Environmental Protection Agency Target of Thursday 12 Noon Demonstration from Occupy Washington, D.C. and No Fear Coalition Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Protestors from a wide range of organizations led by the Occupy Washington, DC. org, the No FEAR Coalition, the National Whistleblower Center, net-We.org, Federal Alliance for Workplace Accountability, and[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, November 8, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing IRAN IAEA Report / IAEA Director General Amano / U.S. Will Study the Report / Iran Should Give IAEA Full Access ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS UN Admissions Committee / Draft of Report / U.N. Security Council (UNSC) / Aid To Palestinians / Quartet Envoys Meeting[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs to Honor Woodstock Resident as Its ‘Veteran of the Month’
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) on Monday (November 14th) will honor Bob Gibson, a Woodstock resident and U.S. Navy veteran, as its November 2011 “Veteran of the Month” during a ceremony at 10 a.m. (CST) at Hearthstone Community Building, 840 N. Seminary Ave., in Woodstock,[Read More…]
Occupy Wall Street: Everyone has the Right to Occupy Space, Safely
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 8, 2011, 4:07 p.m. EST For as long as public space has existed, women and LGBTQ people have been trying to “occupy” it safely — with distressingly little success. Harassing comments, groping, flashing and assault are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals. Too often, these[Read More…]
Occupy Worcester in Solidarity with Anti-Foreclosure Team Occupies a Foreclosure Auction
Worcester, MA—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2011. Just before 11 am today, Tuesday, members of the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team (WAFT), homeowners Pablo and Shirley Travieso and family, and members of Occupy Worcester lined up in front of the Traviesos’ two-story house at 24 Illinois St., drowned out the voice of auctioneer John Baker[Read More…]
New Bottom Line ‘Money Movers’ Pull Nearly $50 Million from BOA, Other Big Banks in One Week
Move Our Money campaign on track to move $1 billion from big banks Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. In just one week since launching the “Move Our Money” campaign, everyday Americans, congregations, union members, and even millionaire businessmen aligned with The New Bottom Line closed accounts worth almost $50 million at[Read More…]
Planting Change: Guerrilla Gardening and the Occupy Movement
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 8, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST Guerrilla gardening is the occupation of ill-used land to support the communities and ecosystems to which that land rightfully belongs. As the Occupy movement “puts down roots” in public and private spaces across the world, guerilla gardening is essential to growing a sustainable[Read More…]
Experiments With Truth, November 8, 2011
Syrians demonstrate, Chicagoans protest budget cuts, students sit-in against homophobia… Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-November 8, 2011, 1:29 pm In spite of the crackdown that has killed at least 110 people in Homs over the last five days, protesters in Hama, Damascus, Deraa as well as several other towns in Idlib and Deir[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Statement in Support of Occupy Wall Street
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The hope and ambition of the Occupy movement has reminded us that we need to remake financial and economic systems so that they serve people and the planet, not the other way around. We are challenged to consider ways in which we can not only resist[Read More…]
New GIS Tool Maps Military Assets in Order to Facilitate Future U.S. Renewable Energy Development
NRDC Partners with DoD on Proactive Planning Resource to Foster Wind, Solar Geothermal and Transmission Projects Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011. The Natural Resources Defense Council today released a mapping tool created in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that allows renewable energy developers to identify sites less likely[Read More…]
