Archive | Power to the People

12 February 2012 ~ 2 Comments

The right thing

Trader Joe’s signs a fair food agreement with Florida tomato workers. Bookmark It

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27 January 2012 ~ 2 Comments

Occupy our homes

I love you, Occupy. Oh yes I do: Brooklyn, NY — This afternoon approximately one hundred people peacefully and powerfully disrupted a foreclosure auction by bursting into song. At 3pm the foreclosure auctioneer attempted to start bidding on homes that had been foreclosed upon. When the bidding started, the courtroom burst into song: “Mr. Auctioneer [...]

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16 January 2012 ~ Comments Off

AP Ticker’s Life Lesson for January 16: Global Minimum Wage and a Capitalist Utopia

Imagine if someone at the ipod factory could afford to own an ipod… Bookmark It

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13 January 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Bank of America

Gets a makeover of 85 ATMs, thanks to some San Francisco activists! Bookmark It

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07 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

Banksters spooked by ‘Occupy Our Homes’

Resistance to foreclosures and evictions is having an effect, as a leaked memo from Bank of America indicates. More here. Bookmark It

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03 December 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Matt Stoller

Go read. It’ll cheer you up! Also, many good points in the comments. Bookmark It

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02 December 2011 ~ Comments Off

R.I.P.

What an excellent sister: (NEWSER) – Martina Davis-Correia died yesterday after a long battle with breast cancer—much of which coincided with her battle on behalf of her brother, controversial death row inmate Troy Davis, who was put to death in September. Davis-Correia, 42, had campaigned for Troy, delivering speeches and attending rallies in between her [...]

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30 November 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Austerity measures = medieval bleeding

Millions are protesting in Britain, and it’s no wonder — the government is making an already sick economy even sicker. Paul Krugman provides a good analogy. More here. Bookmark It

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30 November 2011 ~ 1 Comment

2 million people in the streets

Of England protesting austerity cuts: Bookmark It

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25 November 2011 ~ Comments Off

Reminder

Hilary’s mom still needs help. Bookmark It

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25 November 2011 ~ 1 Comment

‘Just you f*ckers wait’

Mona Eltahaway, who is an amazing Egyptian journalist, was arrested and assaulted in Egypt yesterday, and her reaction is pretty much what I suspect mine would be: “Wait until I get out of here and write about it.” Bookmark It

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22 November 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Tahrir Square

All hell breaking loose, 28 dead so far in the “million man” protest. Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Kouddous tweets: Protesters go to front lines, get gassed, and shot at, come back gasping, stumbling & wounded, recover, then go back Look at the size of this crowd. Livestream at 8 a.m.: Bookmark It

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18 November 2011 ~ Comments Off

Aww

This made me happy. Bookmark It

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17 November 2011 ~ 5 Comments

They took the books – again

Why didn’t they just Tase the books if they were so dangerous? Last night: The NYPD seized the People’s Library again tonight. We set up the library again today with 100 books, and the police came over this evening and stood in a line around the books, blocking anyone from reaching the books by creating [...]

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17 November 2011 ~ Comments Off

Dorli Rainey

Just want to make sure everyone sees this remarkable interview with the 84-year-old activist who was pepper-sprayed at Occupy Seattle. She’s a real hero: Bookmark It

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