Green party Song by Carl Lundgren video

Bronx Green Party leader Carl Lundgren performing at the Green Party of New York State Committee meeting. The song was written by Lundgren. The video was taken by Queens Green party leader Evergreen Chou.

LI Concert Notes #30 5/11/08

Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island.
Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings.  Please scroll down.
Corrections and Comments are welcome.
Support Live Music on Long Island.

Gary Schoenberger

For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere please also visit Michael Kornfeld and Glen Roethel’s excellent website www.acousticmusicscene.com

Once a month, a varied group of musicians (a motley crew of misfits?) from all walks of life gather together for “the BACCA jam”; an informal song-swap style event for musicians of all skill levels that’s sponsored by the Babylon Arts Council (BACCA). Anyone attending one of these Sunday afternoon get-togethers will likely witness a rambunctious, non-stop, often great (sometimes a train-wreck!) flurry of songs both popular and obscure that range from folk to rock, country, pop, 60’s, along with some wonderful original material.  Well, the BACCA folks have asked us to pull together the best of what we do (not that we ever do anything the same way twice) and polish things up for a fundraising show/concert.   So, please join us for:

Jammin Tonight Featuring The BACCA Jammers on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008. Doors open at 7:30pm. The Rainbow Center, 293 Buffalo Avenue, Lindenhurst.   Donation $10 per person (includes free coffee and cake).  All proceeds support the Babylon Arts Council, a 501C3 not-for profit organization. Donations are tax deductable.   Please join us for a great night of music!  Let me know if you would like to purchase tickets in advance.   The BACCA Jammers are: Lorraine Bettica, Frank Cavalone, Mike Christian, Susan Cohen, Lynn Dunn, Todd Evans, Lora Kendall, Lou Malfi, Steve Robinson, Gary Schoenberger, Gary Settoducato, Bob Young

Day     Date     Time     Artist     Venue
Sun     5/11     11:00 AM     Gail Storm     Fiddlehead’s, Oyster Bay
Mon     5/12     7:00     Rorie Kelly, John Flor and Jay Scott      Live in the Lobby, Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
Wed     5/14     8:00     Liz Longley     Acoustic LI, Deepwells Mansion, St. James
Thu     5/15     8:00     Johnny Cuomo     Molly Malone’s, 124 Maple Avenue, Bay Shore
Thu     5/15     8:00     E3-Bosco Michne, Jeff Marshall & Alex Sarkis     Vail-Leavitt Music Hall Peconic Ave., Riverhead

Honor Sean Bell: Boycott Gas/Spend no money May 19-23

NATIONAL BOYCOTT (Monday, May 19-Friday, May 23). As many of you may know, the NYPD detectives in the Sean Bell murder trial were acquitted on all charges. The judge in the case had made his decision based on the fact that the demeanor and background of Mr. Bell and his friends had warranted the detectives to shoot over 50 times. This judicial decision cannot go unanswered. Go back to the 80’s with the death of Micheal Stewart and Eleanor bumpers to name a few. Go back even further to a time when it was legal to lynch African Americans. For too long we have sat idlely by while we let the “establishment” shoot our leaders(Malcolm/Martin/Medgar) and our young black/hispanic men(Stewart/Baez/Bell) and have done NOTHING about it.

Now is the time to move to action. We must make this stand because if we do not, they will continue to just kill our leaders and young men when it suits them knowing they will not be held to the same judicial consequences as the average citizens. We can no longer turn a blind eye, because it may happen to us. The only thing that the establishment understands is the almighty dollar.

So remember, do all necessary shopping prior to the MAY 19th (May17 & 18). Buy no gas; fill up before. Do grocery shopping before. Carpool to work, if possible ride a bike or walk to work. Bring bagged lunch to work or leftovers.Spend not one penny that week.

Make a donation of at least $5.00 to a Black/Hispanic organization. God Bless. PLEASE PASS THIS ON.

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The web-site that Sean Bell’s family has put up to honor Sean Bell and support efforts for justice is at: http://www.justiceforsean.net

Related post from wilderside: Former Congresswoman/Prez Candidate Cynthia McKinney about Sean Bell

Fight Suffolk’s New Anti-Immmigrant Law

A vote on IR 1105 has been set for Tuesday, May 13 in the Suffolk County legislature.  IR 1105 is looking to financially penalize any housing contractor found to have hired a worker without documentation or with documentation discrepancies.

