BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 1/12/12
It was a big day for Vikings owner and New Jersey real estate developer Zygi Wilf at the State Capitol, Jan. 12, when plans were submitted by the City of Minneapolis, Ramsey County and others for a new Vikings football stadium.
BY Staff | Los Angeles, California | 12/11/11
Hundreds marched here Dec. 10, protesting “Secure Communities,” the Immigration Custom Enforcement/police program that attacks poor and working class immigrants, mostly Mexican and Central American, who are caught up in traffic or other minor
infractions.
BY Kim DeFranco | St. Paul, Minnesota | 11/29/11
Chanting "Money for human needs, not for stadiums," members of the Welfare
Rights Committee, the Minnesota Coalition for a Peoples' Bailout and supporters from
OccupyMN gathered outside Senate Taxes and Local Government and Elections committee
hearing, Nov. 29, at the State Capitol building. The committee was holding an informational
hearing on proposals to build a new stadium complex for the Minnesota Vikings football team
owner - a New Jersey real estate developer named Zygi Wilf.
BY Mike Gold | Milwaukee | 11/17/11
Protesters in Milwaukee occupied a bridge here, Nov. 17, as similar actions took place across the country. Roughly 200 people gathered in Carver Park in a working-class Milwaukee neighborhood, then marched to the Highway 43 bridge, where they met with about 100 other protesters intent on civil disobedience.
BY Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 10/31/11
Occupy Milwaukee held a second march, Oct. 29, joining with Occupy the Hood. 400 people marched from Lincoln Park down a busy street, ending at a closed-down auto factory.
BY Staff | Gainesville, FL | 8/28/11
The Coalition to End the Meal Limits NOW scored a major victory for homeless and poor people’s rights here, Aug. 25, as the city commission unanimously voted to change the controversial meal limit ordinance imposed since 2008.
BY Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 7/20/11
The Minnesota government shutdown ended July 20 at 9:00 a.m., after Governor Mark Dayton signed a slew of budget bills - the biggest ones passed in the wee hours of that same morning. Many say that Gov. Dayton compromised too much and too soon, leaving poor and working people paying the price for the $5.2 billion budget deficit.
BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 7/14/11
On July 13, members of the Welfare Rights Committee rolled out a huge banner on the steps of the Minnesota state capitol building.
BY Mick Kelly | Saint Paul, MN | 6/30/11
Members and supporters of the Welfare Rights Committee gathered on the steps of the state capitol building here, June 30, unfurling a huge banner reading “Tax the rich! No cuts to poor and working people.”
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 6/08/11
Members and supporters of the Welfare Rights Committee held signs outside the Governors’ mansion, June 8, to send the message “No cuts to poor and working people” and “Tax the rich, or shut government down.”
Re: Young Chicano Revolutionaries
can you give me more info on the mexican movement i was very young whent all these was...
Re: Chrishaun McDonald’s trial continued
!!FIGHT RACISM & TRANSPHOBIA BY THE CLICK OF A MOUSE!! Please post far & wide,...
Re: Ron Paul: No friend of the 99%
Well if anyone who is anti-war or progressive was thinking that Ron Paul might be a valid...
Don't even bother to respond - Fightbacknews.org is Goldman Sachs' PR company - total BS....
Some of these comments are freaking hilarious! Like the one that suggests the "Anonymous"...