No work, No housework, No school, Shut the city down!
Occupy Wall Street activists are coming up with for a nationwide series of demonstrations billed as a “general strike” on Tuesday in what can be the most important check of the movement’s organizing muscle since the winter.
Andrew Rosenthal, the editorial page editor of the New York Times who oversees the editorial board, the letters and Op-Ed departments, and Sunday Review, posted this piece on Nov 18, 2011.
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Governor is facing popular revolt in response to unpopular positions that favor wealthy
New Deal groups participating in the National Fuel Accountability campaign in Western New York secured a major victory on October 13, securing nearly $19 million in new weatherization funds for low-income communities.
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Parents, students, teachers and other community members working with Alliance for Quality Education have kicked off a statewide week of action to tell their stories about how school cuts are impacting our communities. As students return to the classroom, it’s clear to everyone - School Cuts Hurt.
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| Members of NYS GOP get flyered inside their annual benefit dinner in Midtown Manhattan. Sept 14, 2011. |
Last night, on Sept. 14, New Deal groups, along with allies from NY Communities for Change, crashed the annual benefit dinner for the NYS GOP (Republican Party) at a Midtown Manhattan hotel. We distributed hundreds of flyers inside the fundraiser, in the hotel, and out on the street.
And here's a WNYC piece that included a bit about the action, saying we "walked through shouting 'GOP get a clue about revenue!' They handed out colorful flyers in support of the millionaire’s tax before being escorted out by hotel security." And another piece from NY Daily News' Daily Politics blog.
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