Thursday May 24, 2012
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Poor People's Movements

March against foreclosures and evictions leads up to Chicago anti-NATO protest
Tom Burke | Chicago, IL | 5/17/12
Over 150 marchers gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago May 16, to march against home foreclosures and evictions.
Chicago-based Anti-Eviction Campaign, Communities United Against Foreclosures, Home Foreclosures
Welfare Rights Committee demands Governor Dayton veto Viking stadium bill
Kim DeFranco | Saint Paul, MN | 5/14/12
The Welfare Rights Committee and their supporters held a press conference and picket at Governor Mark Dayton’s office, May 11, to demand he veto the...
Governor Mark Dayton, Welfare Rights Committee
People’s power nabs banksters in their attempted NJ home heist
David Hungerford | Orange, NJ | 5/11/12
On May 4, the fraudulent eviction order against Susie Johnson of Orange was cancelled.
Coalition to Save Our Homes (C2SOH), Home Foreclosures, JP Morgan Chase
People tell NJ Attorney General: Prosecute predatory lenders
David Hungerford | Trenton, NJ | 4/15/12
In March, the Coalition to Save Our Homes asked New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa for a meeting.
African liberation, Bank of America, Foreclosures, Wells Fargo
People power stops unjust eviction in Orange, NJ
David Hungerford | Orange, NJ | 4/01/12
Over 30 people turned out, March 30, to protest the scheduled eviction of Susie Johnson, 77, from the home in which she has lived for 30 years.
African liberation, Coalition to Save Our Homes, Foreclosures, JP Morgan Chase
People power stops unjust eviction in Orange, NJ
David Hungerford | Orange, NJ | 4/01/12
Over 30 people turned out, March 30, to protest the scheduled eviction of Susie Johnson, 77, from the home in which she has lived for 30 years.
African liberation, Coalition to Save Our Homes, Foreclosures, JP Morgan Chase
MN legislators hold peoples hearing on foreclosure moratorium bill
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 3/14/12
In a packed hearing room, more than a dozen legislators heard testimony March 14 on proposed legislation to put a moratorium on home foreclosures and the...
Deb Konechne, Eviction, Foreclosure, housing, Karen Clark, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Moratorium, Rosemary Williams, Scott Dibble
People demand of MN politicians, “Tax the rich!”
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 1/24/12
It took several minutes for the people gathered outside on the front steps of the Minnesota State Capitol to filter through the doors and into the echoing...
Evictions, Foreclosures, housing crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout (MCPBO)
Plans submitted for new Vikings stadium
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...
Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Stadium, subsidies, Vikings, Welfare Rights Committee, Zygi Wilf
Occupy Coalition says “Banks and politicians made this mess"
Melissa Gaido | Milwaukee, WI | 1/09/12
In response to concerns from community members of the 20th Street neighborhood, north of North Avenue, a newly formed Occupy Coalition consisting of...
Occupy Milwaukee, Occupy Riverwest, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Wall Street