Friday May 24, 2013
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Extend and expand unemployment benefits
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 9/22/12
Millions of people are out of work. Those who are laid off are being foreclosed out of their homes, losing health care, and finding it harder and harder to make ends meet.
Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Extended Unemployment Compensation
“No tax money for a rich man’s stadium”
BY Kim DeFranco | St. Paul, Minnesota | 11/29/11
Chanting "Money for human needs, not for stadiums," members of the Welfare Rights Committee, the Minnesota Coalition for a Peoples' Bailout and supporters from OccupyMN gathered outside Senate Taxes and Local Government and Elections committee hearing, Nov. 29, at the State Capitol building. The committee was holding an informational hearing on proposals to build a new stadium complex for the Minnesota Vikings football team owner - a New Jersey real estate developer named Zygi Wilf.
Economic Crisis, Stadium, Taxpayer rip-off, Welfare Rights Committee
Many powerful events planned for this week at OccupyMN
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 10/10/11
Occupy Minnesota, which began on October 7 in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, continues it’s ongoing protest presence in People’s Plaza in downtown Minneapolis (the plaza between 5th & 6th Street and 3rd & 4th Avenue). Each day brings more support and more actions. The main theme of OccupyMN is “people before profits”.
Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
United States entering a new recession?
BY Fight Back! Editors | United States | 10/05/11
On Sept. 30, the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) publicly stated that the United States economy was tipping into a new recession.
double dip recession, Economic Crisis, recession
Occupy Minnesota starts Oct. 7
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 10/05/11
With the theme of “People before profits” and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, a similar occupation will start on Friday, Oct. 7 at 9:00 a.m. in Minneapolis.
Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Wall Street
No way out for Greece inside the euro zone
BY Masao Suzuki | Greece | 10/05/11
On Sunday, Oct. 3, the Greek Cabinet voted on a new budget proposal for 2012 that includes 6.5 billion euros ($8.5 billion) in spending cuts and tax hikes, including cutting 30,000 government jobs.
Economic Crisis, Greece
Drawing inspiration from Occupy Wall Street: October 1
BY Carolyn Riccardi | New York, NY | 10/02/11
In a city of nine million people, protesters aren’t supposed to shut down a major traffic artery on a Saturday afternoon. But on Saturday, October 1, Occupy Wall Street did just that.
Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Boston underway
BY Staff | Boston, MA | 10/02/11
In solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street campaign, Boston is joining in with other cities across the United States.
Economic Crisis, Occupy Boston, Occupy Wall Street
The Rich Get Richer... and Everyone Else Gets Poorer
BY Masao Suzuki | United States | 6/22/11
On June 19th the Washington Post published “With Executive Pay, Rich Pull Away from Rest of America” by Peter Whoriskey. This very informative article connected the rise in corporate executive’s pay with the growing economic inequality in the United States, using the example of a large U.S. dairy company combined with recent research by economists on high incomes. At the same time the article only offered very vague explanations for why the rich are winning out at the expense of almost everyone else.
Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Wall Street
Chicago protest slams CEOs, demands jobs, housing and education
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 6/16/11
Over 3000 teachers, healthcare workers, janitors and community activists descended on the corporate leaders meeting here, June 14 outside the Midwest CEO/CFO conference.
Economic Crisis
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