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Things are shakin’ and movin’ — please pass this along, feel free to post it or quote from this great new information. [Update on new machines in New York near the bottom.]
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“The Copenhagen climate summit has ended without the fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement”

Not Done Yet | Amnesty International
More than 120 world leaders who gathered in Copenhagen have been unable to resolve the issues blocking the road towards a just outcome, leaving the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people at greater risk of losing their homes, health and livelihoods as a result of climate change.
Even so, it is [...]

Green Party Supports Huntington, NY Council District Vote 12/22/09

“The Green Party of Suffolk supports the proposition to bring council districts to Huntington town,” said its chair Roger Snyder, a Huntington resident. “A key value of the Green Party is Grassroots Democracy, and it is clear that at-large districts are the farthest from that ideal.”
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009,  voters in the Town of [...]

Rededicating the Temple – A Hanukah Homily

from Mark  Braverman
As a Jew born in 1948, I was taught that a miracle – born of heroism and bravery – had blessed my generation and redeemed my people from the suffering of millennia. Over the years, living for a time in Israel and visiting frequently, [...]

“If Bush Was in Kindergarten, Obama Is in First Grade” – Indian Environmentalist Sunita Narain on US Climate Policy

from Democracy Now
As heads of state begin to arrive to the COP15 summit here in Copenhagen, the rift between rich and poor countries continues to widen. With less than three days to go, there is no final agreement or breakthrough on the future of the Kyoto Protocol, which industrialized nations, led by the United States, [...]

Bolivian President Evo Morales: “Shameful” for West to Spend Trillions on War and Only $10 Billion for Climate Change

from DemocracyNow.org
Bolivian President Evo Morales recently arrived in Copenhagen for the UN climate summit. In a press conference Wednesday, Morales said, “The budget of the United States is $687 billion for defense. And for climate change, to save life, to save humanity, they only put up $10 billion. This is shameful.”

Global Green Parties call for honest, scientifically sound climate agreement

As the Copenhagen COP enters its second week, the Global Greens today called for an honest climate agreement, based on science not tricky accounting.  The Global Greens are concerned that rich nations are building loopholes into the agreement to give the appearance of strong targets without the reality.
Land-use and forestry in particular are being used [...]

National Lawyers Guild Releases Policy Paper on How Corporate Interests Influence State Terrorism Legislation

The National Lawyers Guild has issued a policy paper showing the influence of model legislation drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative group of state legislators, on state legislation around the country.
Read the policy paper (PDF)
Federal legislation passed in 2006, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), was largely drafted by ALEC and [...]

Green Party Prez candidates Nader & McKinney headline Anti-War Rally 12/12/09

This is an updated new advisory — Ralph Nader has just confirmed that he will speak at Saturday’s rally in front of the White House.  At least six and as possibly as many as nine of the speakers are Greens.  Those who show up for the rally: please bring your Green Party (including DC Statehood [...]

Revitalizing the Antiwar Movement

from Truthout
by Camillo “Mac” Bica
With Nobel laureate Barack Obama’s announced escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan, even those who believed his rhetoric of hope and change, who supported and voted for him in the last election, have realized at last that his administration represents neither, that the honeymoon is over and patience is no longer [...]

Why should LIPA be afraid of Suffolk?

by Karl Grossman
Shelter Island Reporter
The Sag Harbor Express
“LIPA was supposed to become the people’s power authority. That has not happened,” declares Ian Wilder of North Babylon, [former] co-chair of the Green Party of New York State, on his website. “When LIPA was first set up, there were supposed to be elected members of the LIPA [...]

Green Party of CT and Mobilization for Health Care for All protest Dodd-Biden fundraiser

Angry citizens vow arrests at Sen. Dodd fundraiser with Vice President Biden
What: Protest at Senator Dodd fundraising event with Vice President Biden to demand single-payer health reform
When: Friday, December 11, 2009, Human Rights Day  at 11 a.m.
Where: CT Science Center, 250 Columbus Street, Hartford, CT
Who: Green Party of CT and Mobilization for Health Care for [...]

GP Guv cand Whitney Maintains Pledge to Keep Illinois National Guard at Home

Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s address committing an additional 30,000 or more U.S. troops to Afghanistan:
As my friends and I in the peace movement protest the latest escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan, I take this opportunity to remind Illinois voters that the [...]

Saturday, Dec 5th at 1pm: Demonstrate against war and drones

On Saturday December 5th at 1PM, Pax Christ, South Country Peace Group, VFPLI and others will be conducting the first of many demonstrations to demand an end to occupation and war. Come join us at…
BAE  (Long Island’s own weapons manufacturer and producer of Drone aircraft components)
450 Pulaski Road
Greenlawn, NY 11740
Let your voice be heard!
(Thanks to [...]