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Protestors at Cornell’s Palestinian solidarity encampment took down tents and left the Arts Quad Monday. On April 25, the day the encampment was set up, Cornell’s administration told the group it had only hours to vacate. However, 18 days later, members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) voluntarily ended their occupation. As dusk settled on campus, a group of about 225 students, staff, and community members gathered peacefully, for speeches, song and Christian, Jewish, and Muslim prayer. [The sounds of Palestinian Orthodox prayer.] Pundits and politicians including local congressman Mark Molinaro have called campus protestors “antisemitic” and “extremist.” But people at the assembly Monday repeatedly called for peace, liberation, and dignity…
Protestors at Cornell’s Palestinian solidarity encampment took down tents and left the Arts Quad Monday. On April 25, the day the encampment was set up, Cornell’s administration told the group it had only hours to vacate. However, 18 days later, members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) voluntarily ended their occupation. As dusk…
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Spanish Farm Field Day at West Haven Farm (Photo: Jamie Johnson) Carlos Gutiérrez habla con Mildred Alvarado, María José Oviedo y Tim Shenk, quienes forman parte del programa Futuro en Ag en Cornell. Hablan sobre oportunidades educativas para agricultores de habla hispana y aspirantes a agricultores en el estado de Nueva York. Carlos Gutierrez speaks…
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The buy local movement isn’t new. But now, an initiative in Ithaca is offering a different kind of opportunity: to invest in local businesses. Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe are nothing new and are donation based. The new Ithaca Exchange is investment crowdfunding. “Investment crowdfunding works with businesses to create actually SEC approved investment…
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Youth Farm Project participants Stella Sapp-Dietrich and Etienne Exantus and Ray Hage Assistant Director of Cornell’s Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP) with Greta Garrison of the Youth Radio Project on WRFI.
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Listen to our interview with the Palestinian-American Poet and Author Remi Kanazi. Related articles Kerry: Israeli settlements are illegitimate (aljazeera.com) Students Support the American Studies Association Boycott Resolution (cornellsjp.wordpress.com)
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http://www.singlepayernewyork.org/ New York Health, A7860 Introduced by Richard Gottfried. Read the full bill. Summary of the bill (.pdf). Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act, H.R. 676 Introduced by Rep. John Conyers. Read the full bill (.pdf). Read an summary of HR 676 (.doc). See the full list of Congressional HR 676 cosponsors here. Brief…
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Commenting on DEC’s Proposed LNG Regulations with Sandra Steingraber, Keith Shue, and John Armstrong
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/New_York_LNG_regulations Home Commenting on DEC’s Proposed LNG Regulations Comment Deadline: November 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm Background: DEC is proposing the addition of a “Part 570” to 6 NYCRR (New York Codes, Rules, & Regulations). This will set up a permitting program for the siting, construction, and operation of LNG Facilities, as well as the…
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LIVE FRACKING DEBATE! Listen to Earthjustice attorney Deborah Goldberg duke it out with the attorney for Norse Energy, the company that is challenging the town of Dryden’s right to ban fracking within its borders. It’s happening at 1:30PM ET. Listen here>> http://ow.ly/p9jPC #Fracking is a huge issue facing New York and the rest of the country, so…
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