#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Secrets and Lies of the Bailout http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/secret-and-lies-of-the-bailout-20130104 The federal rescue of Wall Street didn’t fix the economy – it created a permanent bailout state based on a Ponzi-like confidence scheme. And the worst may be yet to come It has been four long winters since the federal government, in the hulking, shaven-skulled, Alien Nation-esque form of then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, committed 0 billion in taxpayer money to rescue Wall Street from its own chicanery and greed. To listen to the bankers and their allies in Washington tell it, you'd think the bailout was the best thing to hit the American economy since the invention of the assembly line. Not only did it prevent another Great D…http://www.twitpic.com/cpgscw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 12m15m to Barcelona back to the Plaza! http://www.acampadadebarcelona.org/2013/05/08/12m15m-barcelona-tornem-placa/ TRANSLATED FROM CATALAN SPANISH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR 15M 2013 is not just an anniversary is also a time of intense fighting for what is happening. Two years ago, on May 15, 2011, the people rose up and took to the streets to fight against political and economic system that is pouring disaster. The claims of those days are the same now, unfortunately with the economic and social situation has worsened. From 10 to 12M, most of the groups that emerged from Plaza Catalonia and working in a decentralized manner, again for three days to re-occupy it by leaving it on 12M at 18pm with the demonstration unit “Stop Financial genocide, together we can! ” Then the complete program and much more related information. On the web 12m15m.acampadadebarcelona.org find all the acts of the preparatory meetings that have made this 12m15m. Context of 12m15mBCN 2013: 15M 2013 is not just an anniversary is also a time of intense fighting, with actions in different places since Friday 10 May, after warming up with actions decentralized bank branches proposed by Toque Campaign Bankia tomorrow. Two years ago, on May 15, 2011, the people rose up and took the streets to fight a political and economic system that is pouring disaster against budget austerity measures that ignore the inhumane and unjust insecurity of the majority of the population that have led to a social emergency. However, our politicians and financial authorities do not want to understand the message, do not listen to any proposal and taking advantage of the crisis to continue to plunder the common wealth and profit themselves . On May 12, we went back to the streets in a peaceful demonstration and protest because we are fed up with their lies, manipulations and corruption, we do not want goods remain in the hands of politicians and bankers and why we have initiated a process of social change construction of alternatives to its model to become a constituent power that will lead to a new paradigm where social and environmental justice prevail. To this end, we put on the table six points that were proposed last year measures for minimum change , because we are still at the same point and our claims are still valid. The 6 pillars on which the claims revolve 15M this 12m15m (synthesized form) are: Not a euro rescue banks. Education, health and social services and public good. Fair distribution of work and wealth. No to job insecurity. Guaranteed right to decent housing. Universal basic income. Rights and liberties. Right body. No to repression. You will find a more detailed explanation of the points in the press release (sent to the media) that closes this publication . Then the program 12m15m the 10th, 11th and 12th of May and the statement sent to the media . 12m15m Program in Barcelona Friday # 10M / In Catalonia Plaza At 18pm press conference presentation 12m15m At 19pm, re-occupation of the plaza Catalonia – With the installation of information boards and broadcast groups ( Area Coordinator neighborhood assemblies in Barcelona , Nou Barris 15M with 500 × 20 , Water is Life Platform , Platform EstafaBanca , Citizen Constituent Assembly , Civic Platform ILP Guaranteed Income …). Also during the evening, actions 'smeared Banking' in a decentralized manner with the aim of showing that the bank kills everything 'decorating' imaginative way of bank branches and ATMs. – Announcements: at 18h30 the Association 500 × 20 and 15M Nou Barris call the shelter Via Giulia, 19 to 22h at any branch of Barcelona and Catalonia Square start from 23h to start large smeared. Saturday # 11M / In Catalonia Plaza A General Assembly (at 20pm) closed a day based on the dissemination of information to different groups: – Tables and information dissemination to groups: Area Coordinator neighborhood assemblies in Barcelona , Nou Barris 15M with 500 × 20 , Water is Life Platform , Platform EstafaBanca , Citizen Constituent Assembly , Civic Platform ILP Guaranteed Income … – Talks: / Space Silvia Aros MORNING 12:00 The State of Public Health 12:00 Presentation