By James Lane Local activists from groups such as Parents for Climate Protection, NYPIRG, and the Green Party of New York State, organized one of the thousand worldwide “Hands Across the Sand” protests to oppose offshore drilling and call for clean energy alternatives. Participants linked hands, standing on beaches together at noon for 15...
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By James Lane The Green Party of New York State kicked off its 2010 statewide campaign by evoking the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt in calling for a “Big Green New Deal” that emphasizes human rights, living wage jobs for all, single payer health care, immigration reform, peace, and right to education. US Senate candidates...
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By Kye Lee Health care is an issue that will personally affect every American (employed or unemployed, legal or illegal) in the country. The apprehensions, frustrations, and deep-seated problems experienced thus far with a plan that has not been working for millions, are all on the table for the Obama administration to consider as...
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By Kye Lee Donning a vibrant blue suit and a white preacher’s collar, Reverend Billy Talen shared his green vision for the future of NYC and high hopes that New Yorkers will soon “wake up” and hear what he has been preaching in his Church of Stop Shopping and the city streets for more...
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Frances Villar assures the working lower class that she will not let billionaires run them out of their city.
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Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mount Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming. The banner, measuring sixty-five feet high by thirty-five feet wide, features an unfinished portrait of Obama with the message, “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming.” You Can Take Action Too. Petition Obama for Real...
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Excerpt from today’s midday briefing at the European Commission in Brussels, answering a question on the EU’s response to the coup in Honduras. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy, has said on the situation in Honduras: “I regret the recent events which have taken place in Honduras. The European Commission...
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