Eesha Williams's Blog, page 160
November 21, 2012
November 20, 2012
Oliver Mtukudzi Concert Will Be in Northampton
Oliver Mtukudzi and his band will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on January 13 at 7 p.m. He is from Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. You can hear one of his songs at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn5nEKvr6aU
Concord Music Group (CMG) Corporation has a web page about Mtukudzi:
www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/oliver-mtukudzi/
Valley Nuke Protesters Face Up to 90 Days in Prison
Six women will be in court in Brattleboro on November 27 and 28 for non-violent civil disobedience at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to 90 days in prison and a $500 fine. “We are charging them with misdemeanor trespass,” Steve Brown told the Valley Post. He is a Deputy Windham County State’s Attorney in Brattleboro: www.prosecutors.vermont.gov.
Valley Nuke Protesters Face Up to a Year in Prison
Six women will be in court in Brattleboro on November 27 and 28 for non-violent civil disobedience at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. If convicted, they could be sentenced to up to one year in prison and a $500 fine. “We are charging them with misdemeanor trespass,” Steve Brown told the Valley Post. He is a Deputy Windham County State’s Attorney in Brattleboro: www.prosecutors.vermont.gov.
November 16, 2012
Oliver Mtukudzi Concert Will Be in Northampton
Oliver Mtukudzi and his band will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on January 13 at 7 p.m. He is from Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. You can hear one of his songs at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn5nEKvr6aU
Concord Music Group (CMG) Corporation has a web page about Mtukudzi:
www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/oliver-mtukudzi/
Workers Fight Back
In the Valley this week, 140 grocery workers voted to join a union, mental health workers rallied for a fair contract, and a Northampton solidarity action was announced for striking Wal-Mart workers. These photos show a November 16 rally by workers at the Brattleboro Retreat mental hospital; some 500 workers there belong to the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Union www.unap.org.
November 15, 2012
Oliver Mtukudzi Concert Will Be in Northampton
Oliver Mtukudzi and his band will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on January 13 at 7 p.m. He is from Zimbabwe, in southern Africa. You can hear one of his songs at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn5nEKvr6aU
Concord Music Group (CMG) Corporation has a web page about Mtukudzi:
www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/oliver-mtukudzi/
Photos: From the Mountaintop
These photos were taken on November 14 near Brattleboro and the Massachusetts state line. They were taken from from the summit of Mount Olga in Vermont's Molly Stark State Park. The first photo shows Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire; the second is looking west toward New York state.