of the “Stop apartheid, genocide business and health” (Carmeta) 12:30 privatization of health Catalan ( STANDING for Public Health ) 13 : 00 Corruption in health (Sibina Albano and the journal cafèambllet ' ) actions against apartheid health 13:30 14:00 Proposed Work AFTERNOON 17:00 Evolution of Spanish banks in the twentieth century (Linares Chem) 18:30 Struggles of Nou Barris / Consol Space MORNING 12:00 What is an audit “citizen”? AFTERNOON 16:30 Workshop: Come to define illegitimate debt ( Citizen Debt Audit Platform ) 19:00-table debate: Towards a Universal Basic Income (Working with Basic Income Network Basic Income , Fundación de los common , Guaranteed Income Civic Platform ILP ) / Dominic Space MORNING 12:00 Water is not for sale (Quim Perez, a member of the Platform Water is Life id ' Ecologists in Action ) AFTERNOON 17:00 “In the fight moves to the positions. Results and Prospects two years “(Manuel Delgado Ruiz, anthropologist ) 18:30 Dependency Law, a new FRAUD? ( Command Motorized ) At 20h General Assembly . Sunday # 12M / In Catalonia Plaza At 11am Constituent Assembly , with the participation of James Asens Gerardo Pisarello, Ada Colau Marco Rios and Victor Aparicio and others. More information on power-constituent.org / . At 16h30, Theatre play, 'The Three Little Pigs evicted' , by ' Theatre on marcha '. At 18pm, demonstration under the slogan “Stop the genocide finance, together we can!” The tour is Plaza Catalonia – Pl. University – Gran Via – Pl. Tetuan – Arc de Triomphe. During the demonstration: – The group Che Sudaka encourage music – The reflective present campaign El15Mcierratucuenta inviting pass ethical banking from 15 May (video campaign http://ow.ly/kI4hE). More information bancabruta.weebly.com . / Catalonia Square Off Assembly meeting at Parc del Clot – Calling Assembly Verneda-Iris, Clot El Masnou, Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Sant Adrià Coordinator Maresme 15M . – From 11 am to Clot Park lectures and discussions on various topics (health, education, housing …) followed by a popular lunch at 14.30 and start warming up to les15h30. – At 17h will be at Plaza Las Glorias to join column heading to North Plaza Catalonia. – call to sign http://imgur.com/KtABGbF Columns to get to the rally were organized in four columns converge Catalonia Plaza at 18pm to join the demonstration unit. / ColumnaNord – In 16h out of the North Column Pl. Llucmajor with 15M Nou Barris. – At 16h15 Rail Station Fabra i Puig, join the North Column Assemblies of Coordinators 15M Vallès . – At 17h Column join the North Plaza Glories Assemblies of the Verneda-iris , Clot , El Masnou , Badalona , Santa Coloma de Gramenet , Sant Adrià if the Coordinator Maresme 15M . / ColumnaSud – At 17h leave the South of Spain Plaza Column Assemblies Saints , Navy-Zone , Cornella and L'Hospitalet . / ColumnaGràciaSarrià – At 17h leave the Jardinets of Grace (Av. Diagonal / Ps. Gracia), the Assemblies of Gracia and Sarria with other similar groups and fight Gràcia. / ColumnaPAH – At 17h leave the PAH Arc de Triomphe. You'll find all the columns in the MAP http://12m15m.acampadadebarcelona.org/columnes-i-punts-de-trobada From the night of May 12, Plaza Catalonia longer the center '12m15m 'and decentralized actions. 2nd Anniversary With the outbreak of the # 15M every neighborhood, village, town committee or working group will generate the their own events and announcements. We reproduce below the statement sent to the media: 15 M 2013 is not just an anniversary is also a time of intense fighting, with actions in different places since Friday 10 May, after warming up with actions decentralized bank branches proposed to Toque Campaign Bankia tomorrow. Two years ago, on May 15, 2011, the people rose up and took the streets to fight a political and economic system that is pouring disaster against budget austerity measures that ignore the inhumane and unjust insecurity of the majority of the population that have led to a social emergency. However, our politicians and financial authorities do not want to understand the message, do not listen to any proposal and taking advantage of the crisis to continue to plunder the common wealth and profit themselves. On May 12, we went back to the streets in a peaceful demonstration and protest because we are fed up with their lies, manipulations and corruption, we do not want goods remain in the hands of politicians and bankers and why we have initiated a process of social change construction of alternatives to its model to become a constituent power that will lead to a new paradigm where social and environmental justice prevail. To this end, we put on the table six points that were proposed last year measures for minimum change, because we are still at the same point and our claims are still valid: First. Not one euro to rescue banks. We audit the debt from the public to create an economy closer to people and point out the real culprits of the crisis. We must not, do not pay! Instead of rescuing financial institutions, build and support a truly ethical bank that responds to social