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Poor People's Movements

Minnesota's Poor Say: Make the Rich Pay for the Budget Crisis!
Deb Konechne | St. Paul, MN | 2/01/03
Minnesota's poor are going on the offensive against budget cuts and welfare cut-offs.
Budget crisis, Pawlenty, Welfare Rights Committee
Dr. King and the Struggle for Peace
Naomi Nakamura | United States | 1/01/03
In 1967, exactly one year before Dr. King was assassinated, he made an impassioned plea to stop the War in Vietnam. “Somehow this madness must cease. We...
A Time to Break Silence, Dr. King, Martin Luther King
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Naomi Nakamura | United States | 1/01/03
The birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been a national holiday for the last twenty years. It is a time to remember his life, to reflect on the...
Civil Rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, SCLC, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Welfare Cuts, No Thanks!
Kim DeFranco | St. Paul, MN | 12/11/02
The Welfare Rights Committee and community supporters went to Governor Ventura's office, Nov. 21, to picket and demand that the he stop the scheduled...
governor ventura, Welfare Rights Committee, Welfare Time Limit
MN Poor Say: Make The Rich Pay
Deb Konechne | St. Paul, MN | 10/01/02
"Not one dime in cuts to poor and working people! Make the rich pay for the budget crisis!" is the rallying cry of Minnesota's low-income...
Budget crisis, Welfare Rights Committee
Poor Resist Mother's Day Massacre
Kim DeFranco | St. Paul, MN | 5/31/02
"We call it the 'Mother's Day Massacre,'" said Trishalla Bell, of the Welfare Rights Committee
diaper dump, Moratorium, Welfare Rights Committee, Welfare Time Limit
Welfare Rights Committee Wages Air War, Slams House Republicans in TV Ad Campaign!
Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 4/02/02
The Welfare Rights Committee has taken to the airwaves (and cable networks) to pound anti-poor politicians.
Welfare Rights Committee, Welfare Time Limit
Fight the Welfare Time Limits!
Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 4/02/02
"Tell the monsters to come out. They want to tell those monsters how angry they are," said Ya Vang, Hmong interpreter for the Welfare Rights...
Hunger Strike, Moratorium, Welfare Rights Committee, Welfare Time Limit
War at Home and Abroad
Fight Back! Editors | United States | 2/01/02
Make no mistake about it: the Bush administration is waging a war at home and abroad.
Afghanistan, Bush, civil liberties
Put a Moratorium on Time Limits
Kim DeFranco | Minneapolis, MN | 12/12/01
The Minnesota Welfare Rights Coalition held an historic Emergency Summit here, Dec. 8, to stop the time limits on public assistance.