Eesha Williams's Blog, page 145
September 14, 2013
Photo: Red, Orange Leaves in Greenfield
This photo was taken on September 14 in Greenfield. It shows pedestrians and a maple tree whose leaves are changing color. Many Valley residents work in tourism related industries like hotels and restaurants. Fall foliage attracts tourists. So do large expanses of undeveloped farmland and forest land. Groups like www.KestrelTrust.org save open space. To enlarge the photo click on it, then scroll down and click "see full size image."
Immigrant Rights Rally Is September 21
Bliss Requa-Trautz is a community organizer in Springfield with Jobs With Justice. “I am reaching out to the community to join us at a rally September 21 at noon at All Souls Church at 449 Plainfield Street in Springfield,” she said. “We will call on legislators and local politicians to support The Safe Driving Act and the Trust Act.” More information about those immigrant rights bills is at:
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/BillHtml/127602?generalCourtId=11
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Editorial: Entergy's Lies
Entergy officials say they decided to close Vermont Yankee because of the low price of natural gas. If that's true, why is the company continuing to run its five other nuclear power plants, including Pilgrim near Boston and Indian Point in New York?
September 11, 2013
Workers, Northampton Food Co-op Settle First Contract
About 85 workers at the food co-op in Northampton organized a union last year. Recently they signed their first union contract with the manager of the River Valley Market. That's according to John Cevasco, a long-time employee of the food co-op in nearby Greenfield and member of the same union that the Northampton co-op workers joined. The union has a web site: www.ufcw1459.com. The Valley Post will request interviews with workers at the Northampton store via the union, and will update this a...
September 10, 2013
In Valley, Hundreds Say 'No War With Syria'
Hundreds of people in Northampton, Keene, Brattleboro, and other Valley towns attended rallies for peace with Syria on September 8 and 9. The Northampton action drew more than 200 people. It was organized by the local chapter of www.afsc.org and by www.MoveOn.org. The other rallies were organized by MoveOn. About a dozen people were at the Keene rally, about two dozen in Amherst.
A rally in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, near Northampton, was attended by 22 people, organizer Eliza Cooney told t...
September 7, 2013
Photo: 120 At Local Wal-Mart Protest
On September 6 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, near Springfield, about 120 people protested at a Wal-Mart store. Some of the protesters met with the store’s manager. The protesters held signs and spoke with shoppers near the front door to the Wal-Mart. Then they marched to the public property at the end of the shopping center’s driveway where passing motorists could read their signs, wave, and honk their car horns in support.
September 2, 2013
Activist Teachers
Three famous activists will give free or low-cost public speeches, with question-and-answer sessions, in the Valley. In a profile published last month, the Los Angeles Times newspaper called Cindy Sheehan an “anti-war activist who rose to national prominence after her son was killed in the Iraq war in 2005.” She lives in California and is a war tax resistor. More information about war tax resistance is at www.nwtrcc.org.
August 30, 2013
Photo: Farmers and Train Tracks
This photo was taken on August 30 near Brattleboro. It shows farmers making haylage in a field between the Connecticut river and the train tracks that carry Amtrak passengers to New York City via Springfield. photo by Eesha Williams
