We are already living in crisis mode. We understand that while the candidates differ in significant ways, both Clinton and Trump offer unthinkable options whether cutting services, limiting our rights, and inciting hatred or promoting an increasingly pro-corporate agenda, destroying our planet, or sending our children to endless war
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Residents and nationwide allies to break ground on 21st-century sustainable eco-village in Highland Park, Detroit, Michigan
A team of engineers, activists, futurists, artists, urban farmers and their nationwide allies will break ground on a new sustainable eco-village development
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Join us in Brooklyn to rally around the possibilities of a political revolution.
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Help us publish The Battle of New York, a newspaper to be distributed in New York the week before the April 19 primary.
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Youth in Flint pick up donated bottled water to replace their poisoned tap water.
The people of Flint have been poisoned by their government. For two years, the water coming out of their taps and showerheads has been laced with lead that leached off of old pipes when dirty water ran through it from the polluted Flint River. The state officials in charge of the city, which was under “emergency management” and being starved to the verge of bankruptcy, knew about it and didn’t tell the residents. Instead, they quietly trucked their own clean water into state buildings. Straight criminal!
Over the past months, occupiers from Detroit, NYC and beyond have been visiting Flint to provide mutual aid and amplify local demands. Next month, though, we are planning an even bigger response – but we need your help to make it happen.
The funds raised by our non-profit partners at Detroit Workers & Builders will go towards amplifying local demands by hiring local organizers from Detroit and Flint and mobilizing busloads of occupiers from across the country for the March 5-6 weekend Democratic Presidential Debate in Flint.
We won't leave Flint behind.
We won't let Michigan's governor get away with this and his many disastrous urban policies that hurt poor and black people.
Flint and their mayor are in outright revolt against poverty and extremist Tea Party Republican policies. We will rise up with Flint!
In solidarity,
The OccupyWallStNYC Team
PS - Are you in Brooklyn? Come out and join us on Thursday, February 25th from 6-9pm at Sugar Hill Lounge in Bed-Stuy for a Detroit-Flint benefit event.
Kai Newkirk, an activist with Occupy offshoot 99Rise, stood up at last night's GOP Debate in Las Vegas and delivered a powerful message:
I just disrupted the #GOPDebate to call for free & fair elections not billionaire auctions. It's time for a...
Posted by Kai Newkirk on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Learn more about 99Rise on their website, and sign up to be part of #DemocracySpring!
'We are the 99%, in all of our tremendous diversity. We are the students and young people, the homeowners, the workers, the families, the immigrants, the seniors and retirees, and every other American sick of seeing their democracy serve only the interests of the 1%. United by a common vision, a common strategy, and a set of simple, clear guidelines, we work together in a decentralized movement where every community is empowered to take independent, creative action and every member is encouraged to develop as a leader.'
The mayor of Flint has declared a "Manmade State of Emergency" in her town after years of under-funding, divestment and imposed leadership over her city.
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Roots music group Donna the Buffalo, who are embarking on a tour with Ben from 'Ben & Jerry's' to raise awareness about corruption and big money in politics. Get tickets here!
ASHEVILLE, NC -- American roots music troubadours, Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan, are teaming up with Ben Cohen, Co-Founder of Ben Jerry's, for a unique tour called “The Stampede.” It is a tour to raise awareness to the inappropriate use of corporate money in politics. With the upcoming election season, this is to help raise awareness of the power of each individual while enjoying a great night of entertainment.
The Stampede is led by Ben Cohen, Co-Founder of Ben and Jerry’s. It uses a simple and effective tactic of rubber stamping messages on paper currency as a demonstration of public demand and outrage. "Since 2000, special interest groups have poured over $11 billion into federal elections. The absurd level of money in politics from corporations and billionaires is raping and corrupting our democracy. The Stampede is a demonstration of public outrage and its working," stated Cohen.
Tara Nevins says in an interview with Live For Live Music, “Tens of thousands of people are doing it, using the dollars like a political billboard to get the message across, which is an effort to take money out of politics.” Nevins continues, “One of them says ‘Not to be used for bribing politicians’ and you just stamp that on your dollar bill.”
“As a band, we have made a long term commitment to join this burgeoning movement,” says Jeb Puryear of Donna the Buffalo. “It is clear to us that we will never get significant government action on issues like healthcare, student debt, wall street banks, the environment, and corporate tax evasion until we outlaw legalized corporate bribery of our politicians.”
By special arrangement Stampede rubber stamps, which normally sell for $10, will be available at the shows for a suggested donation of $5. Every stamped bill gets seen by 875 people once it goes into circulation. If 3000 stampers stamps three bills a day for a year it will create 2.8 BILLION impressions as the bills go into circulation. To sweeten the deal, FREE Ben & Jerry's ice cream coupons will be given away in with the purchase of the first fifty stamps sold per show. The Stampede is a project of People Power Initiatives, a Vermont-based 501c3 non-profit organization.
