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Protest demands “Hands off Social Security”
BY David Hungerford | Newark, New Jersey | 4/19/13
The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) put a Hands off Social Security picket line in front of the Essex County Social Security building, April 16.
newark, People's Organization for Progress, POP, Social Security
Utah students protest Wells Fargo
BY Josh West | Provo, UT | 4/11/13
Students and community members protested in front of the Wells Fargo building on April 6 to voice their opposition to Wells Fargo’s hypocritical marketing. Wells Fargo deeply invests in privately owned prisons through firms like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison company in the U.S.
Corrections Corporation of America, Revolutionary Students Union, Utah Valley Dream Team, Wells Fargo
Struggle over wage theft ordinance continues in Florida
BY Staff | Gainesville, FL | 3/06/13
The Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force has been working to stop wage theft in Alachua Coutny, Florida for the past year. Wage theft, or the stealing of earned wages, has increased during the economic downturn.
Alachua County Wage Theft Task Force, wage theft
Drop in GDP at the end of 2012 is a warning on austerity
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 2/11/13
On Jan. 30, the Commerce Department reported that Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, fell by a very small amount (0.1% at an annual rate) in the last three months of 2012.
austerity, GDP, Gross Domestic Product
Automatic spending cuts threaten college financial aid
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 2/06/13
On March 1, the automatic spending cuts demanded by the 2011 Budget Control Act are scheduled to go into effect. These cuts were originally scheduled to go into effect Jan. 2, but were delayed as part of the solution to the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ Included in the spending cuts is an 8.4% reduction in federal financial aid.
Budget Cuts, financial aid, spending cuts
Increase in payroll tax surprises many workers
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 1/25/13
Starting Jan. 1, payroll taxes paid by workers went up from 4.2% to 6.2%. This increase will affect about 77% of all households.
Capitalism, income tax, payroll taxes, Tax the rich, worker's rights
Republicans ‘blink’ and agree to raise debt ceiling for 3 months
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 1/25/13
On Jan. 23, Congressional Republicans caved in and voted for a three-month extension to the Federal Debt Limit.
Capitalism, Federal Debt Limit, Medicare, Social Security
Unemployment rate for women higher than men for first time in over six years
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 1/06/13
The unemployment rate for adult women (20 years and older), increased from 7.0% in November to 7.3% in December, rising above the unemployment rate for adult men, which stayed the same at 7.2%.
Unemployment, women
Compromise to stop the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ no victory for working class
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 1/03/13
On January 1, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 257-167 to pass the Senate compromise tax bill to stop the so-called “‘fiscal cliff’ of tax increases and spending cuts. While Democratic politicians are portraying this deal as a victory as “98% of Americans will not see their taxes increase,” the reality is that 77% of Americans, including about two-thirds of the working class, will see tax increases.
fiscal cliff
Senate compromise to put off the ‘fiscal cliff’ to continue Extended Unemployment benefits, raises taxes on working people
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 1/01/13
Early New Year’s Day, the U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to pass a compromise bill to put off the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where Republicans are likely to try to get even more tax breaks for the rich.
crisis of capitalism, Extended Unemployment Compensation, fiscal cliff, tax cuts, Unemployment
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