#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty While Media Looks for Encampments, Occupy Helps Build the Popular Resistance http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2013/05/05/while-media-looks-for-encampments-occupy Yesterday, a media outlet contacted us to be on a show about how Occupy had “fizzled coming into this year's May 1.” The media keeps looking for encampments or last year’s protests and is missing how popular resistance is growing and demonstrating all over the country. This year there were actions in many cities on May Day. On Occupy Washington, DC we have reports from New York, NY, Denver, CO, Portland, OR and Richmond, VA as a few examples among many. Allison Kilkenny, the movement writer for the Nation, got it right when she wrote, “Now is actually the time when the most exciting grass…http://www.twitpic.com/cotv6l
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Should A CEO Make 1700 Times A Worker’s Salary? http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2013/05/should-ceo-make-1700-times-workers-salary Most of us are still feeling the effects of a struggling economy, but the corporate elite and the Wall Street banksters are doing better than ever. Many corporations have seen record profits in recent years, which have fueled buying sprees on Wall Street, pushing the DOW Jones to it’s all-time high. But, the income gap between workers and CEOs, which has gone up almost 20% since 2009, shows that all that profit is going straight to the top. This is exactly why many people don’t feel the effects of the modest economic recovery – because this recovery is not our recovery – all the gains are going directly to the top 1%..http://www.twitpic.com/cnhyi1
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Not the Onion: Dennis Rodman to return to North Korea and his new BFF Kim Jong-un http://freakoutnation.com/2013/04/14/not-the-onion-dennis-rodman-to-return-to-north-korea-and-his-new-bff-kim-jong-un/ Everybody calm the fuck down. Dennis Rodman can take care of our little North Korea problem. The former Chicago Bulls star is headed back to Pyongyang this summer. “I’m going back August 1,” The Miami Herald reports. “We have no plans really, as far as what we’re going to do over there, but we’ll just hang and have some fun!” What could go wrong? The Atlantic reports: “I’m not a total idiot,” said Rodman. “I know what Kim Jong-un is threatening to do regarding his military muscle. I hope it doesn’t happen because America will take whatever actions to protect America and our allie…”…http://www.twitpic.com/cjfs3s
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Wall Street settles lawsuit with city over books destruction for 2K http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/occupy-wall-street-settles-lawsuit-city-books-destruction-232k-article-1.1312565 Occupy Wall Street’s “People’s Library” settled a federal lawsuit with the city over the destruction of 2,800 books during the police raid on Zuccotti Park in November 2011. That's one hefty library fine. Occupy Wall Street’s “People’s Library” settled a federal lawsuit Tuesday with the city over the destruction of 2,800 books during the police raid on Zuccotti Park in November 2011. The city agreed to pay 2,000 — ,000 to cover the costs of the books and 5,000 to civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who brought the lawsuit last year. The city also agreed to shell out another …http://www.twitpic.com/cih0ul
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Across the Nation, Working Families Say Stop Sequestration http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Across-the-Nation-Working-Families-Say-Stop-Sequestration Detroit’s below freezing temperatures and gray winter skies didn’t deter a group of union and community activists from gathering downtown in front of a Chase Bank to build support to ensure that corporate special interests like Chase pay their fair share in taxes. The morning action was just one of more than 100 events in a national day of action urging Congress to avert the billion in arbitrary, across-the-board sequestration cuts in everything from mental health services to public safety scheduled to take effect March 1…http://www.twitpic.com/c5gx28
Beware of the 1%… you will NEVER be one of them! #ows #occupyhttp://www.twitpic.com/7nhv3p