"It’s totally legal and it’s very satisfying to stamp a stack of bills knowing you're part of a growing grassroots movement putting this message out there," says Puryear.
Together, we can create a stampede that Congress can't ignore,” says Ben Cohen the co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. “Some people say that a constitutional amendment is impossible, but nearly every generation has amended the Constitution to protect and expand our democracy. This is our generation’s fight to win.”
The Stampede will continue into the election year with Donna, Ben, and various friends. They kick it off with Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee Peter Rowan in the fall of 2015.
Peter Rowan’s career spans over five decades, from his early years playing under the tutelage of Bluegrass veteran Bill Monroe, to his time in Old & In the Way and breakout as a solo musician and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through a solid stream of records, collaborative projects, and constant touring. Rowan often performs as a solo singer-songwriter internationally and stateside he plays in three bands: the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, a quintet featuring Keith Little, Chris Henry, Blaine Sprouse and Paul Knight; Big Twang Theory and its Texas Cousin Twang n Groove, as well as rock band The Free Mexican Air Force.
Donna the Buffalo has played festivals throughout the States with Peter a plethora of times over the years, often collaborating on stage with sit ins and they toured together for a bit about 15 years ago. Peter Rowan says of The Stampede, “At last, it comes around again; making music with Donna the Buffalo, one of my favorites.” For these shows Peter will be playing solo for about 45 minutes then Donna will play a set with Peter joining in at the end.
One of the most dynamic and determined bands continuously touring America for the past 26 years, Donna the Buffalo has created a community environment at their shows through their distinctive, groove-heavy, and danceable music. Donna the Buffalo is a band for the people that is accessible, positive, and memorable. With roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric American mix infused with elements of cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country, Donna’s music often contains social and moral responsibility as core beliefs, and they are just simply fun to get out and celebrate life with. onna the Buffalo is Jeb Puryear (vocals, electric guitar) and Tara Nevins (vocals, guitar, fiddle, accordion, scrubboard) joined by David McCracken (Hammond organ, Honer Clavinet & piano), Kyle Spark (bass) and Mark Raudabaugh (drums).
The Stampede on Tour:
11/11 Wed - The Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA*
11/12 Thu - Highline Ballroom - New York, NY*
11/13 Fri - The German House - Rochester, NY*
11/14 Sat - The Ridgefield Playhouse - Ridgefield, CT*
11/15 Sun - Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center - Stowe, VT*
11/18 Wed - Ziggy's By The Sea - Wilmington, NC*
11/19 Thu - Ziggy's - Winston-Salem, NC*
11/20 Fri - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC*
11/21 Sat - Rives Theatre - Martinsville, VA~
11/22 Sun - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN~
12/2 Wed - Mainstage - Morgantown, WV*
12/3 Thu - The Kent Stage - Kent, OH*
12/4 Fri - Old Town School of Folk Music - Chicago, IL*
12/5 Sat - Dakota Jazz Club - Minneapolis, MN ~
12/6 Sun - Stoughton Opera House - Stoughton, WI ~
* Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan with Ben Cohen Co-founder of Ben & Jerry's
~ Donna the Buffalo and Peter Rowan
The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPRReggae.org) is a Brooklyn-based non-profit.
In a small, nondescript apartment building deep in working-class Brooklyn, a formidable crew of artists, historians, activists and revolutionaries gather to begin the next internet radio broadcast. They are the Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPRReggae), a non-profit dedicated to educating people about the culture, history and political power of reggae music. They beam their weekly shows into households around the world, with a chat room on the side filled with commentary. And for how serious their mission is, they seem to have a lot of fun.
The guests on their show range from the local to the international, from the musical to the revolutionary and political. It's not unusual in a broadcast to slide from hearing words like "dancehall" and "calypso" to "oppression" and "capitalism". When young Jamaicans rose up last year in protest of a state plan to privatize and demolish the historic birthplace of the Rastafari movement, CPR Reggae was broadcasting live updates from the Occupy Pinnacle movement. It's a dynamic place.
Occupy activists have also been frequent guests on the show, and we want to show love for CPR Reggae and encourage you to support their non-profit efforts. One way is to attend this Saturday's show:
For those who aren't in NYC, you can watch the event by live-stream with a special OCCUPY discount by clicking here and entering code 74C4CBD087.
And if you can't do either, we suggest making a small donation to CPR Reggae to keep the music and the resistance alive!
And as always... Keep Fighting
Volunteers from Occupy Sandy help remove water-damaged drywall from a flooded home after Hurricane Sandy hit in late October, 2012. Over 70,000 Occupy Sandy volunteers rallied in New York City in the weeks following the disaster. (Photo: Aljazeera.com)
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