Tuesday February 7, 2012
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Poor People's Movements

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
Protesters Demand of Obama and L.A. Sheriff Baca: Stop the Police/ICE Repression!
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...
Baca, ICE, SCOMM, Secure Communities
Occupy Minneapolis occupies home facing foreclosure so bank doesn’t kick family out
Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 12/09/11
On Dec. 6, a national day of action for occupying foreclosed homes, more than 100 people rallied here in front of Bobby Hull’s house at 3712 Columbus...
Bobby Hull, Eviction, Foreclosure, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
“No tax money for a rich man’s stadium”
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'...
Economic Crisis, Stadium, Taxpayer rip-off, Welfare Rights Committee
Second Minneapolis home occupation challenges foreclosures, 2 arrested
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 11/19/11
About 50 people rallied here at People’s Plaza, the encampment of Occupy MN, and proceeded to south Minneapolis where they occupied a foreclosed home.
Foreclosures, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street
Protesters in Milwaukee occupy bridge, take streets
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...
bridges, Carver Park, jobs, Occupy Milwaukee, OWS
Occupation to stop Minneapolis home foreclosure underway
Sarah Martin | Minneapolis, MN | 11/11/11
150 people chanted “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” Nov. 8, at a rally to begin an occupation in support of North Minneapolis home owner, Monique...
Foreclosures, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Occupy the Hood, Occupy Milwaukee on the march
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-...
Occupy Milwaukee, Occupy the Hood, Occupy the Hood Milwaukee, Occupy Wall Street