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Direct Action Gets the Goods #1: Tennessee 15 Apr 2013 | 04:41 am
A Tennessee lawmaker has relented and agreed to drop his bill linking academic performance to the family’s welfare benefits after an 8-year-old girl shamed him by following him around the state Capito...
Communiqué #2 from the 99% 14 Apr 2013 | 02:09 am
Fired from @WholeFoods because I needed time off for surgery. From: We Are the 99 Percent
Mobilize for Striking Fast Food Workers 4 Apr 2013 | 06:47 pm
via 99pickets.org: Today, Thursday April 4 , over 400 fast food workers across NYC are starting a second wave of strikes for better wages and a union, marking the 45th anniversary of the assassinatio...
Hold Wall Street Accountable! Occupy Our Homes Week of Action, May 18-25 4 Apr 2013 | 06:39 pm
via OccupyOurHomes.org: Over the last few years, homeowners and residents around the country have taken a stand against the banks and fought foreclosures and evictions. The growing network of Occupy ...
Communique from the 99% 4 Apr 2013 | 06:21 pm
I am a female mechanical engineering student. Dean’s List student, even for Calc 3 and Dynamics. I have no co-signer for loans, so I am only eligible for enough to cover books and tuition. It’s taken ...
Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly 3 Apr 2013 | 05:17 pm
As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the Middle ...
South Minneapolis Grandmother Wins Loan Modification 2 Apr 2013 | 10:21 pm
After a public pressure campaign through the Eviction Free Zone of Occupy Homes MN, Gayle Lindsey, a nursing assistant and grandmother in South Minneapolis, who was facing imminent eviction, has won a...
On The Anniversary of The Triangle Shirtwist Factory Fire: Lessons Learned? 26 Mar 2013 | 06:58 pm
The Great Hall at Cooper Union in lower Manhattan was packed, standing room only on this November 22nd, 1909 day. Garment workers from all over the city came to the same auditorium where Abraham Linco...
Debt Strangles the 99% 24 Mar 2013 | 09:09 pm
76% of Americans are in debt. 15% are being pursued by one or more debt collectors. 22% of Americans are too impoverished to qualify for credit. That forces them into informal debt like payday loans o...
All Out For Kimani! 24 Mar 2013 | 03:00 am
Sunday 3/24 3PM: Occupy Wall Street and Strike Debt Stand in Solidarity With the Community of East Flatbush and the Family of Kimani Gray March from 55th & Church to the 67th Precinct This Sunday...
