CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that Ford Motor Company will invest up to $200 million to expand its Chicagoland facilities and add a third shift at its Chicago Assembly Plant. The state will provide Ford with a business investment package that will support the creation of 1,200[Read More…]
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Nearly 1 in 10 Bridges in Chicago Structurally Deficient, Report Shows
Chicago ranks 11th in its share of troubled bridges among areas between 2 Million; Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Business, Union and Community Leaders Call for Adequate Federal Funding to Bring Illinois Bridges to a State of Good Repair CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. On the heels of the sudden closure of a major[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago: IMPORTANT Information for Those Arrested on 10/15 or 10/16
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. For anyone that a court date within the next two weeks that was arrested at Grant Park late Saturday evening/early Sunday morning and who has not connected with a lawyer already, please contact the National Lawyers’ Guild Hotline: 773-309-1198 or by e-mail at [email protected]. People who need to leave the[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago: Important Information About Online Petitions
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. If you sign a petition in support of Occupy Chicago, after which you are asked to give money to ANOTHER organization, be aware that we have not endorsed these organizations, and that you will be donating to them, not to Occupy Chicago. If you would like to[Read More…]
Occupy Denver: After Politics as Usual with Mayor, A Call To Action
DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. To the people of Denver, the people of Colorado, and the people of the world, we urge you to re-take the power of your voice and stand in solidarity with the people of Occupy Denver. After we were evicted from our former site, we now find[Read More…]
Environmentalist and Author Bill McKibben to be at Occupy Boston Thursday, Oct. 20th
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. Environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben will be visiting us at 5:30 pm on Thursday, October 20. McKibben is the Co-founder and Global Organizer of 350.org and has been most active recently as a lead spokesperson for the Tar Sands Action campaign, whose nonviolent direct actions at the White House earlier this year resulted in a[Read More…]
70% of #OWS Supporters are Politically Independent
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. Two weeks ago we conducted an anonymous poll on this website to learn more about our visitors. We asked Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán Ph.D, sociologist of the City University of New York to look at the data, which he analyzed to create an original academic paper titled[Read More…]
OWS Snapshot, Oct. 19, 2011
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. OWS vibrates with activity. In every corner of Liberty Square people are organizing against corporate greed, refusing to be afraid, to be silenced. The local community center, the nearby atrium, the surrounding parks and cafes pulse with working groups planning actions, coordinating with community groups, engaging[Read More…]
If the Greeks Can Shut Their Country Down, Why Can’t We?
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011, 4:29 pm In an effort to stop Greece’s parliament from voting for further austerity measures today and tomorrow, the Greek people have effectively shut the entire country down, as part of the 48-hour general strike. As Time reports: The strikes have shuttered government offices, public services, shops and[Read More…]
The October 15 Protests Didn’t Start From Occupy Wall Street
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011, 3:10 pm More than 500,000 people gathered last Saturday in Madrid; around 350,000 in Barcelona; 20,000 in Alicante; 100,000 in Santiago de Compostela; another 100,000 in Valencia. Altogether, there were more than a million people in the streets in almost a hundred Spanish cities. In Madrid and[Read More…]
