Friday September 3, 2010
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Geithner Should Go!
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 1/10/10
Current Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner was president of the New York Federal Reserve when AIG and big banks were given the secret bailout. The editors of Fight Back! say that Geithner should resign, or be removed from the post of Treasury Secretary.
crisis of capitalism, Geithner
'Education is a Right, Not a Privilege for the Rich'
BY Charla Schlueter | Berkeley, CA | 10/27/09
Over 600 activists gathered on Oct. 24, for a conference to organize against the statewide education budget cuts.
Budget Cuts, crisis of capitalism, Education Rights, UC Berkeley
Capitalism in crisis: fighting back in hard times
BY Mick Kelly | Minneapolis, MN | 10/27/09
Activists from the welfare rights, labor, immigrant rights and anti-war movements filled May Day books store here, for a forum called 'Capitalism in crisis; fighting back in hard times,' Oct. 25.
crisis of capitalism, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Interview with rank-and-file leader Gregg Shotwell
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 6/05/09
Fight Back! interviewed Gregg Shotwell, a worker from the Delphi auto parts plant in Coopersville, Michigan, and a founder of Soldiers of Solidarity, an organization of rank-and-file members of the United Auto Workers (UAW).
Bailout, crisis of capitalism, Gregg Shotwell, United Autoworkers
Tidal Wave of Layoffs Continues in December
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 1/10/09
On Friday, Jan. 9, the Department of Labor reported that 524,000 jobs were lost in December. With even more jobs losses in November than estimated last month, 2008 was the worst year for jobs since 1945, with more than 2.5 million jobs lost.
crisis of capitalism, Economic Crisis, Unemployment
Billions to Bankers, Nothing to the Unemployed
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 10/06/08
On Friday, Oct. 3, the House of Representatives voted to approve Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson’s $700 billion bailout plan and then left town to campaign for the election.
bank bailout, crisis of capitalism, Unemployment
Bush Mortgage Plan to Aid Big Banks - Home Foreclosures Hit Record Highs
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 12/16/07
On Dec. 6, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America reported that home foreclosures and late mortgages rose to record highs in the July to September period.
bank bailout, crisis of capitalism, housing crisis, mortgage crisis
Republicans Hit Unemployed
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 2/01/04
As Congress wrapped up its business for the holiday break, the Republican leadership sent a big lump of coal to millions of unemployed workers.
crisis of capitalism, privatization, unemployment insurance
Latest Census Reports Shows African Americans and Latinos Hardest Hit
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 10/01/03
In late September the Census Bureau reported that, for the second year in a row, household income fell, the number of poor rose, and more Americans lacked health insurance
crisis of capitalism, Income disparity, poverty rate
Millions Out of Work, Bush Gives Tax Cuts to Rich
BY Adam Price | San Jose, CA | 7/01/03
In May, the unemployment rate rose to 6.1%, the highest level in nine years; businesses have cut more than two and a half million jobs since the recession began in March of 2001.
bush tax cuts, crisis of capitalism, recession, Unemployment
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