criteria and not in search of profit. Two. Education, health services and public financing and management, universal quality. No to cuts in public spending, no to privatization of public services, not to the privatization of water and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources. No repayment. Three. Fair distribution of work and wealth distribution to build a new sustainable production model without poverty or insecurity, a model based on the common good. No to retirement at 67 years and immediate withdrawal of the last labor reforms. Recognition invisible and unpaid labor (reproductive work, home, care, dependent …). Four. Guaranteed right to access to housing, mortgage abusive repeal legislation. Halt evictions. Retroactive payment in kind. Conversion of the stock of real estate financial institutions public housing for social rent, amounting to no more than 30% of monthly income. Measures against abuse of speculation: promoting housing cooperatives and expropriation of vacant homes. 5. Universal basic income for all. Dignified life and the right to existence. Tax reform that allows fairly distribute wealth. Effective fight against tax evasion and tax havens. Our lives are not commodities! 6. Democracy, transparency, return of political power to the people through a constitutional process. Human rights and civil liberties: freedom of assembly, demonstration, strike, Equality and association … right to their own bodies. Right to food and food sovereignty. But none of these goals can not get them without breaking the system, the present institutional framework. Just raising popular power from below and the low will be possible to establish a new framework for relations between all. And we say: We do not represent, let them out! Furthermore, although some say that social mobilization and civil disobedience do not get results in these two years we have achieved many milestones, unthinkable until recently and, slowly, we are creating alternatives to unbridled capitalism and neoliberal logic. Because with social mobilization and yes disobedience results are obtained. Among the successes' most recent social movements as a result of the explosion 15M there both related to housing, such as the health, education and the debt crisis. And also important social changes such as the decision of firefighters from various regions of refusing to participate in evictions, and more than a hundred doctors from hospitals in Madrid have resigned en masse in protest over healthcare privatization orchestrated by Ignacio Gonzalez. In Catalonia include the task of moving platforms Rear, Stop rubber bullets and Eye eye with you, along with thousands of people on social networks have managed to raise awareness on the need to ban rubber bullets and deslitimització the social body mossos that caused the fall of the Interior Minister Felip Puig. The police repression of protests is a two-edged tool and to date, one in three riot longer wants it. In health research work and claims of some journalists and media committed such Latte have achieved the resignation of the president of the ICS, Josep Prat, imputation or the High Court of Xavier Crespo numerous irregularities evident in the report of the audit.http://www.twitpic.com/cp99jz
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Help Save the U.S. Postal Service http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Help-Save-the-U.S.-Postal-Service Do you care about keeping post offices open, ensuring Saturday delivery for years to come and stopping proposals to lay off postal workers? Please sign a petition to support a bill that would end the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) pre-fund 75 years of retiree health care benefits. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) filed legislation to end this requirement. The legislation that forces the requirement, passed by Congress in 2006, is unprecedented, as no other private or public entity has to meet such a standard. That requirement is the key factor driving Postal Service deficits and defaults and has led to proposals to en…http://www.twitpic.com/cp9b1e
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Come Up With the Ultimate Thomas Friedman Porn Title http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/contest-come-up-with-the-ultimate-thomas-friedman-porn-title-20130502 Yesterday I was clicking my way through the Times editorial page when I hit upon Tom Friedman's column, ominously entitled, “It's a 401(k) World.” When I see headlines like that on Tom's pieces I have to make sure my airways are clear of food or drink before proceeding – there is real medical danger of power-laughing your way into a choking episode if you try eating and Friedman-reading simultaneously. But lunch was over: airways clear. I gathered myself, took a deep breath, and read: It's hard to have a conversation today with any worker, teacher, student or boss who doesn't tell you some version of this: More …http://www.twitpic.com/cokmrf
