Local Trade in New York, NY by LOCAL Trade Zone™ - Empowering localism NOW!™
The New York, NY LOCAL Trade Zone™ is emerging as the preferred venue for local trade and social networking by conscientious New Yorkers! When public well-being, dignified work, and sustainability are valued goals, smart Americans know, it's hard to beat localism!
Sustainable, self-governing, SECURE communities ARE POSSIBLE in New York, New York, United States! Here's what's happening in the exciting American social evolution called LOCALISM! The LOCAL Trade Zone™ NETWORK is here to connect you with: New York local classified ads, independent small businesses, locally-made products, locally-grown produce, healthy food, eco-friendly homes, alternative energy solutions, and MORE! Harmonize with New Yorker kindred spirits, buy/sell/trade locally, work for a living wage, and barter cash-free to support YOUR local New York economy and community!
Prior to the disastrous earthquake in 2010, Haiti held the dubious record as the poorest country in the west. While humanitarians viewed this as an urgent call for aid, sweatshop-style manufacturers enjoyed many years of cheap labour for producing their wares. Shortly after the earthquake, the world, in a spark of simultaneous humanity, seemed to marshal incredible resources to help the people of Haiti, but then the governments and their politics became involved. While many who have made donations to help the people of Haiti mistakenly believe that things are now better, the reality on the ground is quite different - contrary to their international and Haitian human rights, people are being evicted from their tents and about 500,000 Haitians are effectively "going back to zero" - where they were just after the earthquake...
Roger Annis. "Returning to zero': Forced evictions in Haiti's displaced persons camps". rabble.ca, March 1, 2012, online. Retrieved 2012.03.01 -- International actors in Haiti's housing and shelter crisis must respect rule of law, argues guest columnist Ellie Happel, Legal Fellow with the Bureau des avocats internationaux.
Chris Hedges. "Challenging indefinite detention: Chris Hedges sues Barack Obama". rabble.ca, February 21, 2012, online. Retrieved 2012.02.21 -- Attorneys recently filed a complaint on my behalf as a plaintiff against Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
LOCAL Trade Zone™ ALERT! (Washington, United States / Ottawa, Canada / Calgary, Alberta - 2012.01.23) -- President Barack Obama, in what is widely considered a poorly veiled attempt to capitalize on The 99 Percent "Occupation" movement, put an end to the latest TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project - touted not too long ago, as a "no brainer" for being approved, by Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. But to consider this apparent "victory" as anything but a pre-presidential election political stunt may be naive.
Nick CHUDAK™ ALERTS! (2012.01.03 - Earth) -- Of the hundreds of fine documentaries I've viewed and reviewed over the years, this film, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, is my NUMBER ONE PICK for EVERYONE! Regardless of who you are or what you do, you MUST WATCH THIS FILM IMMEDIATELY! If the human condition is getting you down, this is the kind of conscientious soul booster you have been hoping for!
Nick CHUDAK™ (2012.01.01) -- It was going to happen, sooner or later, with, or without our consent - year 2012! Best not to resist it and accept that for some (actually many) this may be the last year of life on earth as they know it. This is more exciting than Y2K ever was!
LOCAL Trade Zone™ (2011.12.06) -- As "the 1%" desperately scrambles to secure its power to continue polluting the planet and extracting the resources and wealth from "The 99%" (at the expense of the "The 99 Percent!") savvy local goods and service providers have already discovered the power and security of LOCALISM.
The global free market economy experiment has FAILED MISERABLY, and the key to recovery is LOCAL TRADE! Small independent product makers and service providers must now choose between decimation by global corporatism or empowerment by localism!
People of the planet are literally screaming for local representation, local governance, and local economy - this is what localism is all about.
LOCAL Trade Zone™ provides a human-biased venue to promote CONSCIENTIOUS LOCALISM around the planet. If you manufacturer products using local materials (wherever possible) and observe sound contemporary environmental practices, we want to know about it!
