Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Enough Is Enough Rally and Citizens Intervention is taking place at a magical moment in American history. Thanks to the Occupy movements, we are finally talking about the struggles of the 99%, not manufactured political theater. Let’s spend a day together and build on that. Will you[Read More…]
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Op-ed by National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling in Today’s Wall Street Journal: The Case for the President’s Jobs Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2011. The full text of an op-ed by National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling is printed below. The piece was published in today’s Wall Street Journal. The Case for the President’s Jobs Act Nearly 45% of unemployed Americans have been out of work for six[Read More…]
Occupy Boston on 175 Arrests at Occupy Chicago
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2011. Occupy Boston is saddened by the fact that Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department chose to arrest 175 members of Occupy Chicago last night for peacefully occupying Congress Plaza, placing city park ordinances above protestors’ constitutional rights to free speech and free assembly. We stand[Read More…]
Did Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Come From Sim City 4?
It would appear that Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan came from the default settings of Sim City 4. No kidding. From the Huffington Post: Kip Katsarelis, a senior producer for Maxis, the company that created the SimCity series, was excited that politicians may be looking to video games for ideas. "We[Read More…]
Occupy Santa Cruz – Bank Of America Refusing To Close Protester’s Account (Video)
"You can’t be a protester and a customer at the same time." That’s what one woman was told at a Bank of America branch in Santa Cruz, California, when she tried to close her bank account. What if I wear a t-shirt the bank manager doesn’t like?
Will a Day of Protest Become a Day of Change?
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2011, 1:23 pm Today, people in cities from New York to Hong Kong—in both directions—are responding to the longstanding call from the Spainish Indignados for a day of protest against rampant corruption, austerity, and the power of high finance over and against the needs of the vast majority[Read More…]
Occupy Boston Statement On Bad Behavior
BOSTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2011. Fox News reported yesterday that an Occupy Boston participant inside South Station spit on a member of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has confirmed that an officer was assaulted in this way near South Station and Dewey Square. The Coast Guard has also confirmed that there[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Rick Perry’s Energy Plan: Wheeze, Baby Wheeze
Plan Would Poison Water and Air; Ratchet Up Rates of Asthma, Heart Disease, Birth Defects Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Today, Texas Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry unveiled his energy plan for America. The plan, if implemented, will poison our air and water with toxic pollutants like soot, smog, arsenic,[Read More…]
SEIU: Additional Cuts to Medicaid Would Further Endanger African Americans and Latinos Battling Chronic Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Dr. L. Toni Lewis, Healthcare Chair of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after the release of a new report from Families USA detailing how healthcare services funded by Medicaid are essential to African American and Latinos living with serious diseases. “Today’s[Read More…]
House Passes ‘Let Women Die’ Bill
H.R.358 is the seventh anti-choice measure to pass the House since January of this year Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. Today, Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, called the House passage of the “Let Women Die” bill, otherwise known as H.R.358, yet another reminder of how playing politics with women’s[Read More…]
