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Village Voice covers Billy Talen campaign event

By PJO on July 13, 2009 1:36 PM

The Village Voice reports on its website this morning that “while those tiresome major-party candidates for mayor are doing the usual grip-and-grins and donation-grubbing, Green Party mayoral candidate Reverend Billy [Talen] energized his base this weekend at Tompkins Square Park, where he held one of his ‘Weekly Sunday BBQs.'”…

Rev Billy campaign publishes a zine

By Kimberly Wilder on July 5, 2009 7:22 PM

A zine — short for “fanzine” or “magazine” — is a small format, small circulation publication often popular with young people and/or niche markets.

Reverend Billy Talen, who is running for Mayor of New York City with the Green Party, has published a zine as part of his campaign material.…

Green Party NYC Mayor Candidate Reverend Billy Talen makes the news in England

By Kimberly Wilder on May 22, 2009 11:41 PM

Billy Talen, otherwise known as the activist/performance artist “Reverend Billy”, is currently on tour in England. On May 21, 2009, Reverend Billy and his choir visited a Starbucks and a Tesco in Norwich, UK, in order to tell people to stop shopping at these places he refers to as “mega-corporations”, and start supporting local markets and fair trade.…

Green Party NYC Mayor candidate Rev. Billy Talen dives into local politics

By Kimberly Wilder on April 24, 2009 1:56 PM

Green Party Mayoral candidate Billy Talen is supporting a community effort to protect Union Square from private development in the form of a restaurant. Talen used the opportunity of his press coverage to bring attention once again to Mayor Bloomberg’s antics regarding running for another term (despite the fact that he had been term limited.)…