Wednesday June 19, 2013
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Poor People's Movements

Struggle to stop resegregation of Wake County schools heats up as 4 civil rights activists are arrested in NC
Kosta Harlan | Raleigh, NC | 6/16/10
Four activists were arrested during a Wake County Board of Education meeting, June 15, as the struggle to stop the resegregation of Wake County schools...
NAACP, Resegregation, Reverend William Barber
Newark rally attacks crisis of foreclosure and homelessness
staff | Newark, NJ | 6/03/10
The Community Coalition against Foreclosure and Homelessness rallied here, May 22, to demand that effective measures be taken by government to help...
Community Coalition against Foreclosure and Homelessness, People's Organization for Progress
Newark rally attacks crisis of foreclosure and homelessness
staff | Newark, NJ | 6/03/10
The Community Coalition against Foreclosure and Homelessness rallied here, May 22, to demand that effective measures be taken by government to help...
Community Coalition against Foreclosure and Homelessness, People's Organization for Progress
Governor Pawlenty slammed on last day of Minnesota legislative session
Linden Gawboy | St. Paul, MN | 5/18/10
“You need a permit to do that,” the cops told the group of women writing last-minute posters outside Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty’s office, May 17. The...
AFSCME 3800, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
Minnesota’s poor people’s movement welcomes court decision against Pawlenty
Welfare Rights Committee | Minneapolis, MN | 5/07/10
Welfare Rights Committee hails Supreme Court ruling on unallotment, demands legislature take action for poor and working people.
Budget crisis, Tim Pawlenty, unallotment, Welfare Rights Committee
Minnesota Supreme Court rules against Governor on unallotment
staff | St. Paul, MN | 5/05/10
Fight Back! interviewed Linden Gawboy, a leader of the Welfare Rights Committee and the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout on the implications of...
Governor Pawlenty, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
New Jersey protest demands banks be held responsible for housing crisis
David Hungerford | Irvington, NJ | 4/18/10
The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) held a protest at the Irvington, New Jersey branch of Wachovia, a subsidiary of Wells Fargo, April 17....
People's Organization for Progress
Minnesota Tax Day Rally: 'Tax the Rich'
staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/15/10
St. Paul, MN - Protesters assembled in the rotunda of the Minnesota state capitol here on April 15 for a rally to demand that the state government not “...
Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Fight begins to get "Justice for Michael Kidd"
staff | Minneapolis, MN | 4/10/10
Friends, neighbors and other supporters joined the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout at the home of Michel Kidd, April 9. Kidd has been fighting...
Eviction, Foreclosure, Michael Kidd, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Parent responds to TV attack on school kids joining protest
Jess Sundin | Minneapolis, MN | 3/27/10
We have a social safety net that is nearly gone, and the politicians are stealing the last crumbs from the tables of our state's poorest families....
Welfare Rights Committee