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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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I have no kids, and I want my tax dollars used to educate homeless children

Posted on September 21, 2013 by iwilder

If I am supporting the community — then that means all the children in the community — not just those with the benefits of a stable home.

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Two stories about bad policing in the news today: Do we need the police?

Posted on September 15, 2013 by kwilder

The LA Times reports that in North Carolina, a man was killed by police after seeking help for having been in a car accident. The man’s name is Jonathan Ferrell, and he was a former football player for  Florida A&M University. The same day, The New York Post reports that police shot two innocent women […]

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Making peace with the March on Washington 2013

Posted on August 24, 2013 by kwilder

8/30/13 Update: Ian was hoping that former President Carter’s speech would be a ray of truth in a celebration full of carefully scripted platitudes.  Carter did mention the the over-incarceration of African-American males in the US and the need for DC statehood.  He did not mention the injustices of the current administration, including the constant […]

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Brookhaven Green Party hosting Summer 2013 Meeting 8/10/13

Posted on July 30, 2013 by iwilder

Green Party of Suffolk’s Brookhaven Chapter meets on Saturday, August 10th, 2013, from 3-5 PM at the Patchogue-Medford Library.

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Fracking linked to earthquakes

Posted on July 12, 2013 by kwilder

Earthquakes are evidently enough to shake people up. “Fracking” is trending on Yahoo. Below is the current news, and some previous onthewilderside warnings that hydraulic fracturing to find natural gas causes earthquakes. (Also, a video to remind Long Islanders that we can get earthquakes, too.) (excerpt from) Reuters Study raises new concern about earthquakes and […]

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Occupy July Fourth: Honor the Fourth Amendment

Posted on July 1, 2013 by kwilder

Occupy Wall Street folks will be demonstrating in support of the 4th Amendment, on this 4th of July, in New York City (and other cities around the nation). “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures…” -The Bill of Rights, Amendment Four from […]

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Conservative Group targets protesters with personal database

Posted on June 21, 2013 by kwilder

from Facing South Sue Sturgis / June 19, 2013 via Portside list-serve Art Pope-funded group launches database targeting Moral Monday arrestees The John W. Pope Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank based in Raleigh, N.C., has launched a database targeting people who’ve been arrested as part of the Moral Monday nonviolent protests at the state […]

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Occupy Wall Street is back at Liberty Plaza/Zuccotti Park

Posted on June 1, 2013 by iwilder

Occupy Wall Street’s Twitter account @OccupyWallStNYC reports that Liberty Plaza/Zuccotti Park has been successfully reoccupied tonight. They report about 1,000 occupiers. To follow events, plug in the hashtag #ReOccupy at Twitter. To see the background, and a scheduled of planned events, go to the NYC General Assembly website: here. Tweet from earlier this evening (Saturday, […]

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Thursday May 30th: Call to support Lynne Stewart

Posted on May 29, 2013 by kwilder

KW writes: We have received the request to support Lynne Stewart from so many quarters. Wanted to share it on the blog. Lynne Stewart is a movement lawyer, whose situation has been highlighted by The National Lawyer’s Guild and many other groups and organizations. Message from Lynne — Call for compassionate release Thursday, May 30 […]

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Wilderside & Green Party response to Cuomo’s Unconstitutional Fraud on Voters

Posted on May 19, 2013 by iwilder

With the repeal of Wilson-Pakula, the legislature must protect the voters from fraud by requiring require what the registration of the candidate is on the top of the petition in large face bold type print.

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How could Ariel Castro have been stopped?: Alternative thoughts on the Cleveland kidnapping

Posted on May 11, 2013 by kwilder

While the major media focuses largely on the specifics and drama of the Cleveland kidnapping, community activists and alternative media seek answers to how it could have been stopped, and how to decrease violence against women overall. Democracy Now! [DN!] did an excellent program about the larger situation, and about the culture of violence against […]

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Occupy Opposes LA Foreclosures

Posted on May 5, 2013 by iwilder

Upset with Wells Fargo’s foreclosure practices, protesters held a demonstration on May Day that briefly shut down one of the bank’s branches in downtown Los Angeles.

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Occupy May Day 2013 events in NYC

Posted on April 30, 2013 by kwilder

Occupy May Day NYC update: -Police actions and arrests noted in NY Times article: At Least Five Protesters Arrested (especially during Tompkins Square to Union Square march) -Story and video of the NYC march, with comments by former NY Governor candidate Jimmy “Rent Is Too Damn High” McMillan and others at Press TV: here. Lots […]

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Guantanamo: Hunger strike due to our governments cruelty

Posted on April 30, 2013 by kwilder

How much suffering and torture will our government inflict on innocent people? There are some people being held at Guantanamo for 11 years with no charges. There are 86 people being held as prisoners at Guantanamo who are cleared to be returned to their home countries. Democracy Now: Monday, April 29, 2013 update: Desperate Situation […]

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