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Protest Demands Moratorium on Foreclosures, Tax the Rich, No Cutbacks
BY 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 Legislature.
Eviction, Foreclosure, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
MLK Day in Birmingham, saying no to war and poverty
BY Jenae Stainer | Birmingham, AL | 1/20/10
On Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dozens of people gathered here to participate in the Solidarity March with the Birmingham Homeless Coalition and Birmingham Peace Project.
ATU Local 1208, Birmingham Homeless Coalition, Birmingham Peace Project, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mississippi Worker's Center for Human Rights, Rosa Clemente, Students for a Democratic Society
Minnesota Protest of "Scrooge Pawlenty"
BY Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 12/27/09
Governor 'Scrooge Pawlenty' was by visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future at his mansion here on Dec. 22.
Tim Pawlenty, Welfare Rights Committee
Minnesota Forecasts Another Budget Crisis
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 12/02/09
Members of the Welfare Rights Committee and the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout gathered in the state capitol building, Dec. 2, outside the room where Minnesota Management and Budget department heads presented the ‘November Forecast,’ projecting a $1.2 billion deficit.
Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
'We Say Fight Back!' national conference to be held in Chicago
BY Chapin Gray | Chicago, IL | 8/28/09
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, leaders and organizers across the country are gearing up for the “They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back!” national conference planned for Oct. 3 in Chicago, Illinois.
'We Say Fight Back' Conference, Economic Crisis
Protest Blasts Governor Pawlenty’s Cuts
BY Mick Kelly | St. Paul, MN | 7/02/09
More than 50 people rallied in front of the Governor’s Mansion here, June 30 to slam Governor Pawlenty’s plan to cut hundreds of millions from health care, education, local government aid and human services.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
Tax Day Rally at State Capitol demands 'Tax the Rich'
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/16/09
Fifty protesters gathered on tax day, April 15, on the front steps of the Minnesota state capitol building to demand state government tax the rich and not balance the state budget on the backs of working and low-income people.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
People’s Bail Out Act heard in House Committee
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/23/09
The first legislative hearing on the Minnesota People’s Bail Out Act (House File 626) was held in the Minnesota House Labor and Consumer Protection Division Committee, March 20.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Response to Minnesota Budget Forecast
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/04/09
Leaders of the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout responded to the state budget forecast, March 3. The forecast anticipates a $4 billion deficit, despite the billions that will flow in from the federal stimulus.
Budget Cuts, capitalist crisis, Economic Crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Welfare Rights Committee testifies against Governor’s budget
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 2/22/09
The Welfare Rights Committee testified Feb. 18, in front of the Senate Health and Human Services Budget division.
Governor Pawlenty, Tax the rich, Welfare Rights Committee
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