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Protest demands 'Stop foreclosures'
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/14/09
More than 40 protesters gathered here March 14 at the foreclosed home of Rosemary Williams, to demand that Williams be allowed to stay in her home and an end to foreclosures.
capitalist crisis, housing crisis, Rosemary Williams
Massive Job Losses Show Economy Sliding Into a Depression
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 3/12/09
On March 6, the Labor Department reported that the economy lost 650,000 more jobs in February.
capitalist crisis, Unemployment, unemployment disparity
Worst Economic Crisis Since Great Depression
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 3/10/09
In the six months since the financial crisis exploded with the collapse of New York investment bank Lehman Brothers, the world economy has been gripped by the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Depression, Economic Crisis, Socialism
Response to Minnesota Budget Forecast
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/04/09
Leaders of the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout responded to the state budget forecast, March 3. The forecast anticipates a $4 billion deficit, despite the billions that will flow in from the federal stimulus.
Budget Cuts, capitalist crisis, Economic Crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Welfare Rights Committee testifies against Governor’s budget
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 2/22/09
The Welfare Rights Committee testified Feb. 18, in front of the Senate Health and Human Services Budget division.
Governor Pawlenty, Tax the rich, Welfare Rights Committee
HK on J Protest Draws Thousands
BY Kosta Harlan | Raleigh, NC | 2/22/09
Over 4000 people, the majority African American, marched in downtown Raleigh, Feb. 14, in a show of force organized by the North Carolina NAACP.
Black Liberation Movement, Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, HK on J, NAACP
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 2/17/09
Representatives of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives agreed upon a compromise economic package Feb. 11 totaling $789 billion in federal spending and tax cuts over the next two years. The bill is expected to quickly pass the House and Senate and be signed into law by President Obama within the next week.
capitalist crisis, Economic Crisis, Stimulus Package
Minnesota People's Bailout Act introduced in legislature
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 2/12/09
The Minnesota People’s Bailout legislation was introduced in the Minnesota State Senate and House, Feb. 9.
Economic Crisis, Minnesota People’s Bailout Coalition, Welfare Rights Committee
Economy Sheds 600,000 Jobs in January
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 2/11/09
On Feb. 6 the Labor Department reported that 598,000 jobs were lost in January and at the same time revised upwards their report on job losses for November and December.
capitalist crisis, Economic Crisis, Unemployment
Banks to Get More Bailout Money Despite ‘No’ Vote in House of Representatives
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 2/05/09
When the House of Representatives bowed to popular anger and defeated the Bush administration’s $700 billion bailout bill on Sept. 29, 2008, Wall Street was dealt a stunning defeat.
Bailout, Economic Crisis, Wall Street
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