"Since the first anniversary of 1969’s Stonewall riots, through President Clinton’s 1999 White House declaration, the month of June has long been considered National Pride Month, acknowledging our country’s vast and dynamic LGBTQIA+ communities, and honoring the important leaders and organizers who fought for the establishment and advancement of equality nationwide.
This June, Cold Spring and Philipstown will continue that tradition by celebrating our queer neighbors, workers and visitors through the month-long display of Progress Pride flags at Town Hall, Village Hall, McConville Park and the bandstand.
Four local businesses have generously donated the flags at no cost to the village or town: Amanda Amadei of Amadei Yoga, designer Charles Burleigh, Anthony Lise of Lise Law & Mediation and Michael Siebert of Houlihan Lawrence.
We would like to thank the town and village boards for their continued commitment to make sure everyone feels welcome in Cold Spring and Philipstown. Our hope is that the flags remain in use for years to come.
Sean Conway, Cold Spring
Teddy Nagel, Garrison
https://highlandscurrent.org/2022/06/03/letter-pride-month/
-->Pride month is about flags, of course, but it is also about grassroots support of human rights in communities all across America. The revolution for gay rights has happened in our country, and our media should talk more about how local towns, villages and businesses can stand up for the basic rights of all its citizens.
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Common Dreams:
"Canada could be a clean electricity powerhouse by 2035—without building more large hydro dams or relying on expensive and sometimes unproven and dangerous technologies like nuclear or fossil gas with carbon capture and storage.
New David Suzuki Foundation modelling research—the first of its kind in Canada—finds we could affordably and quickly shift from fossil fuels to reliable 100 per cent emissions-free electricity using mainly wind and solar, existing hydro, energy efficiency, batteries and other energy storage technologies and grid improvements, including connecting grids between provinces. The transition would help Canada achieve its global climate commitments, create tens of thousands of new jobs and meet the growing demand for electricity.
Not only is this possible, the study notes that the underlying analysis was cautious: 'The modelling did not consider a range of additional technologies and approaches, such as demand response, distributed renewables and emerging storage technologies that are likely to lead to increased efficiencies and further reductions in costs when moving to a zero-emissions electricity system.' "
-->Wouldn't it be encouraging to have such news appear in the US media? But the NYT, along with so much of our corporate controlled press, decided not to print this story. Too damaging to Big Oil? Or the desperate nuclear energy industry?
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Mondoweiss:
"If a Palestinian-American wants to travel to the occupied West Bank to visit their family, they will soon need to apply to the Israeli government for advanced permission, reveal the personal information of the relatives they plan on visiting, along with data of any land they own or stand to inherit in the territory. And even then, they could still be denied entry for 'any relevant considerations,' as so deemed by Israeli authorities.
These are just some of the invasive restrictions that Palestinians who hold foreign passports would be subjected to according to a new ordinance published by the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli government agency responsible for enforcing Israeli policy in the occupied territory. ...
'It’s all part of the apartheid system. What we are seeing is representative of how Israel applies its apartheid laws to Palestinians everywhere, both in the occupied territory and abroad. Israel targets Palestinians simply for being Palestinians' [said Ahmed Abofoul, a lawyer with Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq]”
-->Specifics of Israeli Apartheid are often left out of our media. Why didn't the NYT cover this story?
