Arnie Alpert spent decades as a community organizer/educator in NH movements for social justice and peace, including a year as a member of the Clamshell Alliance office collective. Officially retired since 2020, he keeps his hands (and feet) in the activist world while writing about past and present social movements.Feature
NH Grad Unions Pick Up the Union Banner
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Unionized graduate students took steps forward this week both at Dartmouth College in Hanover and the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
Energy
‘Clams’ Planning a No Nukes Comeback; 45th Anniversary of Three Mile Island Today
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When an accident at the Three Mile Island reactor in Middletown, Pennsylvania transformed the plant from a technological miracle to a radioactive ruin in a matter of moments on March 28, 1979, the American people got the message: nuclear power was a bad way to generate electricity.
Courts & Corrections
Judge Dismisses Case Appealing Removal of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s Historic Marker
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A Merrimack County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by sponsors of the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn historic marker which was removed after an Executive Councilor objected to it because of her Communist party leanings and support for the Soviet Union.
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Eagle Pass, Texas Residents Reject Northern Invasion
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While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly railed against an “invasion” of migrants crossing the Rio Grande River into Texas, some residents of Eagle Pass, a border town where Abbott has taken over a city park and plans to build a new military base, are experiencing an invasion from the other direction.
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Rights Groups Criticize Sununu’s National Guard Proposal
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It did not take long for immigrants’ rights defenders, peace groups, and faith leaders to register opposition to Gov. Chris Sununu’s request for $850,000 to fund the dispatch of New Hampshire National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border.
Courts & Corrections
State Wants Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Marker Lawsuit Dismissed
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The Elizabeth Gurley Flynn saga continues as lawyers for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources argued that the lawsuit over her Historic Highway Marker ought to be dismissed.
Feature
Primary Write-in Campaign Launched for ‘Ceasefire,’ Instead of Biden’s Name
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On Wednesday, a grassroots effort was launched urging critics of the Biden Administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza to vote for “Ceasefire.”
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Homeless Persons Memorial Observed in 11 NH Communities
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On the longest night of the year, dozens of people huddled in the cold on City Plaza in downtown Concord Thursday to remember New Hampshire residents who died in the past year, their lives shortened by homelessness.
News
Active with the Activists: Unions Accuse Contractor of Wage Theft In Manchester
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The giant inflatable pig at the corner of Elm and Central Streets in downtown Manchester is not a remnant of a Thanksgiving parade. It was set up by the Painters Union at 7 a.m. on November 28 to show their opinion of Avatar Construction, which is building an eight-story luxury apartment building about a hundred feet away.
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Coal Protesters Call for ‘Just Transition,’ 8 Arrested on Merrimack River
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At a prep session Saturday, leaders of the No Coal No Gas campaign stressed that their planned demonstration at Merrimack Station the following day was not intended to provoke arrests, but the police had other ideas. By early afternoon Sunday, eight protesters with canoes and kayaks had been arrested on the Merrimack River, alongshore of New England’s last running coal-fired power plant.