Eesha Williams's Blog, page 181
October 31, 2011
October 29, 2011
Former Senate Leader, a Woman, Wants To Be N.H. Governor
When will the first woman be elected president? Experts say a good way to make that happen soon is to elect more female governors and members of Congress. On October 25 former New Hampshire senate majority leader Maggie Hassan www.MaggieHassan.com announced she is running for governor. She is a Democrat and a lawyer. The election is about a year from now.
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photo of Maggie Hassan from www.MaggieHassan.com
October 23, 2011
Grassroots Victory Expected
In a likely victory for grassroots activists in the Valley, a coal power plant in Holyoke is expected to close. That's according to the Holyoke city council and the leader of a regional environmental group. For decades, activists have worked to shut the polluting Mount Tom coal power plant.
October 19, 2011
Rally at Valley Nuke is October 30
The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire. A major accident or act of sabotage at the reactor would kill thousands of people and leave an area the size of the Valley permanently uninhabitable. The hundreds of tons of nuclear waste at Vermont Yankee is the most toxic material on earth. The waste is so dangerous that it must be guarded 24 hours a day for the next 1 million years, according to the federal government.
October 15, 2011
Photo: Brattleboro Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Rally
On October 15 in downtown Brattleboro, hundreds of people attended an Occupy Wall Street solidarity rally. They held signs calling on Congress to raise taxes on rich people to help poor people, in support of closing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, and other issues. The event was organized by the Vermont Workers Center www.WorkersCenter.org
Similar rallies are planned around the Valley. Details are at www.ValleyPost.org/node/601
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October 13, 2011
The Valley Post Seeks Donations, Volunteers
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October 12, 2011
War Tax Resisters to Rally November 6 in Amherst
New Englanders who refuse to pay taxes that fund war will speak at a free public event in Amherst on November 4. More than half of the $2.7 trillion federal budget was spent on the military in the most recent fiscal year, according to the War Resisters League:
www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm
On November 6 at noon, war tax resisters will hold a rally at the Amherst town common. The public is invited to attend.
October 6, 2011
Photo: Fitzgerald Lake in Northampton
This photo was taken on October 6. It shows Fitzgerald Lake in Northampton. The lake is part of a 633 acre city-owned wilderness park. There is a wildlife viewing blind with a notebook where visitors record birds and animals they see. The notebook contains dozens of entries. Directions to the park, and a trail map, are at:
www.BroadBrookCoalition.org/fitzgerald-lake
To enlarge the photo, click on it, then scroll down and click "See full-size image." photo by Eesha Williams
