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Poor People's Movements

Protest at first day of Minnesota legislature
Kim DeFranco | Minnesota | 1/11/11
As the 2011 Minnesota state legislative session came to order on Jan. 4, the Welfare Rights Committee and the Minnesota Coalition for a People's...
Minnesota Welfare Rights Coalition, Tax the rich
Protest set for January 4, opening day of Minnesota legislature
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 12/28/10
Protesters will assemble at the Minnesota State Capitol Building, at 12 noon, Jan. 4 to say no to attacks on programs that serve poor and working people....
Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
Newark People’s Hearing against Foreclosure Mobilizes the People to Fight for Economic Justice
David Hungerford | Newark, NJ | 11/09/10
Activists and community members gather to fight foreclosures, demand that bankers be held accountable.
Foreclosure, People's Organization for Progress
On the streets for a people’s agenda at MN governor debate
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 9/15/10
As the candidates for governor were preparing to debate inside the Pantages Theater here Sept. 15, about 30 members of the Minnesota Coalition for a...
Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, Rosemary Williams, Tom Emmer, Welfare Rights Committee
On the streets for a people’s agenda at MN governor debate
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 9/15/10
As the candidates for governor were preparing to debate inside the Pantages Theater here Sept. 15, about 30 members of the Minnesota Coalition for a...
Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, Rosemary Williams, Tom Emmer, Welfare Rights Committee
Build the Fight for Jobs or Income Now!
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 9/02/10
Members of the Network to Fight for Economic Justice have been leafleting and petitioning at unemployment offices demanding that Congress and state...
Economic Crisis, Network to Fight for Economic Justice, Unemployment
Target targeted for contribution to anti-gay and anti-immigrant candidate Tom Emmer
Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 8/06/10
The outpouring of online anger at Target turned to the streets on Aug. 5, as more than 50 people protested outside of Target’s store on Lake Street and...
BAM!, Boycott Arizona-Minnesota, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, SB1070, Target, Tom Emmer
Welfare Rights Committee launches campaign to tell the candidates: “Undo the cuts to the poor!”
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 7/10/10
On July 8, members of the Welfare Rights Committee (WRC) gathered outside the Ramsey County welfare office, holding signs and passing out fliers urging...
Economic Crisis, Welfare Rights Committee
Welfare Rights Committee activist Angel Buechner speaks at U.S. Social Forum
Staff | Detroit, MI | 7/07/10
Podcast of Angel Buechner, of the Minnesota-based Welfare Rights Committee, at the U.S Social Forum, June 24, at the workshop “Building the people’s...
US Social Forum, USSF, Welfare Rights Committee
Interview with Rosemary Williams at the U.S. Social Forum
Staff | Detroit, MI | 7/01/10
Fight Back! interviewed Rosemary Williams, an important leader in the struggle against home foreclosures, at the U.S. Social Forum on June 24.
Eviction, Foreclosure, Rosemary Williams, US Social Forum, USSF
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