CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Saturday night, October 15, OCCUPY CHICAGO invites you to protest in solidarity with National Occupy Day! DRESS TO IMPRESS in your classiest best. Suits and ties and dresses welcomed! RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164777086946777¬if_t=event_invite Be sure to bring your phone and camera to document a night you won’t want to forget![Read More…]
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United American Indians of New England Supports Occupy Boston
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. United American Indians of New England (UAINE) have endorsed Occupy Boston! Here is an excerpt of their statement of support: United American Indians of New England (UAINE) supports Occupy/Decolonize Boston and the Occupy/Decolonize Wall Street movement generally. We are deeply moved and encouraged that Occupy/Decolonize Boston, as[Read More…]
Video of Boston Police Arresting Peaceful Protesters
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Michael Gill has produced a definitive video of the peaceful occupation of the Greenway Park by Occupy Boston last Monday night and the rough police crackdown on nonviolent protesters that followed. Notice the police trampling the flowers that Mayor Mennino was supposedly protecting. The authorities have truly[Read More…]
Parents Bring Children to #OWS Tonight, Oct. 14, 2011
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Families are joining the movement to reclaim our future from Wall Street tonight by joining a child-friendly camp out at Liberty Square. The presence of children and youth in the occupation highlights the threat Wall Street’s greed poses to future generations. Parents are bringing their sons[Read More…]
Keeping the Protest Clean, Oct. 14, 2011
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011, 11:37 am As protesters busily cleaned up Zuccotti Park last night in their successful effort to prevent an eviction due to “sanitation” reasons, this is as good a time as any to remember that popular perception is paramount—even over issues as seemingly mundane and inconsequential as[Read More…]
Urge your Representative to Co-Sponsor HR1983, the States’ Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2011. Help stop attacks on medical cannabis! Recently we have seen an increase in DEA raids and other tactics used by the federal government to interfere with medical cannabis in California, Arizona, and Michigan. Our allies in Congress have introduced critical bipartisan legislation to protect medical cannabis[Read More…]
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Movement: For the Young and the Young-at-Heart
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2011. The movement that began as Occupy Wall Street is now sweeping the nation. It seems that every major city in the country is now being occupied, and retirees are playing a key role. In St. Louis today, retirees are gathering with the unemployed and the young[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, October 14, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Social Security COLA Increase Finally Coming, but Offset by Medicare Premiums After two years without an inflation adjustment, the Social Security Administration is expected to announce a 2012 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of more than 3 percent on October 19th. The annual Social Security COLA is determined[Read More…]
CDC Reports Uneven Declines in Coronary Heart Disease by State and Race/Ethnicity
Million Hearts initiative strikes at leading killer of Americans Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The number of Americans who report they have coronary heart disease – which includes heart attack and angina (chest pain) – continues to decline but rates vary widely from state to state and by race and ethnicity,[Read More…]
OccupyDallas Awaits Decision From Federal Court
Dallas, TX—(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 14, 2011 — The federal court case concerning the occupation of Pioneer Park will be heard some time after 10 a.m. Friday. Members of the group which have been camped out in downtown Dallas for the past week continue to proclaim that their occupation is a protest which[Read More…]
