Eesha Williams's Blog, page 146
August 30, 2013
August 27, 2013
Vermont Yankee Will Close Next Year
In a victory of people power over corporate power, Entergy's CEO said on August 27 the company will close its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in 2014. The move comes after years of protests by thousands of people in the Valley. Hundreds were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. Thousands attended marches and rallies, spoke out at public hearings, and went door-to-door to educate their neighbors about the dangers of nuclear power.
August 24, 2013
Massachusetts Ballot Initiatives to Aid Workers
A coalition of labor, religious and community groups is seeking volunteers to gather signatures on petitions that would let Massachusetts voters decide whether the state’s minimum wage should stay the same or increase, and whether workers should have the right to miss work when they’re sick. The group, Raise Up Massachusetts, filed the two proposed ballot questions with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office last month. It has the support of both the state’s U.S. senators. The...
Massachusetts Ballot Initiatives To Aid Workers
A coalition of labor, religious and community groups is seeking volunteers to gather signatures on petitions that would let Massachusetts voters decide whether the state’s minimum wage should stay the same or increase, and whether workers should have the right to miss work when they’re sick. The group, Raise Up Massachusetts, filed the two proposed ballot questions with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office last month. It has the support of both the state’s U.S. senators. The...
August 23, 2013
Ruth Moody Concert Is October 8
Ruth Moody will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on October 8 at 7 p.m. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation -- Canada's equivalent of NPR -- called Moody's new record, These Wilder Things, "a rock-solid sophomore album, impressive in both its lyrical maturity and musical scope."
A video of Moody singing and playing banjo, accompanied by her band, is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGFKkyWT4l0
Moody will play public concerts in New York City on October 9, and in...
August 19, 2013
Concert Review: Sierra Leone All Stars
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars performed an excellent concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
August 17, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
7,000 Vermont Workers to Vote on Union
About 7,000 workers in Vermont will vote on whether to form a union. The so-called “homecare” workers take care of patients who are too sick or too elderly to take care of themselves. They work in the patients’ homes, rather than at nursing homes or other institutions. They are paid by the government. The workers will vote by mail between September 9 and 27.
August 11, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
Valley Nuke Protests
The below photo was taken on August 10. Dozens of kayaks and canoes were paddled by protesters near Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The reactor is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone’s throw from New Hampshire. On August 6 at the gate to Vermont Yankee, police arrested eight women for non-violent civil disobedience. The arrested protesters were Linda Pon Owen, Ulrike von Moltke, Hattie Nestel, Marcia Gagliardi, Anneke Corbett, Frances Crowe, Susan Lantz and Ellen Graves. They can b...
