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Easter and Passover Ideas: 10 Ways To foster peace with the Spring holidays

Posted on April 7, 2012 by kwilder

Read the full post at our Peace Couple website: here. We made a list of ideas, links, and resources for inserting peace and nonviolence into the Spring holidays. Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays 1. Put a tomato on your Seder plate.  

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Julian Wilder: 1924-2002

Posted on April 6, 2012 by iwilder

On that day he decided to become a teacher when he returned to the US. He did. First teaching children, and then instilling the love of teaching in the children’s teachers.

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NYCLU Lawsuit Challenges Appalling Conditions at Suffolk County Jails

Posted on April 6, 2012 by iwilder

People housed at Suffolk County Correctional Facilities – whether or not they have been convicted of a crime – are forced to live amidst overflowing sewage, chronic overcrowding, rodent and insect infestations, pervasive mold and rust, and other deplorable and dehumanizing conditions

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2012: PeaceSmiths April 2012 Coffeehouse event canceled

Posted on April 6, 2012 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse for Friday, April 6, 2012 was canceled. Many of our friends and colleagues attend the PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse in Amityville, Long Island, New York. It is a fun scene for activists. There is music, poetry, Open Mic, and literature table. The PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse is canceled for tonight, but should be back up and running […]

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Global Green Parties support for the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring, and other democratic movements

Posted on April 5, 2012 by iwilder

Third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Senegal, passes statement of support for the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring, and other democratic movements

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Earth Day book: Turtle Island by Gary Snyder

Posted on April 5, 2012 by iwilder

My copy of Turtle Island by Gary Snyder is dog-eared and bookmarked, notated and scribbled over.

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Earth Day Music: R.E.M.’s Green

Posted on April 3, 2012 by iwilder

Now I don’t claim that R.E.M. sees this as their environmental album or sees any of the songs the way I see them

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Strip-Search For Poetry: A Limerick Contest For The Supreme Court

Posted on April 2, 2012 by kwilder

Update 4/24/2012: The winner has been announced! See the post at onthewilderside: here. Five men of the court were quite rude, Giving rights to police very lewd. Well fair’s fair, I dare say. I’ve decided this way: We should make them hold court in the nude. Americans should be outraged by the April 2, 2012 […]

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Cynthia McKinney Running for Congress as a Green?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by kwilder

As posted at Green Party Watch: Cynthia McKinney Running for Congress as a Green? by Ronald Hardy/April 2, 2012 According to Atlanta Progressive News, Cynthia McKinney will be attempting to get on the ballot for the House of Representatives in her Atlanta district where she previously served 6 terms as a Democrat. Running as a […]

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April 1st: OWS to march across Brooklyn Bridge (again)

Posted on April 1, 2012 by kwilder

4:39 – Occupy Wall Street made it across the bridge with calmness, and I think no arrests. There was a welcoming committee of OWS folks to greet them. Live Video at Occupy Earth: here. 4:23pm -Looks like the police have protesters kettled on the bridge. Video streaming of the event: here. Report is that they […]

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April Fools: Occupy Wall Street endorses Ron Paul for President

Posted on April 1, 2012 by kwilder

[This post was put up for April Fools Day 2012. It was in the spirit of fun of the same post, put up as an April 1st joke announcement, on the NYCGA/OWS website. At their website, when you clicked on the minutes link for “proof”, it took you to a calendar, reminding you that it […]

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Zimmerman’s community has never ” registered with USAonWatch®-Neighborhood Watch program”

Posted on April 1, 2012 by iwilder

The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) registers Neighborhood Watch programs and they have nothing for Zimmer’s community.

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Earth Day movie: Mindwalk

Posted on April 1, 2012 by iwilder

And set in motion a discussion between a physicist (Liv Ullmann) and poet (John Heard), and a former presidential candidate (Sam Waterston) as they walk through Mont. St. Michael.

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