#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Where's the Koch boy billionaires? Kansas press, still looking. http://fightincockflyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/wheres-koch-boy-billionaires-kansas.html On the 160 gig data document dump. “I’ve never seen anything like this. This secret world has finally been revealed,” said Arthur Cockfield, a law professor and tax expert at Queen’s University in Canada, who reviewed some of the documents during an interview with the CBC. He said the documents remind him of the scene in the movie classic The Wizard of Oz in which “they pull back the curtain and you see the wizard operating this secret machine.” Read the articles at International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Read Dave Lindorff's response at the preliminary result of articles from ICIJ at…http://www.twitpic.com/ciolnt
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Book News: NYC To Pay Occupy Wall Street For Destroyed Books http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/10/176857380/book-news-nyc-to-pay-occupy-wall-street-for-destroyed-books The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. New York City agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street for the destruction of books during a November 2011 police raid on Zuccotti Park. In a settlement Tuesday, the city agreed to pay the protesters and their lawyers over 0,000. The city also gave an almost-apology: “Defendants acknowledge and believe it is unfortunate that, during the course of clearing Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011, books were damaged so as to render them unusable, and additional books are unaccounted for.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings author Maya Ang…http://www.twitpic.com/cip6c7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Make Your Voice Heard! Attend a Budget Hearing. http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/04/make-your-voice-heard-attend-a-budget-hearing.html Wisconsinites have been packing budget hearings across the state to speak out on the harms Gov. Walker’s 2013-2015 budget will inflict upon middle class communities in Wisconsin. As many of you learned during our virtual union-meeting in March, Gov. Walker’s budget proposals are no-good for workers and will continue to slow job growth and Wisconsin’s economic recovery. In case you missed our virtual union-meeting, download our 2013-2015 Budget Summary to learn how Gov. Walker’s budget will impact you and your family. The Budget Summary provides a detailed guide of anti-worker proposals outlined in Gov. Walker’s bud…http://www.twitpic.com/cigy13
#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 Homeland Security kept tabs on Occupy Wall Street protesters: Report http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04/03/296389/dhs-kept-tabs-on-occupy-protesters/ New documents show that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spied on peaceful Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters during the height of the anti-capitalist movement in the country. The documents released by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on Tuesday revealed that the DHS routinely spied on peaceful First Amendment activities and required daily briefing on the extent of media attention being given to OWS activities. The PCJF obtained the 252 pages of documents under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing with the DHS, the sprawling Federal agency ostensibly created to co…http://www.twitpic.com/cgskxy
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] 2013 Wintertime Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Fifth Lowest on Record http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/arctic-seaicemax-2013.html Last September, at the end of the northern hemisphere summer, the Arctic Ocean’s icy cover shrank to its lowest extent on record, continuing a long-term trend and diminishing to about half the size of the average summertime extent from 1979 to 2000. During the cold and dark of Arctic winter, sea ice refreezes and achieves its maximum extent, usually in late February or early March. According to a NASA analysis, this year the annual maximum extent was reached on Feb. 28 and it was the fifth lowest sea ice winter extent in the past 35 years. The new maximum —5.82 million square miles (15.09 millio…http://www.twitpic.com/cgsqb7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Released in Nou Barris building for families evicted http://www.acampadadebarcelona.org/2013/03/29/alliberat-edifici-nou-barris-families-desnonades/ TRANSLATED FROM CATALAN SPANISH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR As I informed you This past March 26 was held last Thursday in a New Neighbourhood manifestACCIÓ the right to housing . The demonstration took place on Via Giulia and pointing senyalitzan banks guilty of evictions, the final action was the release of a real estate housing to families evicted from the neighborhood , owned Caixa Penedès, located 84 Pablo Iglesias -88 | Directions . For today and the next few days are preparing workshops and activities. disseminating this information is invited to approach and get to know the building and support the initiative. Then on Friday activities and more information about this release. The management of the flats will bring 500 × 20 group has already prepared a list of families who live in the building and start living there in the coming hours. Opened last Thursday, but it came 3 days. The building was completely new state of neglect it for a few years. The building was named Insula Utopia activities take place in the coming days to become known among the neighbors . You are all invited! By on Friday , all day, free market. From 12am, has been reporting to the neighborhood, at 17h and 19h during macramé film forum “Memory of loot.” Remember, if you can, come to support this popular initiative. The address of the building c. Pablo Iglesias 84-88 (L4 <M> Via Julia) | Directions . For updates , you can follow the profile that has been created on Twitter, @ InsulaUtopia_9b and the hashtag # BienvenidaUtopia.http://www.twitpic.com/cg2nru
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Wall Street Moved Esposito into Forefront http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/03/27/occupy-wall-street-moved-esposito-into-forefront/ Though he was the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the New York Police Department, outgoing chief of department Joseph Esposito toiled in relative anonymity. He was the stoic and unsmiling presence behind Commissioner Raymond Kelly at public events, while behind the scenes, he was the leader of rank and file officers who coordinated the department’s response to some of the city’s most dramatic and headline grabbing events. But in October 2011, the four-star chief’s public profile was raised considerably: during the infancy of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Esposito – with 43 years in the department – finally …http://www.twitpic.com/cewi52
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kaupthing’s top bosses indicted over rigging http://www.icenews.is/2013/03/21/kaupthings-top-bosses-indicted-over-rigging/ Kaupthing bank that collapsed during the great meltdown of 2008, is now in the news for other reasons. Nine senior executives, including former executive chairman Sigurður Einarsson, have been charged in Reykjavik, for allegedly manipulating markets by using the bank’s own funds to buy Kaupthing shares in the hope of propping up its price. The Guardian reports that in one of the largest fraud prosecutions out of Iceland in recent years, these shares were allegedly bought in the names of major clients with almost 42% of Kaupthing shares held by the bank as collateral. Einarsson, a Chelsea resident, was effectively barred…http://www.twitpic.com/cedhqj
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Students venture to Iceland for Model U.N. http://www.gazette.com/articles/school-152683-students-group.html A group of Colorado Springs School high school students can call the world their classroom. Nine members of the private school’s Model United Nations club traveled to Iceland in February for an international competition. “We were really lucky to have this opportunity,” said 18-year-old Jordan Murphy, a senior and treasurer of the club. “It’s tough to pick out a highlight.” Iceland was just one stop. CSS students compete in many Model U.N. events during the school year. Team members will compete closer to home next month. About 30 students are in the Model U.N. club each year. They meet during lunch and spend time outsid…http://www.twitpic.com/cedoi3