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David McReynolds makes the case for voting for the Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins for NY Governor.
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Green Party Governor candidate Howie Hawkins in Nassau County 10/27/14
Posted on October 25, 2014 by iwilder
Nassau Meet-and-Greet With Green Party Governor candidate Howie Hawkins! A chance for Nassau Howie Hawkins supporters to meet the candidate! Find out how you can help get out the vote in the final days of the campaign. Light refreshments served. Please RSVP or contact Jim Brown, Chair of the Green Party of Nassau County, in […]
Filed under: 3rd party, election, governor, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: andrew cuomo, Jim Brown, Nassau County, Nassau County New York, Rob Astorino | Leave a Comment »
Suffolk Green Party Update on Esposito, Long, and Cuomo/Astorino Pay-to-Play
Posted on October 11, 2014 by iwilder
Cuomo and Astorino both take pay-to-play contributions-for-contracts, while both are hypocrites for calling out the other for unethical transactions.
Filed under: election, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics | Tagged: 3rd state senate, Adrienne Esposito, andrew cuomo, howie hawkins, Paul Senzer, pay-to-play, Rob Astorino, Steve Hackeling, Walter Long | Leave a Comment »
Green Party of Suffolk Update on Esposito, Hackeling, and Gaza Position
Posted on September 21, 2014 by iwilder
The Green Party of New York State has a ban on endorsing Democratic and Republican candidates because those parties do not agree with the Green Party’s worldwide Four Pillars of Social and Economic Justice; Grassroots Democracy; Ecological Wisdom and Nonviolence/Peace. Democratic and Republican Party insiders have taken advantage of New York State Election law to […]
Filed under: election, Green Party, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: 3rd state senate, Adrienne Esposito, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions, Desmond Tutu, district court, Gaza, Israel, Paul Senzer, Steve Hackeling, Walter Long | Leave a Comment »
Hawkins: Teachout Primary Shows Path for Green Party to November Victory
Posted on September 14, 2014 by iwilder
NY Green Party Governor candidate Hawkins will work hard to win the votes of the principled progressives who were inspired by the Zephyr Teachout campaign.
Filed under: 3rd party, election, governor, Green Party, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: andrew cuomo, Tim Wu, Zephyr Teachout | Leave a Comment »
Ed Sanders performs Yiddish-Speaking Socialists of the Lower East Side
Posted on August 13, 2014 by iwilder
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acf1mHFu3bs] Ed Sanders performs his song-poem Yiddish-Speaking Socialists of the Lower East Side at the Sidewalk Cafe, New York City, part of David Kirschenbaum’s Boog City 8 Poetry & Music Festival, on Poets’ Theater Night, August 3, 2014.
Filed under: Art, New York State Politics, News, original music, poetry, video | Tagged: boog city, david kirschenbaum, Ed Sanders, Lower East Side, new york city, poet, Sidewalk Cafe, theater, Yiddish language | Leave a Comment »
Astorino Must Desegregate Housing to Improve Schools
Posted on August 10, 2014 by iwilder
NY Green Party Governor candidate Hawkins says Westchester County Executive Astorino’s housing desegregation record shows he can’t resolve this statewide.
Filed under: activism, election, governor, grassroots democracy, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News | Tagged: AFFH, andrew cuomo, Anti-Discrimination Center, Common Core Standards, Education, housing, howie hawkins, Rob Astorino, Westchester | Leave a Comment »
World Peace Vigil 8/6/14 Bellport, NY
Posted on July 28, 2014 by iwilder
Stop the Arms Trade – Cut the Arms Budget Join South Country Peace Group’s 32nd annual World Peace Vigil A Community Dedication to Peace on the 69th anniversary of the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima Wednesday, August 6, 2014 – 7:15 pm Commemorative Poetry and Songs Nuclear Weapons Update You may wish to wear white, the traditional Japanese color of […]
Filed under: activism, Calendar, events, international politics, long island, Long Island Politics, new york, New York State Politics, News, nonviolence, Peace, US Politics, war | Tagged: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bellport New York, long island, Nuclear weapon | Leave a Comment »
GP Guv Hawkins Says Working Families Party Nomination of Cuomo Betrays Working Families
Posted on June 9, 2014 by iwilder
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixou-mW6-s] Howie Hawkins said today that the decision by the Working Families Party to nominate Governor Andrew Cuomo for a second term of Governor was an abandonment of working class and progressive voters, just further proof that the WFP is merely a liberal wing on the Democrats. Hawkins said that the door to the Green Party was open […]
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Green Party NY nominates Governor candidate and State Slate
Posted on May 22, 2014 by iwilder
Hawkins/Jones need to receive at least 50,000 votes in the 2014 Governor election for the Green Party to retain the ballot line in NY.
Filed under: 3rd party, Action Alert!, activism, election, governor, grassroots democracy, Green Party, howie hawkins, New York State Politics, News, politics, progressive politics, US Politics | Tagged: Albany, Brian Jones, howie hawkins, new york | 1 Comment »
Democracy Now!: OWS Protester Cecily McMillan Convicted of Assaulting Cop, Faces up to 7 Years
Posted on May 6, 2014 by iwilder
Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan has been found guilty of assaulting a New York City police officer in a trial that critics say should have been about the police assaulting her.
Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, media, new york, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, video | Tagged: Cecily McMillan, McMillan, new york city, New York City Police Department, Occupy movement, Zuccotti Park | Leave a Comment »
Newsday Censors the NY Green Party, Again
Posted on February 25, 2014 by iwilder
For years Newsday has cut Green Party coverage out of articles.
Filed under: 3rd party, media, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, rants, third party | Tagged: andrew cuomo, Newsday, Wilson-Pakula, Working Families | Leave a Comment »