What a Green should do about Bernie Sanders

Posted on December 18, 2015 by iwilder

A New Electoral Politics is Possible This article is meant to explore an alternative to what is given as a quadrennial binary choice of either attacking a progressive Democratic Presidential candidate or an imminent existential dilemma of Green Party closing shop and submitting to him.  This article could have just as easily been written in past presidential election cycles […]

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Explaining the reality of Obama’s “kill list” and drones that kill Americans

Posted on December 1, 2012 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Common Dreams Reining in Obama and His Drones by Ralph Nader More than 2,500 people have been killed by Obama’s drones, many of them civilians and bystanders, including American citizens, irrespective of the absence of any “imminent threat” to the United States… The “kill lists”  are the work of Obama and his advisors, […]

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Activist Interviews about Election Day at 11/4/12 Nader-Moderated Debate

Posted on November 5, 2012 by iwilder

Flowers, Zeese, Manksi, & Wilcox discuss Election Day

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Nader hosts third party debate in DC tonight! 11/4

Posted on November 4, 2012 by kwilder

Ralph Nader will host a political debate with third party candidates tonight, Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 7:30pm, in Washington, DC. Ian Wilder and Kimberly Wilder of onthewilderside will attend. We will provide some live coverage (Twitter) and post-debate photos and analysis. You can live-stream the debate at nader.org, the national Green Party website, and […]

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

Posted on October 30, 2012 by iwilder

Two-party rule has failed. A strong showing for Dr. Stein and other Green candidates on Election Day

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

Posted on October 26, 2012 by iwilder

Johnson (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green), Virgil Goode (Constitution) and Rocky Anderson (Justice) will meet for a two-hour debate moderated by Ralph Nader.

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Clint Eastwood channeled Ron Paul

Posted on September 1, 2012 by iwilder

Clinton Eastwood channeled the voice of Ron Paul: The Afghanistan War is a bad idea; Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.

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Contest to Change the Name of Democracy Now!

Posted on August 4, 2012 by iwilder

Democracy Now does enough good-sounding reporting to keep some credibility, but when you come down to it they don’t support democracy.

Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, Election 2012, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party, independent politics, News, politics, presidential race, progressive politics, radio, Ralph Nader, US Politics | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

How many wrong things can you find in the NYT paragraph about US Green Party?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by iwilder

The New York Times did a positive article about the German Green Party‘s growth titled Greens Gain in Germany, and the World Takes Notice. In the article, the Times takes a paragraph to explain why the US Green Party has not had similar success. The quality of the Times reporting on the US Green Party […]

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Palin, Nader, & Augustus Agree on “Corporate Socialism” | Peace Couple

Posted on September 7, 2011 by iwilder

from Palin, Nader, & Augustus Agree on “Corporate Socialism” | Peace Couple. Duke Augustus was pleasantly surprised last night to hear former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin describe the US economy as “Corporate Socialism.”  This a a term that the Duke has been using for years to describe the US economy.  And a term that a quick […]

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Nader: Tar Sands Arrests on Obama’s Doorstep

Posted on September 4, 2011 by iwilder

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISHjCubf6hU&feature=player_embedded] Were Obama to look out his White House window and see the arrested and handcuffed demonstrators against this $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline, he might think: “This will upset my environmental supporters, but heck, where can they go in November 2012?” He is right. No matter what Mr. Obama does to surrender environmental health […]

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Nader: 10 painful lessons of 9/11

Posted on September 3, 2011 by iwilder

Here are some suggestions: 1. Do not exaggerate our adversaries’ strength in order to produce a climate of hysteria that results in repression of civil liberties, embodied in the overwrought USA Patriot Act, and immense long-term damage to our economy. Consider the massive diversion of trillions of dollars from domestic civilian needs because of the […]

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Dark Horizon for Verizon by Ralph Nader (via Dandelion Salad)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by iwilder

 It was only a matter of time before the “pull down” NAFTA and WTO trade agreements on U.S. wages and jobs would be followed by “pull down” contract demands by U.S. corporations on their unionized workers toward levels of non-unionized laborers. The most recent illustrati … Read More via Dandelion Salad Related articles 

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Int’l Business Times “article” on the Fed: Important info (hold the opinion)

Posted on August 22, 2011 by kwilder

KW writes: A fascinating piece at IBTimes. New information shows that in addition to the TARP funds and bank bailout that Americans know about, there were secret loans from the Federal Reserve to private banks. And, did you know that our US Federal Reserve secretly loaned money to foreign banks? What is that about? My […]

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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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