with an automobile and one free trip with pickups, vans or trailers (4 feet by 8 feet). These cleanup days are free of charge. Any vehicle larger than a van or pickup truck will not be permitted. No commercial waste is accepted. Proof of residency is required.

Acceptable items include furniture, white goods (such as stoves and dishwashers) and wood products such as fencing, paneling and brush. Unacceptable items include car an boat parts, or demolition debris. Wood items must be cut into 4-foot lengths.

For information on the type of items that will be accepted at the Residential Recycling Center, call 249-9346 or 249-9347. Spring Cleanup Day is also a designated S.T.O.P. Collection Day from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Read more »

Filed under: Calendar, cleaning, Ecology, Environment, local, long island, News | Tagged: Environment, hazardous waste, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Recycling, Waste management | Leave a Comment »

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