This bill is bad for the Long Island economy, it hurts one of our most vulnerable economic sectors, housing  - as well as one of Long Islands most powerful economic contributors, immigrants. This bill wrongly places blame on employers and will open the flood gates for discrimination against immigrant workers in Long Island.

Ways you can mobilize AGAINST this Bill:

• Call and/or email the Four legislators who have not firmly committed their votes either way. Movement among these four legislators could mean the passage or defeat of this bill. Urge these legislators to vote AGAINST IR 1105:
  • Steven Stern: 631-854-5100 (Centerport, Deer Park, East Northport, Greenlawn, Melville, North Babylon, Dix Hills and Elwood)
  • Wayne Horsley: 631-854-1100 (Lindenhurst Village, Babylon Village, the hamlets of West Babylon and North Lindenhurst, portions of Copiague, North Babylon, and Babylon’s barrier beach communities)
  • John Kennedy: 631-854-3735 (Smithtown, Nesconset, Hauppauge, the Village of the Branch, Lake Grove and parts of Commack, Islandia and Ronkonkoma)
  • Jay Schneiderman: 631-852-8400 (Town of East Hampton, Town of Southampton)

• Attend a Prayer Vigil with the Long Island WINS, Long Island Immigrant Alliance, religious leaders and community members this Monday, May 12th, at Noon in front of Legislator Stern’s Office:

Legislator Stern’s Office:
1842 E. Jericho Tpk
Huntington, NY 11743

• Attend the East End Solidarity Vigil with Long Island WINS, Long Island Immigrant Alliance, religious leaders and community members this Monday, May 12th, at 1pm in front of Legislator Schneiderman’s Office:

Legislator Jay Schneiderman’s Office, 75 Washington Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963

• Show Support and SPEAK at the PUBLIC HEARING before the vote this Tuesday.
  The legislative meeting on Tuesday begins at 9:30 but we encourage all who would like to show their support or speak to arrive by 8:15am to find a seat (seats were taken by 8:30 last time). If you are interested in speaking please sign up as soon as you arrive at the legislature.

Check www.longislandwins.com for more information about this bill as well as how to talk action before the vote! For more information, email us at longislandwins@gmail.com.

Know anyone in CT who likes art and/or recylcing?

Sat Zen Bend at Fairfield Earth Day
with Eric Wong

Date:        Saturday May 10, 2008
Time:        9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Location:   Fairfield Ward High School
Street:       Fairfield Warde High School, 755 Melville Ave, Fairfield, CT

Video from a Zen Bend workshop in Long Island:

Healthy Planet Dinner Lecture 5/17/08

Green Party Show: Cohousing with Paul Arfin video

On Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering featured Paul Arfin of Intergenerational Strategies talking about cohousing, ecovillages, and intentional community.  The Babylon Green Party gathering is held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) Come hungry!

More information

IL GP Cong Cand Alsech adopts GP 1st 100 Day Enviro Action Plan

Congressional Candidate Steve Alesch

Adopts Environmental Action Plan for First 100 Days in Office

Congressional candidate Steve Alesch (IL-13) vows to push an environmental action plan developed by the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) for the first 100 days of the next administration and Congress.

Alesch, of Warrenville, is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Judy Biggert of Hinsdale, who has been a major friend of the energy industry.

“As a member of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Biggert has been in a position for a long time to do something about rising fuel costs,” said Alesch. “But in accepting $115,550 in campaign donations

from the energy industry, she’s turned her back on consumers.”

Alesch notes that he does not accept corporate campaign contributions.

“This is a moral issue” he said. “Corporate campaign contributions are a form of soft bribery. How can you protect consumers when you owe your position in Congress to the very corporations that are ripping people off?”

“The choice is clear: Do we want someone who is in the pocket of an energy industry that is seeing record profits, or do we want someone who is going to stand up for ordinary citizens, who are struggling just to get by.”

