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Filed under: events, local, long island, Long Island Music, long island music scene, Long Island Politics, music, Peace, progressive politics | Tagged: Jerry Ahern, Long Island Coffeehouse, Long Island events, Long Island peace, Max Wheat, Maxwell Wheat, peacesmiths, richard barnhart, things to do on Long Island | 1 Comment »
FL Green Party calls for safety shut-down & phase-out of nuclear power plants in state
Posted on March 31, 2011 by iwilder
Cites Fukushima disaster and unacceptable risks & costs to public As the worst nuclear power disaster in world history continues to unfold at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear site, and as we face the likelihood of multiple reactor meltdowns and failures of radioactive fuel pools, the Obama administration continues to provide the nuclear industry with billions in […]
Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, energy, Green Party, safe, safety | Tagged: energy, Florida Power & Light, Japan, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear reactor technology, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, united states | 2 Comments »
Folk-Groovin’ Café 4/30/11
Posted on March 29, 2011 by iwilder
Add a Little GROOVE To Your Coffee! SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 30th – 8:00pm at St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 655 Old Country Road, Dix Hills, NY 11746 OPEN MIC: All musicians and poets welcomed and respected! TICKETS – $10. Refreshments included. HOTLINE – (631)368-1920. HOSTED BY JIM FRAZZITTA A veteran Singer/Songwriter and a staple on the region’s acoustic music scene, Jim’s […]
Filed under: Calendar, events, local, long island, Long Island Music, music, News, open mic, original music | Tagged: Copper Rose, Dix Hills New York, jim frazzitta, John Phillips, michael wells, open mike, Second Life | 5 Comments »
Organic Lawn Care Piece for News 12 4/11/11 (via Ecobeth)
Posted on March 29, 2011 by iwilder
Today I filmed an interview on organic lawn care with Elizabeth Hashagen of News 12! Thank you to Elizabeth for her terrific “Go Green with 12” segments each week that help keep Long Islanders informed of what they can do to protect the environment. It will air the week of April 11th, so when it […]
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Having a Doonesbury week.
Posted on March 28, 2011 by iwilder
As we were leaving the Green Party of Suffolk meeting this Saturday, my buddy John Keenan was sporting a cigarette holder that I said reminded me of Hunter S. Thompson Last night we watched “The Women” which was written by Clare Booth (Luce), who was a Connecticut Republican congresswoman. I have to admit that I […]
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Monday, March 28th: Stand with Japan vigils
Posted on March 27, 2011 by kwilder
I learned from a Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) update (below) that Greenpeace is holding an anti-nuclear, “Stand with Japan” vigils, throughout the United States on Monday, March 28, 2011. To find a “Greenpeace, Stand with Japan Vigil” in your area, go to the Greenpeace event search: here. Also, some lists and details on […]
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Work of activists helped prevent Fukushima-style cluster of nuclear reactors on Long Island
Posted on March 26, 2011 by iwilder
One of those dedicated, anti-Shoreham activists was Green Party of Suffolk chair Roger Snyder. The Green Party was founded in opposition to nuclear energy and weapons. As a reporter for a Long Island weekly in the 1980s, Grossman covered the relentless band of anti-nuclear activists who packed government hearings and filed repeated suits against granting […]
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DC Statehood Greens challenge Mayor Gray: “Don’t balance the budget on the backs of DC’s working people and unemployed!”
Posted on March 25, 2011 by iwilder
DC Statehood Green Party activists will challenge Mayor Vincent Gray on the District’s budget priorities at a press conference immediately preceding the Mayor’s ‘State of the District’ address on Monday, March 28. The press conference will take place outside of Eastern High School, 1700 East Capitol Street NE, beginning at 6 pm. The Mayor’s speech […]
Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, economy, election, elections, green, Green Party, third party | Tagged: Alan Page, City Council, dc statehood green party, united states, washington dc | 1 Comment »
Taylor Mali on what teachers make (and thoughts on my Dad)
Posted on March 24, 2011 by iwilder
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsOVK4syxU&feature=player_embedded] My Dad taught. He taught at all levels. He was a high school shop teacher and he was an Education Professor at Adelphi University. but he was always a teacher first. He loved teaching more than anything. He was at teaching at age 77 until the cancer stopped him. The administrators couldn’t stop him. He […]
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Green Party Nominates Ian “Koch” Murphy for Congress (26-NY)
Posted on March 23, 2011 by iwilder
Will Challenge Major Parties on Peace, Budget Priorities, Single Payer Health Care, Worker Rights The Green Party of NY State has officially nominated Ian Murphy as its candidate for upcoming special Congressional election in the 26th District. The Green Party said it wanted to provide an alternative to the anti-worker, pro-war, pro-corporate, anti-environmental agenda of the Democratic and Republican Parties. The […]
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Lax Safety, Poor Procedures At Darlington Nuke Plant (via South Carolina Green Party)
Posted on March 23, 2011 by iwilder
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a damning report on the nuclear power plant operated in Darlington, SC by Progress Energy, known as HB Robinson. The same company operates the Southport plant near Wilmington, NC. The entire report is worth reading as it reveals the plethora of problems which exists in operational plants. None of […]
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