Eesha Williams's Blog, page 154
April 5, 2013
Peace Rallies Set for Brattleboro, Northampton
On April 15 in Brattleboro, and on April 16 in Northampton, there will be rallies for peace. The rallies are to cut the nation’s military budget. Almost half of this year's entire federal budget of $2.9 trillion is being spent on war. That’s according to:
www.warresisters.org/sites/default/files/FY2014piechart-english-color.pdf
People at the rallies will also call on the government to raise taxes on the rich and use the money to help the poor, through programs like better public transportation...
March 30, 2013
Alchemystics to Perform on May 10 in Northampton
Local reggae band the Alchemystics will perform on May 10 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The band sounds like a mixture of Bob Marley and Michael Franti and Spearhead. The Alchemystics played an outstanding, sold-out concert at the Arts Block in Greenfield in 2011. Almost everyone at the concert danced.
A video of the Alchemystics performing is at
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=zDLqJjIk-cc
In the video, the sound quality is good; the image quality is literally shaky.
Photos: 1,000 People March to Close Vermont Yankee
These photos were taken on March 30 in Brattleboro. They show about 1,000 people marching to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. After the march, there was a rally. Speakers included Vermont state senator Jeanette White and Deb Katz, director of www.NukeBusters.org. Reggae music was provided by DJ David Longsmith of www.wvew.org 107.7 FM in Brattleboro. More information about Vermont Yankee is at:
To enlarge a photo, click on it, then scroll down and click...
March 23, 2013
Alchemystics to Perform on May 10 in Northampton
Local reggae band the Alchemystics will perform on May 10 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The band sounds like a mixture of Bob Marley and Michael Franti and Spearhead. The Alchemystics played an outstanding, sold-out concert at the Arts Block in Greenfield in 2011. Almost everyone at the concert danced.
A video of the Alchemystics performing is at
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=zDLqJjIk-cc
In the video, the sound quality is good; the image quality is literally shaky.
March to Shut Valley Nuke Is Planned
On March 30 in Brattleboro, there will be a march and rally to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. About 1,500 people attended a similar event in Brattleboro last year that was organized by the same groups that are organizing the March 30 event. Vermont Yankee is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone’s throw from New Hampshire.
One of the groups that’s organizing the upcoming march and rally has a web site at www.NukeBusters.org.
In Keene, Some Professors Make $18,000 a Year
Professors in Keene are fighting for a union contract. Even if they want to work full-time, their employer, River Valley Community College, only lets them work 20 hours a week, for which they are paid about $18,000 a year, Ken Relihan told the Valley Post on March 23. He is a professor at the college and lives in Alstead, New Hampshire, near Keene. He has taught Humanities at River Valley Community College for three years. “You can ask to teach three courses and they often don’t tell you unti...
March 18, 2013
Alchemystics to Perform on May 10 in Northampton
Local reggae band the Alchemystics will perform on May 10 at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The band sounds like a mixture of Bob Marley and Michael Franti and Spearhead. The Alchemystics played an outstanding, sold-out concert at the Arts Block in Greenfield in 2011. Almost everyone at the concert danced.
A video of the Alchemystics performing is at
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=zDLqJjIk-cc
In the video, the sound quality is good; the image quality is literally shaky.
Keene Photos: New Bike/Ped Bridge, New Food Co-op
These photos were taken on March 18 in Keene. The first two photos show a bicycle- and pedestrian-only bridge that opened in autumn 2012 near the corner of West Street and Route 9. It was funded by government programs that exist because of the advocacy of grassroots group like the Bike-Walk Alliance of New Hampshire: www.bwaNH.org. Similar groups exist in Massachusetts and Vermont. They have web sites at www.MassBike.org and www.VtBikePed.org.
