#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Home Defenders League Sponsors Wall Street Accountability Week of Action http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Home-Defenders-League-Sponsors-Wall-Street-Accountability-Week-of-Action The Home Defenders League is holding a Wall Street Accountability Week of Action in Washington, D.C., from May 18-23. Families directly affected by the foreclosure crisis are traveling to the nation's capital to make their voices heard. On May 20, at 1:30 p.m., home defenders and their allies are rallying to “Bring Justice to Justice.” The week also will include community organizing and training in home defense and other nonviolent tactics…http://www.twitpic.com/cqtuq0
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#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Central volunteer charged over July 1 protest http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1233160/occupy-central-volunteer-charged-over-july-1-protest Trainee solicitor helping organise the movement is arrested nearly two years on from the incident A volunteer at the office of the Occupy Central movement was arrested yesterday for her part in the July 1 demonstrations of 2011, prompting questions as to why it took police nearly two years to act. Melody Chan Yuk-fung, a trainee solicitor, wrote on her Facebook page yesterday that, “I have just been arrested for the 2011 [July 1] demonstration. Now heading to Central Police Station”. A police spokesman said Chan, 26, was charged with one count of assisting the holding of an unauthorised assembly and taking part inhttp://www.twitpic.com/cp93gm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Gwinnett police kill gunman holding firefighters hostage http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22102654 Police have shot dead a gunman holding four firefighters hostage in a house outside the US city of Atlanta. The firefighters suffered minor injuries from stun grenades armed police threw in the rescue raid. One officer was shot in the hand or arm in the gunfight with the captor, who had demanded his electricity and telephone service be restored. The firefighters were taken to hospital but were expected to be released later on Wednesday evening, police said. On Wednesday afternoon, five Gwinnett County firefighters responded to what appeared to be a medical emergency but were taken hostage by the gu…http://www.twitpic.com/cih2gk
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty U.S. Holds Hundreds of Detained Immigrants in Solitary Confinement http://solitarywatch.com/2013/03/25/u-s-holds-hundreds-of-detained-immigrants-in-solitary-confinement/ A cover story in yesterday’s New York Times exposes the widespread use of solitary confinement on immigrant detainees. Citing figures that it says are incomplete and ”probably low,” the Times states: On any given day, about 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the 50 largest detention facilities that make up the sprawling patchwork of holding centers nationwide overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to new federal data. Nearly half are isolated for 15 days or more, the point at which psychiatric experts say they are at risk for severe mental harm, with ab…http://www.twitpic.com/cht49w
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Music's big dance – SXSW http://articles.philly.com/2013-03-19/news/37846857_1_sxsw-katie-crutchfield-sam-beam AUSTIN, Texas – On Friday afternoon, with the long march that is the South by Southwest Music festival past its halfway point, Sam Beam stood on stage at the Austin Convention Center before a crowd of weary listeners. “Wow, you people must really love music,” said Beam, who records as Iron & Wine, during a show cosponsored by Philadelphia's WXPN-FM. “How are you holding up? Do you still love music?” At SXSW, it helps a great deal if you do. From Tuesday until the wee hours of Sunday morning, when Prince, Justin Timberlake, Vampire Weekend, and rapper Kendrick Lamar were among the last on stage, more than 2,000 acts pushed fans to the brink…http://www.twitpic.com/cd1414
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Is it art? Occupy Bristol to feature in new exhibition http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/art-Occupy-Bristol-feature-new-exhibition/story-18392161-detail/story.html#axzz2NN4hNQ6s A special art exhibition reflecting on the Occupy Bristol encampment at College Green is to go on show in the city. Students from Weston College are holding a week long interactive art exhibition entitled 'Occupy Bristol' at a gallery space in the Parlour Showrooms from March 14. Visitors will be invited to contribute their ideas and thoughts to the project which will build and develop in the wake of viewers' responses over the week. Related: http://www.bristol247.com/2011/11/14/roger-james-occupy-bristol-has-won-right-to-be-a-leader-for-change-72254/http://www.twitpic.com/cauqkb
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Report: No Skills Gap in Wisconsin or Beyond http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/Report-No-Skills-Gap-in-Wisconsin-or-Beyond There’s no skills gap holding back recovery in the job market or the broader economy, despite contrary claims from some politicians and CEOs. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, History, Economic Development and Urban Studies professor Marc V. Levine reviewed scientific literature on the skills gap concept and found no evidence to support it…http://www.twitpic.com/can2dm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Republicans Continue Hostage Crisis http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Republicans-Continue-Hostage-Crisis Holding out for ransom demands in the form of benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Senate Republicans today again refused to surrender their hostages—the nation’s economy and working families who will be hurt by the upcoming Republican sequester. Republicans led the charge to defeat a Democratic plan that would have eliminated the across-the-board sequestration budget cuts for the remainder of 2013, which the Congressional Budget Office has estimated would cost 750,000 jobs. The bill—defeated 51-49 (it required 60 votes for passage)—would have replaced the cuts, in part, with additional tax revenue from millio…http://www.twitpic.com/c7mq1r
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty REPRISE: OUTSIDE AGITATOR http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/08/081208fa_fact_macfarquhar Naomi Klein and the new new left. The marquee outside the Bloor Cinema, in Toronto, advertised “The Last Mistress” at four, “Naomi Klein—the Shock Doctrine” at seven, and “Little Shop of Horrors” at nine-thirty. It was a warmish night. The falafel shop next door was doing a brisk business. A line of people holding tickets to the Naomi Klein event stretched to the end of the block and around the corner. Outside the entrance to the cinema, a middle-aged man and an elderly woman paced up and down selling copies of Socialist Action for a dollar. (The September issue included articles about capitalism’s contradictions, class war in Bolivia, and…http://www.twitpic.com/c5hp9g
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/03/giants-green-world-profit-planets-destruction A new movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters – and Big Green is in their sights The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. Chapters have opened up in more than 100 US cities and states as well as on more than 300 campuses, where students are holding protests, debates and sit-ins to pressure their to rid their endowments of oil, gas and coal holdings. And under the “Fossil Free UK” banner, the movement is now crossing the Atlantic, with a major push planned by People & Planet for this summer…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/03/giants-green-world-profit-planets-destruction A new movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters – and Big Green is in their sights The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. Chapters have opened up in more than 100 US cities and states as well as on more than 300 campuses, where students are holding protests, debates and sit-ins to pressure their to rid their endowments of oil, gas and coal holdings. And under the “Fossil Free UK” banner, the movement is now crossing the Atlantic, with a major push planned by People & Planet for this summer…http://www.twitpic.com/cp91y6