Tuesday March 16, 2010
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Capitalism and Economy

March 4 Education Protests Rock the Nation!
Freedom Road Socialist Organization | United States | 3/09/10
The March 4 national day of action for education was a huge success! Over 100,000 people marched, rallied and took action at over 100 schools and colleges...
Education Rights, March 4th Movement
A First Look at the Job Market in the New Year
Masao Suzuki | San Bruno, CA | 2/10/10
On Feb. 5 the Department of Labor released their report on the January 2010 job market. The good news in the report was that the official unemployment...
Economic Crisis
Protest Demands Moratorium on Foreclosures, Tax the Rich, No Cutbacks
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 2/04/10
About 100 people gathered here Feb. 4 on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol for a protest that coincided with the opening of the Minnesota State...
Eviction, Foreclosure, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
MN Foreclosure Moratorium at Senate and House Hearings
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 1/28/10
The battle is under way to put a moratorium on home forecloses in Minnesota. The first legislative hearing on an bill to put a moratorium on foreclosures...
Deb Konechne, Eviction, Foreclosure, Leslie Parks, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
University of Minnesota Workers and Students Rally to Demand Administration Chop from the Top
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 1/23/10
More than 75 workers, students and community supporters rallied at Morrill Hall, the central administration building here, Jan. 21, to oppose attempts by...
AFSCME Local 3800, Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, Students for a Democratic Society
Protest Opposes State, University Cutbacks
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 1/22/10
Over 200 workers, faculty and students at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) marched here, Jan. 21, to demand full funding for higher education and...
Graduate Employees Organization, SEIU, UIC Concerned Faculty
Purchasing Power of Workers' Weekly Wages Fall 1.6% in 2009
Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 1/20/10
Wages failed to keep up with the rise in prices, so weekly real earnings, or the purchasing power of workers’ weekly wages, fell by 1.6% in 2009.
recession
Geithner Should Go!
Fight Back! Editors | United States | 1/10/10
Current Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner was president of the New York Federal Reserve when AIG and big banks were given the secret bailout. The...
crisis of capitalism, Geithner
Production and Profits are Growing As 85,000 More Jobs Are Lost in December
Adam Price | United States | 1/08/10
On Friday, Jan. 8, the Labor Department reported that 85,000 more jobs were lost in December of 2009. This was much worse than mainstream economists...
Economic Crisis, Unemployment
Build the Fight for Jobs, Income, Housing, Education and Justice
Freedom Road Socialist Organization | United States | 12/21/09
Now is the time to go all out in building the struggles of working and oppressed people.
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