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Poor People's Movements

MN low-income people say, ‘Dayton budget proposal fails the poor’
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 1/22/13
The Twin Cites-based Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) issued a statement today, Jan. 22, responding to Governor Dayton’s 2014-2015 budget proposal.
Governor Mark Dayton, TANF, Welfare Rights Committee
Low-income people go to MN governor’s mansion, tell Dayton to raise welfare grants
Staff | Minnesota | 1/15/13
Members of the Welfare Rights Committee were at the governor’s mansion, Jan. 15, to deliver hundreds of postcards urging Governor Dayton to raise...
Governor Dayton, Welfare Rights Committee (WRC)
Expected 14-bank ‘settlement’ - a bailout in disguise
David Hungerford | Newark, NJ | 1/04/13
Another mortgage ‘settlement’ between the government and 14 Wall Street banks is being pulled out of the hat.
bank bailout, Coalition to Save Our Homes, Home Foreclosures, Wall Street
People’s struggle against home foreclosures advances in NJ
David Hungerford | Trenton, NJ | 12/28/12
The people’s struggle against foreclosures took a new turn before the New Jersey Court of Appeals here, Dec. 19.
Attorney Adam Deutsch, Coalition to Save Our Homes, crisis of capitalism, Home Foreclosures
Tallahassee retirees and students rally to defend Medicare from ‘fiscal cliff’ budget cuts
Staff | Tallahassee, FL | 12/11/12
The afternoon clouds were dark, but even the threat of rain couldn't stop students, retirees, and union members from taking a stand against federal...
Budget Cuts, Congressman Steve Southerland, crisis of capitalism, fiscal cliff, Medicare, Social Security
Minneapolis: Vacant home takeover on second year of Occupy Homes
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/06/12
200 community members successfully took over a vacant home in South Minneapolis the night of Dec. 6, for a veteran made homeless by foreclosure.
Brother Ali, Chuck D, Home Foreclosures, Occupy Homes
New Jersey groups launch drive for criminal prosecution of banks
David Hungerford | Newark, NJ | 10/13/12
In the face of ineffective, and even harmful, government measures to assist distressed homeowners, an effort has been launched by the People’s...
Attorney General Eric Holder, Coalition to Save Our Homes, Home Foreclosures, People's Organization for Progress
Newark protest slams predatory lending, home foreclosures
David Hungerford | Newark, NJ | 9/29/12
A protest against predatory lending took place here, Sept. 15, at the Broad Street branch of Wells Fargo Bank.
Coalition to Save Our Homes, Home Foreclosures, People's Organization for Progress, Wall Street
Poor people take demand to MN governor: “Raise the welfare grants now!”
Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 8/10/12
People crowded into Governor Mark Dayton’s reception area, August 9, to tell him to “Raise the welfare grants” in the state of Minnesota.
Governor Mark Dayton, low-income families, welfare, Welfare Rights Committee
Minneapolis: Court solidarity challenges prosecution of anti-foreclosure activists
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 8/01/12
About 30 people assembled outside the Hennepin County Government Center here, August 1, to stand in solidarity with Occupy Homes’ Nick Espinosa and to...
Home Foreclosures, Injustice System, Nick Espinosa, Occupy Homes MN