New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-08-12). -- "RE: Democracy Now Interview with Ido Aharoni, consul general of Israel in New York on July 1, 2011... For a first-time observer of "official Israeli position" it might not be fair to generalize the remarks made by Ido Aharoni, but as I have been following matters related to Israel, its egregious policies and practices, I found the interview to reveal a consistent pattern of attitude and behavior...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-08-12). -- "Thank-you Amy Goodman, and all the fine people you have working so hard in the United States and around the world, bringing news of relevance and importance to those who have learned that corporate media is too conflicted to tell "the truth". I am especially grateful for your incredible coverage of the "Flotilla of Hope" in Greece...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-08-12). -- "The government of Israel can publicly deny its direct involvement in preventing humanitarian flotillas from being able to send much needed, peaceful, humanitarian cargo (letters of hope from children) from reaching the desperate people hopelessly trapped behind the Israeli water blockade of Gaza, but I'm not convinced - nor are countless others around the world. Israel's "defence", as expressed by its government officials, of its long history of "anti-humanitarian" policies and actions reveals an unwavering agenda of self-preservation - seemingly at any and all costs...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-08-10). -- "It is interesting how the "international community" seems to be split into several major opinions when it comes to the topic of generalizing Israel's domestic policies against the Palestinian people it occupies as "apartheid". Those who support global corporatism (United States President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the European Union) stand behind Israel waving the public funds of taxpayers (many of whom completely disagree with the undeniable record of brutality and chronic humanitarian offenses by the government of Israel)...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-21). -- "I agree with many others, that News Corporation, Fox, and Rupert Murdoch should be considered as dangerous "enemies of the state"! They should be immediately detained by authorities and held accountable for the breaches of security they are alleged to have committed (through the News Corporation "family" of subsidiaries)...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-21). -- "Corrupt media is a threat to national security. When the media demonstrates that it cannot be trusted to perform its duties with integrity, our entire process of democracy and justice is broken. Such organizations must be held accountable and the punishment for betraying the public must be proportional to the magnitude of their dominance. Just as "cop killers" get harsher justice, "truth killers" should be treated the same...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-21). -- "Tapping into the private phones and communication devices of victims of crimes is not fair by any standard. Allegations of such illegal breaches of security by subsidiaries owned by News Corporation, suggest that promoting under the trademarked banner of "Fair and Balanced" may actually be a fraudulent in nature...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-20). -- "For a man who has plagued the media landscape for almost 6 decades with his self-proclaimed ultra-conservative bias, I find the so-called "apology" of Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation to be disingenuous and an appalling attempt to garner some face in the face of undeniable unprecedented disgrace...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-08). -- "RE: As Exxon Crude Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River, Obama Mulls New Pipeline From Canada to Texas. (2011, July 7). Democracy Now... This (yet another) ExxonMobil oil disaster is a clear example of why we need to put a full stop to further pursuit of fossil fuel energy and put our full spirit and public dollars towards green sustainable safe energies immediately...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-08). -- "It's interesting how conspiracy theories involving the US government are reported by FOX depending on who may be in power at the time. When right wing extremists are running the White House (Bush 1, Bush 2, Reagan), stories about the government rounding up and jailing domestic dissidents are typically considered "loopy", but since Barack Obama has been president, all of a sudden, paranoid internment fantasies are promoted as legitimate fears...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-07-05). -- "I recently watched a remarkable film (albeit wrongly titled) "Garbage Warrior", which chronicles the amazing endeavors of Michael E Reynolds, an architect in Taos, New Mexico, who has devoted the lion's share of his life to exploring, designing, and building sustainable homes using recycled materials. Without a doubt, Michael Reynolds is a passionate, driven man, with a (still growing) legacy we could all take a lesson from...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-06-29). -- "RE: It Takes People on the Outside - Prestigious Author Alice Walker to Confront Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza on U.S. Aid Ship. (2011, June 28). Democracy Now!... Kudos to Democracy Now! for reporting Israel's bad (but consistent) behavior towards the group of international persons of conscience planning to sail to Gaza this week with humanitarian aid (aka "Audacity of Hope")...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-06-29). -- "If you really need more convincing that global trade and the corporate siege of democracy is bad for humanity, just take a look at what is happening right now between the government of the United States, Israel, Greece and ANYONE who tries to lend a helping hand to those suffering from the effects of exposure to globalism...".
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New York Business Reviews (NY - 2011-06-27). -- "Being HUMAN and caring about humanity are the only prerequisites for getting on the list at Hard Talk About Humanity TM, a Conscientious Technologies TM project! I would like to invite all from across the USA and around the world to stop by to dig, discuss, and RESOLVE the challenges humanity faces today...".
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