Excerpts from the Life Celebration for Susan Blake, hosted by Susan's family and PeaceSmiths, and held at the UU at Shelter Rock. Includes ... all » insightful words about Susan's activist philosophy by Marge Harrison. Also: Poetry by Max Wheat; poetry by Patti Tana; music by the choir, Harmonic Insurgence; music of Jorge Renderos; and Bob Campbell singing Sonny Meadows' song "Last Church on the Left."
“A Community Forum on Iraq”, was held this evening at the Setauket Neighborhood House. It was an interesting and invigorating evening. For ... all » 5 years, the North Country Peace Group has stood vigil every Saturday on the corner of 25A and Bennetts Road to demonstrate against the war. For some of that time, a counter-demonstration has gathered across the street.
When a local resident, Bruce, wrote a letter to the paper, wishing that the two groups could dialogue, the seeds for this evening of p
Janet Egan reads a poem she wrote to commemorate the death of the 3,000th American solider in Iraq. Includes announcement of formulating plans for the peace movement in Suffolk County, LI to meet on the day after, and the Saturday after the 4,000th soldier death. Stay tuned at www.onthewilderside.net (and here) for more updates on specific plans
The Babylon Green Party Gathering hosted a discussion of Immigration on LI with Dr. Luis Valenzuela. He is the Executive Director of the Long Island Immigrant Alliance (LIIA), and an adjunct professor of social work at the Adelphi University School of Social Work.
Ahmad Ali is running for Suffolk County Executive on the Green Party line. Ahmad is a professional musician and a producer on WBAI Radio 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio. Ahmad will need 1,500 signatures to get on the ballot. For more information, or to help petition, please contact: http://www.gpsuffolk.org.
Director: Kimberly Wilder. Videographer: Ian Wilder. For more about "The Green Party Show", go to: http://www.onthewilderside.net.
Ahmad Ali is collecting signatures to run on the Green Party line for Suffolk County Executive in 2007. Ahmad is a musician and a producer on WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio. Ahmad is running so that voters have a choice, since the incumbent County Executive is running on both the Democratic and Republican line. One of Ahmad's issues is to bring more transparency and accountability to government policies. Another of Ahmad's issues is fairness for undocumented people, and support for a Hiring Center for day labo
This is from the workshop former Green Party Connecticu Governor candidate Clifford W Thornton Jr gave on Reparations for the Drug War at the 2007 Green Party of the United States Annual National Meeting at Reading, PA. For more information on this topic see www.efficacy-online.org. Videotaped by Ian Wilder www.onthewilderside.net
A Youtube community project: May 31st is poet Walt Whitman's birthday. This video asks you to celebrate Walt Whitman's birthday by taking 15 minutes to be silent and listen to the quiet of nature. Then, make a video of your reflections on silence. Maybe you can hear the waves...Inspired by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum and surrounding community in Long Island, New York. FYI: Correction: Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, LI. I had it wrong in video!
Brinson @ LI Peace Summit