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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.
Sponsored by the Northport Arts Coalition…
Sunday, February 20th 2pm-5pm
You are invited to the opening reception for
artist Janet Simpson
featuring “Interpreted Landscapes,” ~ drawings and paintings. Read more »
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via The War Resisters League Blog
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Tuesday, February 22 ,2011 @ 11:00am
Rep. Peter King’s District Office 1003 Park Boulevard, Massapequa Park, NY
To bigotry, no sanction; to persecution, no assistance.” – George Washington
Long Island Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders will hold an interfaith PRAY-IN on Tuesday, February 22 at 11 a.m. outside the district office of Representative Peter King (R-NY), calling on Representative King to cancel his planned Congressional hearings to investigate claims of “radicalization” in the American Muslim community. These diverse faith leaders believe the premise of the hearing and the singling out of the Muslim community is counterproductive to improving national security and undermines fundamental American values.
The vigil is sponsored by the Interfaith Alliance Long Island, Pax Christi Long Island, the Muslim Peace Coalition USA, and the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives.
WHO: Sister Jeanne Clark, OP, Coordinator of Pax Christi Long Island; Rev. Ned Wight, Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock; Dr. Mohammad Jabbar, Director of the Bayshore Mosque; Dr. Shaik Ubaid, Chair of the Muslim Peace Coalition USA, NY Chapter; Rabbi Jerome Davidson, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Beth El in Great Neck; Imam Abdul Azeem Khan, Director, Omar Ben Abdul Aziz Mosque in Jamaica
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via South Carolina Green Party
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The Green Party of Monmouth County and the Green Party of New Jersey (GPNJ) will host a conference addressing healthcare and labor issues on Sunday, February 27,2011 from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel, 1401 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ. The event, which will be held at the Dauphin Grille within the hotel, includes a full buffet lunch and live music by singer-songwriters Jeff Saxon and special guest Tom Neilson.
Registration is $50 per person.A buffet luncheon will be served. The event home page can be accessed at: http://tinyurl.com/6x848w6. Admission subsidies have recently become available. Contact the event organizer, David Petrovich, if a discounted ticket would enable you to attend: njdgreen@aol. com<mailto:njdgreen@aol. com> – 732.571.9464 Read more »
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John Keenan
The Green Party of Suffolk, the county’s largest peace organization, has endorsed the Saturday, March 19, 2011 march and vigil calling for an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The date was chosen since it will mark the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq John Keenan, a 2002 Green Party Congressional candidate, will be speaking at the event. The North Country Peace Group is sponsoring the march and vigil. This event has been designed as the focal point for all peace activities on Long Island on March 19. For more information, contact ncpeaceg@gmail.com
The endorsing groups call for all Long Islanders to mourn the thousands who have died since the invasion of Afghanistan, and to call for an end to the immoral, illegal and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They call for “Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar!”
The Marchers assemble at Setauket King Kullen Shopping Center on Rt. 25A, Setauket at 10:15 a.m. The Solemn “March of the Dead” proceeds east along shopping center to Stop & Shop, then west to Bennetts Road/25A at 10:30 a.m. Marchers are asked to wear black. Others may opt to go directly to vigil site. There will be the “Reading of the Names” of Long Islanders killed in Iraq and Afghanistan followed by speakers; music; vigil; and the demonstration from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
Since December 2002, the North Country Peace Group has demonstrated every Saturday morning on the corner of Rt. 25A and Bennetts Rd. in Setauket for an end to the Iraq War and Afghanistan War, and a speedy and safe return of our troops.
The Green Party, also known as America’s Peace Party, has nearly 1500 members in Suffolk County. The Green Party has continually opposed the Afghanistan and Iraq war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Green Party has always been part of the national peace movement. The opposition has been expressed across the board, from local Green Party members marching in a Smithtown peace vigil while U.S. bombs were first being dropped on innocent Afghanis, to the campaigns of National and State Green Party candidates. Read more »
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Green Party: Raids and harassment against peace activists by FBI, police, and prosecutors must end
Green Party co-chair Theresa El-Amin to speak at a conference in
North Carolina against FBI raids on Feb. 19
Green Party leaders called for an end to FBI harassment, raids, false entrapment, and other violations of the rights of peace activists, progressive leaders, and whistleblowers throughout the US.
Theresa El-Amin, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States,
will speak at a conference addressing the recent FBI raids on anti-war
and international solidarity activists’ homes and workplaces, to take
place Saturday, Feb. 19, 9:45 am to 5:00 pm at the UNC Law School on
the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (free
and open to the public:
http://www.stopfbi.net/conference/north-carolina). Read more »
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February 21 and 23 and March 1 2011
Celebrate African American History Month at Cinema Arts Centre’s Film Fest, screening four films- Haiti: One Day, One Destiny, Freedom Riders, Night Catches Us with Filmmakers in person or live via Skype, and culminating with a screening of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls.
