The Cruz family of Minneapolis fell behind on their mortgage payments to PNC bank when the economy crashed. The bank refused to accept an online payment, demanding a multiple-month payment instead. And when the Cruz family was unable to oblige, the home went into foreclosure. The Cruz’ were working with a nonprofit to secure a loan when, without warning, the bank evicted them. On 21 June 2012, Occupy went to [...]
For more information, contact: Andrew Miller, +55-21-8380-7699, [email protected] Atossa Soltani, +1-202-256-9795 or +55-21-8380-8050 or +55-93-9210-7211, [email protected] Brent Millikan, +55 618-153-7009, [email protected] Movimento Xingu Vivo, +55-11-9853-9950 or +55-93-3515-2927 High-res photos available here. Broadcast-quality b-roll video also available: Protest footage (95 MB) | Aerial shots (23 MB) | Shot list and credits (Right-click and choose to save files to your computer) On the Eve of the Rio+20 UN Conference, Community Resistance Calls [...]
On Tuesday, June 19, in 15 cities across the country, including New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and San Francisco, America’s biggest nurses union, National Nurses United, along with hundreds of students, climate and AIDS activists, and faith leaders took to the streets in rallies outside JP Morgan and other financial institutions in support of the Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street transactions. The activists donned Robin Hood hats to [...]
International Youth Coalition/National Youth Coalition hunger strikers have locked themselves inside Oakland Obama HQ! From Matt O’Brien Oakland Tribune: A group of undocumented immigrants has occupied President Barack Obama’s campaign office in downtown Oakland, refusing to leave until his administration stops deporting students. “We’re going to stay here as long as we can,” said Luis Serrano, 24, speaking by cell phone Thursday evening from inside the Telegraph Avenue storefront where he [...]
News from: City of Oakland FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2012 Independent Report: Flawed Response by Oakland Police to October 25 “Occupy Oakland” Protest Oakland Police, Mayor, Administrator Say Reforms Already in Progress, Pledge Continued Improvements Oakland— An independent report commissioned by the City Administration has confirmed that the Oakland Police Department’s response to the Occupy Oakland protest on October 25 last year was flawed by inadequate staffing, insufficient planning, [...]
WHERE: Lakeview Elementary School, 746 Grand Avenue, Oakland CA 94610 ……..(corner of Grand and Lake Park Avenue, directly next to I-580 Grand Ave offramp) ……..(across the street from the Farmer’s Market) WHAT: Sit-in Protest To Reverse Closures of Oakland Public Schools WHEN: Beginning Friday, June 15 at 1:00 p.m. PST WHO: Teachers, parents, students, allies, and all who believe in public education “Every time you stop a school, you will [...]
On our second day in Chicago, we marched to the mayor’s home and protested the closing of 6 of the city’s 12 mental health clinics. People from all over the nation joined in protest against the privatization of all aspects of our lives. Corporations have profit, not people’s health at heart and Rahm Emanuel has shown himself to be just another politician for the 1%.
Dec.29 For seven days she had trekked thru the snow, big with child, hunkering down to avoid the soldiers. What little food the band had brought with them was gone in the first few days, berries and a few rabbits had provided a measure of sustenance. Now they were safe, following those same soldiers to a new camp with warm lodges, protected by the wisdom of Spotted Elk and a [...]
Image: Freedom of choice by Krzysztof Poltorak The New York Times report on president Obama’s kill list put into stark relief something that has been easy to overlook at times over the past few years: the differences between those who prefer a personality-based political environment and those who emphasize policy.1 Those tensions really came to a boil after Chris Hayes discussed the drone program on his show last week. Kevin [...]
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