Eesha Williams's Blog, page 82
October 11, 2017
Rally to Fight Deportation is Oct. 14
In Brattleboro, president Donald Trump's employees are planning to deport a black man to Africa. A rally to support Mamadou Bah will be on October 14 at 1 p.m. at Pliny Park in Brattleboro. Bah does not want to be deported. He is from Guinea. He has been in the USA since 2002. He has never committed a crime.
The average life expectancy in Guinea is 59 years. In the USA it is 79. A photo of Bah and more information about the rally are at www.facebook.com/events/1545043468917148.
October 4, 2017
Blues Concert is November 25
Roomful of Blues will play at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on November 25 at 7 p.m. In a positive review, Down Beat magazine, which has been published every month since 1934, said Roomful of Blues is “in a class by itself.” The band will play concerts this month in North Carolina and next month in Washington, DC. You can hear their music at www.roomful.com.
Matisyahu Northampton Concert October 11
Tickets are about $35 for Matisyahu's October 11 concert at Pearl Street in Northampton. Globally, his song “One Day” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade. You can his song "King Without a Crown" at:
Solidarity Victory
Activists who had been planning a rally for workers' rights in Deerfield, Massachusetts on October 5 won a victory on October 3. Deerfield borders Greenfield. The activists cancelled the rally. Migrant Justice, a group of Latino farm workers in Vermont, announced it had reached a legally binding agreement with Unilever Corporation, the owner of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Under the deal, wages will go up, and workers won other gains.
October 1, 2017
Matisyahu Northampton Concert October 11
Tickets are about $35 for Matisyahu's October 11 concert at Pearl Street in Northampton. Globally, his song “One Day” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade. You can his song "King Without a Crown" at:
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September 27, 2017
Matisyahu Northampton Concert October 11
Tickets are about $35 for Matisyahu's October 11 concert at Pearl Street in Northampton. Globally, his song “One Day” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade. You can his song "King Without a Crown" at:
Hundreds to March in Holyoke for Racial Justice
As of September 27, about 250 people had RSVP'd for a march for racial justice. The march will be in Holyoke on October 1. It starts at 12:30 p.m. at 221 Appleton Street. The march is in solidarity with a National March for Racial Justice, the web site of which says, "We are bearing witness to mass incarceration, unequal treatment under the law, and the state-sanctioned destruction of Black, Brown and Native lives...."
September 20, 2017
Matisyahu Northampton Concert October 11
Tickets are about $35 for Matisyahu's October 11 concert at Pearl Street in Northampton. Globally, his song “One Day” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade. You can his song "King Without a Crown" at:
Ten Arrested for Civil Disobedience
Ten people were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience in the Connecticut river valley town of Sandisfield, Massachusetts on September 13. The activists blocked construction of a fracked gas pipeline. Fracked gas causes climate change, which the world's leading scientists say is a major threat to earth's ability to support human life.
Dennis Carr was arrested at the protest. He lives in Cummington, Massachusetts. Carr told the Valley Post, “It went well. We intend to continue to resist....