Each film $10/Public, $6/Members / Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006
Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave, Huntington 631-423-7611 www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
Monday, President’s Day, Feb. 21 at 1pm:
Haiti: One Day, One Destiny A multi-media portal of stories about Haiti after the disastrous earthquake of 2010. Screening, Discussion + Reception with Haitian-American Filmmaker MICHELE STEPHENSON, a human rights attorney and award-winning documentarian who lives in Brooklyn and has received international honors. Read more »
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KW writes: Some of us take a break through the winter. I know, I haven’t done a lot of politics these last, snowy, couple of months. Though, Ralph Nader keeps on working for ballot access. While “votenader.org” is quiet for now, you can still get Nader’s opinions on items such as Egypt, voting rights, and how our country is being run, at nader.org. In addition, Nader is still working on lawsuits he has filed trying to show that the Democratic Party was unjust and unfair, when Nader ran as an independent candidate for President in 2004. As a determined advocate and reformer, Nader is showing the patience and perseverance to expose injustice and change the system. Hope he prevails.
from Ballot Access News
Briefing Schedule Set in Nader Lawsuit Against Democratic National Committee for 2004 Behavior
February 16th, 2011
The Maine Supreme Court has set a briefing schedule in Nader v Maine Democratic Party, et al, case no. washington-county-10-678. This is the tort lawsuit filed in 2009 in which Nader argues that the Democratic National Committee and its allies, in 2004, filed meritless challenges to his ballot access petitions, and engaged in dirty tricks against his circulators. Nader’s brief is due on April 8; the response is due May 27; and the rebuttal is due June 10. The central issue now is whether the lower court should have conducted a trial.
Background in a previous story from Ballot Access News: here
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THE FOLK-GROOVIN’ CAFÉ
@ The Conklin Barn!
2 High Street ( corner of NY Ave. @ High Street), Huntington Village, NY
SUNDAY EVENING MARCH 6, 2011 6:00PM
ADMISSION – $10
OPEN MIC – ALL performers welcome (sign up early!).
Refreshments included. Hotline – 631-368-1920
“Add a little Groove to your coffee!”
Hosted by JIM FRAZZITTA – Veteran singer/songwriter, recording artist, poet, and founding member of former legendary band, Nylon & Steel. www.myspace.com/jimfrazzitta
Featuring :
TOM RYAN – A mainstay of Long Island’s music scene for over 20 years. An accomplished singer/songwriter who plays guitar, keyboards, and bass! Tom is a powerhouse solo performer as well as a member of the popular Cajun and blues band, Copper Rose. Read more »
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In a letter sent this morning to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, officers of the Georgia Green Party urged that he suspend five Department of Corrections employees at Telfair State Prison pending the results of an investigation into the criminal assault of January 12th on Georgia inmate Shawn Whatley. Party officers ask if a ‘criminal conspiracy’ exists to conceal the crimes of DoC employees.
As stated in the letter, “Mr. Whatley suffered serious injuries to his ribs and back and had blood in his urine. He was refused proper medical care at the Waycross facility and it seems apparent that his sudden transfer was a part of an attempt to cover up the crimes committed against him in Helena.”
Reminding the Governor of an earlier letter from the Party related to the December 16th beating by DoC employees of Terrence Dean at Macon State Prison, Party officers wrote: “we fear that an ongoing pattern of such abuse continues in Georgia prisons.”
“The Governor is getting some good press for his prison reform initiatives,” said Adam Shapiro, CoChair of the Georgia Green Party. “So far what we’ve seen from him amounts to little more than deck chair shuffling which fails to address our state’s absurd commitment to criminalizing the health problems of its citizens. Deal’s proposals promise little if any impact on the budget, while failing to challenge the racism which leads to the disparate enforcement, prosecution and conviction of victimless crimes. The hateful rhetoric and policies enacted by our elected officials has justified rampant human rights abuses by DoC employees against those inmates committed to their care by the state judiciary.”
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Pittsburgh made headlines not too long ago by approving a measure to ban corporate personhood and the controversial natural gas drilling practice of “fracking” which can contaminate water sources. And now, Buffalo is rocking the boat too.
Buffalo News reports:
The Common Council has voted to ban any form of natural gas extraction in Buffalo, including a controversial mining technique known as hydrofracking.
via Buffalo City Council Votes to Ban Gas Drilling and Fracking | AlterNet.
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