Wakeup Call October 14
From Long Island, I am Jim Krivo
Paul Vitello in his Newsday column discusses the problem we have excluding third parties in theUnited States. Owen Johnson is a Republican, and has been a State Senator in Southwest Suffolk County for 34years. Barring an intervention by the courts, he will be running unopposed in the upcoming election. Kimberly Wilder,a local activist , decided to challenge Mr. Owens on the Green line this year.. Paul Vitello points out that the unfairness if the process. For Wilder,the signatures can only be collected by volunteers living in the district , whereas Dems or Republicans can have volunteers from anywhere.. The six week window for her to collect the signatures starts a month after the window for Democrats and Republicans.. The number she is required to collect,is 5% of all the votes cast in the last election , whereas her opponent only needed 5% of Republican votes cast. Despite all this, she collected 2,155 signatures, although 3000 were required. Kimberly is arguing her case in court. She states Ó it is unbelievable how many obstacles the system puts up for independent candidatesÓ It is not rightÓ There should not be one set of rules for the elected and another set for the rest of us.
Here are some upcoming events on the Island:
Seven Long Island buses will be leaving from East Hampton, Riverhead, Stony Brook, Patchogue-Bayshore, Huntington, Manhasset, Plainview and Baldwin for the million worker march in DC on October 17.. The buses from out east on Long Island will leave at 5:00 AM the others at 6 and 6:30. For tickets, you can email li4mwm@aol.com.
The Long Island Progressive Coalition is organizing folks for voter registration in swing states and locally. October 19, Tuesday, from 6 to 8:30 PM will be a Ó. get out the vote light supper partyÓ. at the home of Sandy Chapin in Huntington. . For tickets or volunteering ,contact the LIPC at 516-541-1006
Some informative movies to see with speakers at the CinemaArts Centre:
Until October 14 tonite, , Going Upriver: the Long War of John Kerry.
October 18 7:15PM. Wellstone. with guest speaker Michael Kahn of WellstoneAction.
October 21 at 7:15 PM Bushes Brain,.. a look at Karl Rove. Bob Goldberg, Public Access TV producer will discuss the movie afterwards.
October 28 7:15 PM, Hijacking Catastrophy:9/11, Fear and Selling of American Empire , hosted by Brian OHaire, with guest speaker Max Wolff, professor at U Mass.
Tommorrow, Friday evening 7:30PM, October 15 Great Neck SANE presents the movie, Outfoxed, at the Great Neck Public Library. Robert Keeler, Newsday Editorial Board Member, will lead the discussion afterwards.
Also, tomorrow will be a Five Towns forum , Barriers to Peace- A talk by Angela Bukowy and SergioYahni. Angela is a member of theInternational; Solidarity Movement and stood in front of Israeli tanks in the West Bank. Sergio isExecutive Director of Forefront.
Also, tomorrow will be a PeaceSmith Coffee House with a George and Julius folk concert, as well as lively political discussion.
Saturday October 16, 7PM will be an EarthSave dinner at Sweet Hollow Hall in Melville. Beth Fiteno of the Long Island Neighborhood Network will speak on Global Warming. Call 631-421-3791 for information.
Wednesday October 20 will be a meeting of the Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives with a film Off to War: from Rural Arkansas to Baghdad. 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Fellowship, Shelter Rock Rd in Manhasset. 516-741-4360 for info
On December 11 will be the Kairos Wards Dinner at Hofstra University sponsored by the Long Island Alliance for PeacefulAlternatives. Amy Goodman, JuanGonzales, Reverend Mark Lukens, and Evelyn and Herbert Robb will be honored. You can get a reservation now by contactingthe Long Island Alliance at 516-741-4360.
From Long Island, I am Jim Krivo
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