Eesha Williams's Blog, page 31
September 9, 2021
25 Travel to Picket Line
On September 2, about 25 people from the Pioneer Valley and other parts of western Massachusetts traveled to the picket line of the nurses' strike in Worcester, Massachusetts. “It was great,” Rose Bookbinder told the Valley Post. She organized the trip and she works for the union that represents the striking nurses. The union's web site is www.MassNurses.org.
August 31, 2021
Rally is September 13
In Brattleboro on September 13 there will be a health care rally. It will be from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. outside 1154 Putney Road. The organizers said, in the USA, “over 600,000 people have died from Covid during this pandemic, many of them because our country denies health care to the poor. This pandemic has revealed more clearly than ever before that the 140 million poor and low-income people in the United States are united by the fact that we, our families, and our communities are in a life-and-...
August 26, 2021
Civil Disobedience
About 70 people attended a Springfield rally on August 24. The organizers said, “Congress is finalizing the big infrastructure and recovery package, with trillions of dollars at stake. Let’s push them to invest in climate solutions, care workers, jobs, and justice.” The rally was outside 300 State Street. One of the groups that endorsed the event has a web site at www.AriseSpringfield.org.
Biden and the Democrats who run congress say by late September they will approve the infrastructure and eco...
August 19, 2021
A Victory for Nature
In Deerfield, Massachusetts, near Greenfield, activists defeated a multi-billion dollar corporation on August 12. The company wanted to pave open space. “I’m relieved that Dollar General has decided not to further attempt to build in Deerfield on the site that has been in discussion for three years. There are so many positive things in the works for Deerfield, it will be a relief not to have this issue pull time and attention to it anymore,” Julie Cavacco told the Valley Post on August 13, 2021....
August 12, 2021
Workers Win
In Vermont, February 2015 broke records for coldest temperatures ever recorded. During that month hundreds of workers stood outside on picket lines, all day, every day. They were on strike for justice. They work for the monopoly landline phone company in the state. Eventually the workers won the four month strike, and a good union contract.
In 2021, when it was time to negotiate a new union contract, the company was more reasonable. On August 9, 2021 the company and the workers' elected union l...
August 5, 2021
50 March
In Springfield on July 31 there was march to call on the commissioner of the city's police department to resign. About 50 people were at the march, Juanita Batchelor told the Valley Post. She runs a group that has a web site at https://SpringfieldJustice.org. Members of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council (www.MassSeniorAction.org) marched. A photo of some of the marchers is below. To enlarge the photo, click on it, then scroll down and click “see full size image.” photo by Massachusetts Sen...
120 Rally
In Greenfield on July 31 about 50 people attended a rally to protest cutting down forests in Massachusetts to put up solar panels. The panels can go on roofs of big box stores, warehouses, and other buildings, and on top of parking lots. To see a big photo of seven acres of solar panels over a parking lot in Amherst, click on the small photo of "Lot 44" at:
www.umass.edu/dcm/campus-solar
The Greenfield rally organizers said, “To date, the state has lost 4,000 acres to large ground-mounted solar,...
July 29, 2021
Shamarr Allen Concert is September 23
Shamarr Allen will perform September 23 at 8 p.m. at the Stone Church in Brattleboro. Tickets are $15. A video of him performing is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDTcWbrcK3k&ab_channel=shamarrallenmusic
Four Rallies Set
With 4 percent of the world's population, the USA spends as much money on war as the rest of the world combined. This year the USA will spend $1.7 trillion on war. That's 48 percent of the federal budget, meaning about half your income taxes go to war. This data is from:
www.warresisters.org/sites/default/files/fy2022pie_chart-low_res.pdf
On August 6, there will be peace rallies:
--in Brattleboro at noon outside the Main street post office. The organizer is Daniel Sicken (pronounced SEE-kin) dh...
