December 2011
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Mayor Bloomberg’s recent criticism of President Obama for allowing the...
– Capitol Confidential » Mayor Bloomberg: ‘I Have My Own Army’
November 2011
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Millionaires group to lobby for higher taxes -- on... →
Economic Justice Petition: Tell Target to Save... →
October 2011
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“This is the place where you can protest,” Bloomberg said last week, calling New...
– Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can Stay in New York, Says Mayor Bloomberg
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Join us on this page for live updates from our reporters on the scene.
– Occupy Wall Street Protests Rock New York City - NY Daily News
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As thousands march to Wall Street today in solidarity with the 99%, we are...
– MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action
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Unions, students join Wall St. protesters - CBS... →
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Before arriving at the march, write this on your forearm: 212-679-6018 …...
– http://www.nlg.org/
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September 2011
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EXCLUSIVE: Check Out All The Millionaire Moguls... →
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(via Vast Majority Of Americans Favor Buffett Rule’s Millionaire Tax: Poll)
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The richest one percent of Americans now earn almost a quarter of the...
– Michael B. Keegan: The Imaginary Class War
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(via Lew Says `Buffett Rule’ Should Guide Tax Code Overhaul - The Washington Post)
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No matter how you look at it, though, members of Congress as a whole are a...
– Congressional Millionaires | OpenSecrets
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Republicans have said they are not willing to raise taxes at this time of...
– ABC News
Occupy Wall Street Media →
We want to be the people’s media. Our first project is The Occupy Wall Street Journal, a four-page broadsheet newspaper with an ambitious print run of 50,000.
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Apparently the NY Times doesn’t want to talk about it anymore....
– Protesters Are Gunning for Wall Street, With Faulty Aim - NYTimes.com
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“Wall Street is Washington. Washington is Wall Street.”
Here’s some “Pro 99%” music.
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If you are coming from out of town to...
grimwomyn:
Please, don’t try to park buses in the city.
Park in Harrison:
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Jersey City
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Hoboken
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or Newark
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and then take the PATH in ($2.00 a ride, cheaper if you buy a SmartLink card and purchase rides in bulk) to the World Trade Center stop that is two blocks north of Liberty Park.
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See you soon :) and...
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[DOWNLOAD] Caring American Campaign →
All the files and info in one place.
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Recognize the men and women who are occupying wall... →
Sign the petition asking Obama to recognize the movement.
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Petition (PDF) →
Download the petition.
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Only 375,000 Americans have incomes of over $1,000,000
Between 1979 and 2007,...
– Patriotic Millionaires For Fiscal Strength
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GOP Millionaires →
Here’s a list of GOP Millionaires that oppose the Buffet Rule.
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Buffett Rule Facts and Fictions | The White House →
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Finding L.A.'s hidden homeless →
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Obama Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires →
President Obama will seek a new minimum tax rate to ensure that people making more than $1 million a year pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, administration officials said.
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The Flyer →
Download the flyer and pass it on.
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Oh, Sahar! →
October 2009
3 posts
Sorry to go on a political rant, but the U.S. is a country built by immigrants....
– Cobra Starship (& ex-Midtown) frontman, Gabe Saporta
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN DREAM? →
Making an example of American Apparel (LA Times).
Thankfully my parents became American citizens decades ago. And where are my parents now? They are successful entrepreneurs that own land and pay taxes. They are active in their communities and create jobs for oth…er people (illegal or not!). I’m so angry right now. How is the government being rational right now? “Without...
I say, Sir, well have you heard that this country is unequal still?
History...
– Piebald
July 2009
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MARJANE SATRAPI, author of Persepolis writes...
Almost 20 years ago, when I started studying art in Tehran, the very idea of “politics” was so frightening that we didn’t even dare think about it. To talk about it? Beyond belief!
To demonstrate in the streets against the president? Surreal!
Criticize the supreme leader? Apocalyptic!
Shouting “Down with Khamenei”? Death!
- NYTIMES