Eesha Williams's Blog, page 185
July 2, 2011
15 Arrested at Valley Nuke Protest
Fifteen women were arrested June 30 for non-violent civil disobedience outside the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Vermont Yankee is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire.
June 24, 2011
Nationally Known Bands To Play Near Brattleboro Sept. 17
Six local bands, some of which tour nationally, will play at a festival whose mission is to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The music festival will be on September 17 in Dummerston, Vermont, which borders Brattleboro.
Here are the web sites of the bands that are scheduled to perform:
In Northampton, 175 Protest for Workers' Rights
On June 23, about 175 public school workers and their supporters attended a rally outside a meeting of the Northampton school board. They were protesting a decision by the board – also called the "school committee" -- to not raise the workers' wages next year. Several of the workers spoke to the board to oppose the move, which amounts to a pay cut for the workers, when inflation is taken into account.
June 22, 2011
Nationally Known Bands To Play Near Brattleboro Sept. 17
Six local bands, some of which tour nationally, will play at a festival whose mission is to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The music festival will be on September 17 in Dummerston, Vermont, which borders Brattleboro.
Here are the web sites of the bands that are scheduled to perform:
Simba -- this band doesn't have a web site. Information about Simba is at a
Concert Review: Simba
Simba played an excellent public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on June 21. The evening concert was at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At least 100 people danced to the music of Simba for hours. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
June 18, 2011
Simba Plays Near Brattleboro June 21
Simba will play a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on June 21. The evening concert will be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At least 100 people danced to the music of Simba for hours at a recent concert near Brattleboro. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
June 24 Street Rally Starts at Entergy v. Shumlin
Activists are asking the public to join them at a rally on June 24 from 7:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. outside the federal court in Brattleboro where the trial of Entergy v. Shumlin will be held on June 23 and June 24 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Peter Shumlin is governor of Vermont. Entergy is the Louisiana corporation that owns the problem plagued Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The reactor is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire.
June 23 Street Rally Starts at Entergy v. Shumlin
Activists are asking the public to join them at a rally on June 23 and June 24 outside the federal court in Brattleboro where the trial of Entergy v. Shumlin will be held both days from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Peter Shumlin is governor of Vermont. Entergy is the Louisiana corporation that owns the problem plagued Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The reactor is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone's throw from New Hampshire.
In April, Entergy sued Shumlin because the people of Vermont...
June 11, 2011
Simba Plays Near Brattleboro June 21
Simba will play a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on June 21. The evening concert will be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At least 100 people danced to the music of Simba for hours at a recent concert near Brattleboro. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
Target Fights Its Workers' Union
Workers at the Target stores in Keene and in Hadley, Massachusetts, near Amherst, will likely be watching the outcome of a June 17 vote by workers at a Target store in Valley Stream, New York on whether to form a union.
In 2009, the most recent year for which data were available, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel was paid more than $13 million.
Tashawna Green has worked at the Target store in Valley Stream for more than a year. She makes $8 an hour.
"We need a living wage where we can get by,"...
