Category Archives: PROTESTS

“Occupy Wall Street”: Thousands March in NYC Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment

Posted on Monday, September 19, 2011 by meganwilson
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Hyatt Hotel Fries Union Protestors With Heat Lamps

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by meganwilson

By Jen Sabella HUFFINGTON POST On Thursday morning, hundreds of unionized hotel workers gathered outside of Chicago’s Park Hyatt. After nearly two years of negotiations, they demanded a new contract, protested working conditions and decried the company’s alleged plans to … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: Landowners Challenge TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by meganwilson

TransCanada is suing and threatening American farmers and ranchers with eminent domain so it can build a pipeline that will serve no one but TransCanada and Big Oil By Tom Zeller Jr. HUFFINGTON POST Sue Kelso, born Sue White, is … Continue reading →

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Carlos Montes and the Security State: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by meganwilson

By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG On May 17 at 5 in the morning the Chicano activist Carlos Montes got a wake-up call at his home in California from Barack Obama’s security state. The Los Angeles County sheriff’s SWAT team, armed with … Continue reading →

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This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance

Posted on Monday, July 4, 2011 by meganwilson

By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG People found the strength and the faith that, no matter what happened to them when they sat at that lunch counter or got on that bus, there would be another wave of people coming behind them … Continue reading →

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Greece: A Look At America’s Future

Posted on Thursday, June 16, 2011 by meganwilson
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, ECONOMY, EMPIRE, EMPLOYMENT, EVIL CORPORATIONS, FASCISM, GREED, NATIONWIDE GENERAL STRIKE, POLICY, PROTESTS, RESOURCES | Leave a comment

SOLUTIONS: Progressives Demand Action From Senate Democrats

Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by meganwilson

Will Democrats propose a major jobs investment bill, fight for it, rally the public around it, bring it to a vote, and dare Republicans to vote against it? Or will they pre-emptively capitulate before the fight even begins? Chuck Shumer … Continue reading →

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WE ARE BEING LIED TO

Posted on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 by meganwilson
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“We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians”: Protests Grow in Greece Over Austerity Measures

Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2011 by meganwilson

“You got the disease, we got the solution — revolution,” read one banner. “We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians.” By George Georgiopoulos REUTERS ATHENS, June 5 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands Greeks rallied in central … Continue reading →

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SOLUTIONS: Grocery Store Workers Go On Hunger Strike Over Stagnant Wages

Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011 by meganwilson

By Dave Jamieson HUFFINGTON POST All night long, Jose Garcia performs his job while surrounded by food — a painful bit of irony, he says. The 52-year-old Mexican immigrant works the overnight shift cleaning floors inside a Cub Foods store … Continue reading →

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