Arnie Alpert is a retired activist, organizer, and community educator long involved in movements for social and economic justice. Arnie writes an occasional column Active with the Activists for InDepthNH.org.Feature
The March for Justice Continues in NH
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Peter Cass recalls hopping on a chartered bus from his home in Swampscott, Mass. and joining the 1963 March on Washington, now remembered largely for Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
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Active with the Activists: Clamshell Activist Has His Eyes on NH’s Nuclear Study
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It’s been 47 years since he was first arrested protesting the Seabrook nuclear plant, and over three decades since he relocated to the DC Beltway, but Paul Gunter still has New Hampshire on his mind.
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Statewide Networking at the Keep NH Green Environmental Summit in Laconia
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LACONIA — “I’m from Cornish Flat, New Hampshire, near Claremont and Lebanon, and my environmental concern is single use plastic waste and pollution in our state.”
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Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing the State – Gurley Flynn Historical Marker Should Be Returned
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Mary Lee Sargent and I filed suit in Merrimack County Superior Court to call for the state to reverse its illegal removal of the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historical marker.
Lawsuit Calls for Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Historical Marker to be Reinstalled in Concord
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The two New Hampshire residents who petitioned the state’s Division of Historical Resources to establish a historical marker near the birthplace of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn filed suit Monday in Merrimack County Superior Court calling for the Flynn marker, which the state dedicated on May 1 and removed on May 15, to be reinstalled.
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Historic Peace Ship Reaches Portsmouth on Voyage for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
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The Golden Rule, a 30-foot sailboat, reached the Piscataqua River in the early afternoon on Wednesday, June 21, and motored past the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to a wooden dock at Portsmouth’s Prescott Park.
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Starbucks Workers in Rochester Win Union Election but Face Bigger Battle Ahead
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Six weeks after informing company executives of their intent to form a union, workers at the Starbucks store in Rochester voted 10 to 4 on Tuesday to be represented by Workers United, a national union, in negotiations with the Seattle-based coffee giant.
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Sip-In Held to Support Union Drive at Rochester Starbucks
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They called the event a “Sip-In,” held three days before the local Starbucks workers will vote on whether their union will be legally recognized. Alongside the regular customers, union supporters filtered in and placed their orders.
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Sununu Orders Flynn’s Controversial Historical Marker Removed
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The controversial state historical marker at the 1890 birthplace of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in Concord was removed Monday morning after Executive Councilor Joe Kenney, R-Wakefield, and others complained about hosting a marker for someone who once headed the nation’s Communist party.
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Op-Ed: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s History-Making Life Began in NH
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Flynn’s story started in Concord, where she was the first child of Annie Gurley, a seamstress, and Thomas Flynn, a quarry worker.