Sep 2, 2012
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Aug 6, 2012
Hobet Mine Shutdown, a Photo Diary
I was invited to photograph the protest and shutdown of the Hobet Mine in Boone and Lincoln Counties in West Virginia last week. The organizers knew me from my participation in the Blair Mountain March last year. This is the biggest mountaintop removal mine in the US, I am told. I was not aware of [...]
Aug 2, 2012
Mail Handlers Union to Protest at DNC on Labor Day
We generally do not post articles about up-and-coming events, but our support for all USPS workers does not waver. Please see the event details in our EVENTS section. And please, support the USPS against privatization as laid out and executed by ALEC and their corporate members UPS and FedEx.
Jul 18, 2012
And ACTION! Uniting to “welcome” ALEC to SLC
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a tool for corporations to pay thousands of dollars for access to thousands of legislators, thereby developing profitable legislation. They write laws to fill up our prison as well as privatize these overcrowded jails. In Utah ALEC has passed resolutions that oppose mitigating climate change and voter ID laws that suppress voter turnout (read more at AlecWC.org and [...]
Jul 9, 2012
Protesters Crash Koch-Romney Fundraiser
Please see photos from Daniel Gonazalez and Raun Norquist in our photo gallery–or you can go to the original source by clicking here There are also aerial photos from Jeff Cully included in our photo gallery–or you can go to the original source by clicking here And there is a video from Remy McFadden that [...]
Jul 8, 2012
UPDATE: Liberal group to protest Romney-Koch fundraiser – CBS News
…(CBS News) MoveOn.org, a liberal non-profit advocacy group, is protesting a July 8 fundraiser for Mitt Romney being held at the house of billionaire Republican donor David Koch, it announced on Friday…. Update: A representative for Koch Companies Public Sector responds in an email (links theirs): We have seen media reports about the protest being [...]
Jul 8, 2012
The Republicans’ $3 Million Weekend in the Hamptons
Mitt Romney & Eric Cantor hold two swanky fundraisers at David Koch’s Hamptons mansion today Two articles are posted here–from the Daily Kos and from the NY Times. Mr. Romney is expected to pull in $3 million from an event at the Creeks, the estate of Ronald O. Perelman, the billionaire financier and Revlon chairman, [...]
Jun 27, 2012
Better UTAH Launches Statewide ALEC Billboard Campaign
Salt Lake City – Prior to next month’s conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Salt Lake City, the Alliance for a Better UTAH has launched a statewide billboard campaign designed to educate the public on the realities of ALEC. “We have both standard and electronic billboards going up across the state, from [...]
Jun 22, 2012
Protesters Dump Coal at Bank of America
About 30 people – including Beth Henry who spoke about the impact of coal on the environment - and members of Occupy Charlotte, staged a “bad air day” to protest Bank of America’s financing of the coal industry. They dumped 500 pounds of coal and then cleaned it up with a “Citizen Clean-Up Crew”. Bank [...]
Jun 7, 2012
Occupy Our Homes Faces Off With US Marshals in Washington
Occupy Our Homes engaged in a dramatic faceoff this morning with US Marshals and local police in northeast Washington D.C., less than a mile from the US Capitol building. About thirty Occupiers arrived at the home of Dawn Butler around 8 am, in the 900 block of Maryland Ave NE, to block a looming eviction—and [...]
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