Titled “First 100 Days: Energy and Environmental Policy” and posted on the GPUS Web site, the recommended executive orders and legislation are addressed to the Green Party’s national candidates. In Illinois, Alesch is one of 15 Green Party candidates for U.S. Congress.

“This proposal is both environmentally and consumer friendly. It will save our economy billions in health care costs, energy costs, and possible law suits,” said Alesch. “Regardless of what you’re talking about, doing the right thing always makes most fiscal sense.”

Summary of major recommendations:

• Increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to 60 mpg for cars and 45 mpg for light trucks by 2012, saving millions at the pump and protecting consumers from further gasoline price increases.
• Put a moratorium on new nuclear power plants, including the proposed GNEP plant that Biggert is actively lobbying for, which would jeopardize the health of millions and transform the Chicago suburbs into the world’s nuclear waste dump.
• Put a moratorium on new coal fired-power plants; reduce by 90% the mercury emissions of coal-fired power plants by 2012; protect human health and the environment in the disposal of coal-fired power plant waste.
• Enact legislation to reduce CO2 and SO2 emissions by 80% by 2020
• Provide incentives for industry and citizens to reduce energy use through conservation and generate more renewable energy sources; enact a mandatory 25% renewable energy mix in the national grid by 2015; encourage all states to do the same (using oil and nuclear subsidy funds); encouraging local energy generation
• Require labeling of imported foods, foods with growth hormones, and foods produced by Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
• Set a national phosphorus standard for all US waters that will protect steams from nutrient growth; strengthen bacteria standards to protect human health
• Stop export of any technology abroad for projects that involve fossil fuel or deforestation
• Protect the rights of Environmental Justice communities to be free from new proposals for permits that would potentially increase their burden of toxic contamination, and prioritize these communities for cleanup

The Eco-Action Committee credited Earl Hatley of Oklahoma with most of the writing of the recommendations, with significant contributions from Derek Iverson (California) and detailed discussion among all committee members. A full copy of the plan is available at: http://www.gp.org/committees/ecoaction/documents/First_100_Days.pdf

Nassau Poet Laureate on TV in May 2008

Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr., Poet Laureate Nassau County, New York
Interviewed by Shirley Romaine, Host, ArtScene on Long Island, Cablevision

Great Neck area Cable TV Airdates
Channel 73

Wed, May 7 at 5pm
Sun, May 11 at 5:30pm
Wed, May 21 at 5pm
Sun, May 25 at 5:30pm
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Woodbury System Cable TV Airdates
(Eastern Nassau/Western Suffolk/Babylon, etc.) Airdates
Channel 18

Tues, May 13 at 11 am
Tues, May 27 at 11am

Discussion about how to enjoy poetry — Do not let concern for the meaning of poetry get in the way of your enjoying the language of the poem. Everybody has the ability to enjoy a good poem. Everybody has the ability to write a good poem. The Poet Laureate’s contest for elementary, middle school and high school students based on the fact that the young can write poetry that qualifies as literature. Poetry about Long Island’s natural history — Swimming in the World Ocean at Jones Beach and the plight of the Piping Plover.

Long Island Death Penalty Poll–quick action!

New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty

Quick action!

A Long Island Senator, Caesar Trunzo, wants to justify the fact that he will vote to reinstate the death penalty in the next few weeks. He’s conducting an online poll asking this question. Please take the 30 seconds necessary to vote, and let him know that he is wrong! Every Senator we can convince means a step closer to abolition!

How to:

Go to his website. The poll is on the bottom right.

http://senatortrunzo.com/3/default.aspx

And then pass along this e-mail!

If you have a few more minutes to spare, give him a call: (631) 360-3236. Tell him New York does not need the death penalty: it is ineffective, costly, fatally flawed, and has the potential of executing innocents.

Thank you for all you do!
Colleen Eren, NYADP Organizer
Colleen.Eren@yahoo.com
www.nyadp.org

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse April 2008 video

The PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry and Whatever Coffeehouse held on Friday, April 4, 2008 featured poet Richard Jeffrey Newman and singer-songwriter David Bailey. More information about the event can be found at http://www.peacesmiths.org

Blogger exposes fake global warming skeptics : Yahoo! Green

Blogger exposes fake global warming skeptics : Yahoo! Green

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