Thursday February 9, 2012
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Half a million jobs lost in June
BY Adam Price | San José, CA | 7/17/09
On July 2, the Labor Department announced that another 467,000 jobs were lost in June as the official unemployment rate rose to 9.5%.
capitalist crisis, Economic Crisis, Unemployment
Protest Blasts Governor Pawlenty’s Cuts
BY Mick Kelly | St. Paul, MN | 7/02/09
More than 50 people rallied in front of the Governor’s Mansion here, June 30 to slam Governor Pawlenty’s plan to cut hundreds of millions from health care, education, local government aid and human services.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout, Welfare Rights Committee
Hundreds Join 'State of Emergency' Rally Against Budget Cuts
BY Kosta Harlan | Raleigh, NC | 6/21/09
“We’re in the middle of an historic crisis,” the president of the North Carolina Public Sector Workers Union (UE 150), Angaza Laughinghouse, told Fight Back!.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis
March on Banks Demands Stop Foreclosures and Evictions
BY Linden Gawboy | Minneapolis, MN | 6/16/09
“You got bailed out, we got sold out! Stop foreclosures now!” was the rallying call during a protest here June 13 as a crowd of 75 people surged to the doors of a US Bank branch on Lake Street.
capitalist crisis, housing crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Rosemary Williams eviction trial delayed
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 5/28/09
In a packed Hennepin County Court room, May 26, District Judge Lloyd Zimmerman decided to delay the foreclosure-related eviction trial of Rosemary Williams until June 22.
capitalist crisis, housing crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout, Rosemary Williams
U.S. in Longest Recession Since the 1930s
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 5/11/09
The United States is now in its longest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
capitalist crisis, Depression, recession
Tax Day Rally at State Capitol demands 'Tax the Rich'
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/16/09
Fifty protesters gathered on tax day, April 15, on the front steps of the Minnesota state capitol building to demand state government tax the rich and not balance the state budget on the backs of working and low-income people.
Budget crisis, capitalist crisis, Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout
Federal Budget Deficit On Track to a Record
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 4/16/09
On Friday, April 10, the U.S. Department of the Treasury reported that the federal government budget deficit for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2009 (which runs from October to September) was $957 billion.
capitalist crisis, Federal Deficit, New Deal
No Sign of Recovery In Job Market
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 4/06/09
On April 3 the monthly jobs report by the Department of Labor showed that the official unemployment rate jumped from 8.1% in February to 8.5% in March, while the economy lost another 663,000 jobs.
capitalist crisis, Unemployment
Students, Workers, Faculty Protest UNC Board of Trustees Meeting
BY Kosta Harlan | Chapel Hill, NC | 4/05/09
Chanting “They say cut back, we say fight back!” a group of 50 students, campus workers and faculty marched on the Board of Trustees meeting March 26.
Budget Cuts, capitalist crisis, UE150
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