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.Uncategorized
Climate Activists Put Coal on Trial in Concord
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It was a frigid morning, and a train carrying 80 carloads of coal was on its way to Merrimack Station, New England’s last major coal-fired power plant.
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Remembering Renny Cushing, a Precious Friend
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My first memory of Renny Cushing is probably a photograph. In it, Renny is carrying a suitcase with “Seabrook or Bust” painted in big letters.
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Op-Ed: New ‘Red Scare’ in N.H. Has Roots a Century Old
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HB 1255, still in the hands of the House Education Committee 4 weeks after it was discussed at a public hearing, would prohibit teachers from advocating “subversive doctrines” by expanding a 1949 description of banned doctrines.
Arnie Alpert
Op-Ed: Don’t Mess with NH’s Manufactured Housing Co-Ops
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At a time when the state’s lack of affordable housing has become apparent to just about everyone, the Senate is considering a bill that would cripple one of the state’s most successful models for preserving housing affordable to low- and moderate-income families.
Arnie Alpert
Judge Refuses to Jail Coal Plant Protesters
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The facts of the case were mostly clear and uncontested: On January 7, Cody Pajic of Boston and Dana Dwinell-Yardley of Montpelier went onto the property of Merrimack Station in Bow, New Hampshire, New England’s last operating coal-fired power plant.
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Rally Calls on Biden Advisor to Take World ‘Back from the Brink’ of Nuclear Conflict
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“The United States is now upgrading and rebuilding its entire nuclear arsenal at tremendous cost,” Judy Elliott told a group of about 20 people huddled in the cold in front of North Church.
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Another Day in Court for ‘No Coal No Gas’ Protesters
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Seventeen people arrested in Bow five weeks ago circled up with supporters outside Concord District Court Monday morning to prepare for arraignment on misdemeanor charges stemming from a demonstration at Merrimack Station.
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‘We Did Live Here, and We Still Live Here’
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Local Abenaki leaders and other community members spoke at Warner’s first official observance of Indigenous People’s Day, held Monday at the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum.
Afghanistan
NH Agencies Expect Afghan Arrivals Soon
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The first Afghan evacuees may arrive in New Hampshire as early as next week, Henry Harris of the International Institute of New England told a group of interested New Hampshire residents Wednesday.
Courts & Corrections
‘We Will Keep Coming Back’ Until Coal Burning Ends, Activists Say
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Aiming to reclaim the coal-fired power plant in Bow for life-affirming purposes a group of activists used pickaxes, shovels, and rakes to plant a garden in the middle of one of the plant’s access roads on Sunday afternoon.