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] The Persuaders http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/view/ Americans are swimming in a sea of messages. Each year, legions of ad people, copywriters, market researchers, pollsters, consultants, and even linguists—most of whom work for one of six giant companies—spend billions of dollars and millions of man-hours trying to determine how to persuade consumers what to buy, whom to trust, and what to think. Increasingly, these techniques are migrating to the high-stakes arena of politics, shaping policy and influencing how Americans choose their leaders. In “The Persuaders,” FRONTLINE explores how the cultures of marketing and advertising have come to influence not only what Americans buy, but also how …http://www.twitpic.com/cmr0fo
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Good Wife: 'The Most Honest Portrayal of Labor Unions I Have Ever Seen on Television' http://blog.aflcio.org/Blog/Other-News/The-Good-Wife-The-Most-Honest-Portrayal-of-Labor-Unions-I-Have-Ever-Seen-on-Television Ed Sills of the Texas AFL-CIO sends us this: My wife and I are big fans of “The Good Wife,” which, besides the inspired-by-real-events plotline—a wife “stands by” a cheating politician who has a statewide profile—is as fine a legal procedural as I have seen on television. The show combines a “case-of-the-week” approach with the ongoing soap-opera-style plot, and it pops. [This week's] episode, “A More Perfect Union,” was extraordinary even by the show’s high standard. It delves into what happens when workers come together to try to form a union. The featured case involves a g…http://www.twitpic.com/clxi9m
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty What is this “conference” you speak of? http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/what-is-this-conference-you-speak-of.html You have to hand it to them, they know that the American people know nothing of conference bills and “regular order.” They figure they can ride this out with no problem: House Republicans spent most of their time over the last three years reminding Americans that Senate Democrats hadn’t passed a budget in two, then three, then four years. It was a regular Republican talking point, a particular favorite of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s. But now that the Senate has returned to regular order by passing a budget, House Republicans are refusing to come to the table to negotiate a long-term spending plan. Republican…http://www.twitpic.com/clpo9b
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty How Occupy Wall Street Lit Up Brooklyn with Love for Boston http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/how-occupy-wall-street-lit-brooklyn-love-boston/64282/ Last night New York's support for Boston was evident on a side of a building. Words of support and love for the usually rival city were projected out of a van onto the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The image spread with messages of solidarity on Twitter and Instagram. So how did those projections come to be? We talked to Lucky Tran, a 29-year-old member of the Occupy Wall Street-born collective, The Illuminator, which was responsible, along with the OWS Light Brigade for the display of love. The Illuminator is probably best known for their Bat Symbol-esque 99 percent sign projected on the side o…http://www.twitpic.com/ckaryj
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Berkeley concert to benefit Albany occupy group http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_23053632/berkeley-concert-benefit-albany-occupy-group Five bands will perform at a fundraising concert April 20 at 3090 King Street in Berkeley to benefit urban agriculture activist group Occupy the Farm. The group, which a year ago broke into a parcel of land owned by UC Berkeley known as the Gill Tract, has been attempting to raise awareness of urban farming and land use issues. The FarmSprung 4/20 show runs from 8 p.m.-midnight and a -15 sliding scale donation is requested. Scheduled artists are Voyaj, Upside Drown, Shake Your Peace!, Future Twin and Michael Zeligs. The group's email announcing the show reads, “Come ready to shake it, and enjoy curiosities of the…http://www.twitpic.com/ckbad7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty How Occupy Wall Street Lit Up Brooklyn with Love for Boston http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/how-occupy-wall-street-lit-brooklyn-love-boston/64282/ Last night New York's support for Boston was evident on a side of a building. Words of support and love for the usually rival city were projected out of a van onto the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The image spread with messages of solidarity on Twitter and Instagram. So how did those projections come to be? We talked to Lucky Tran, a 29-year-old member of the Occupy Wall Street-born collective, The Illuminator, which was responsible, along with the OWS Light Brigade for the display of love. The Illuminator is probably best known for their Bat Symbol-esque 99 percent sign projected on the side o…http://www.twitpic.com/ck3fc3