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Occupy protest rekindles debate about flag-burning
2012-01-31 18:44:00 Occupy protest rekindles debate about flag-burning OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Many in the crowd outside Oakland City Hall shouted “Burn it! Burn it!” as masked protesters readied to set fire to an American flag. That’s when a woman emerged from … Continue reading →
By: TexasFred's
SBA Updates Set-Aside and Protest Procedures for Women-Owned Small Business
2012-01-24 20:19:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Small Business Administration issued an interim final rule, which alters the protest procedures pertaining to its Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program. The changes serve two primary functions. First, when the SBA implemented the WOSB program by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register on October 7, 2010, it established set-aside thresholds of $5 million for contracts pertaining to manufacturing and $3 million for all other contracts. As part of the new interim rule, those thresholds have increased to $6.5 million and $4 million, respectively, to account for inflation. Second, the changes ushered in as part of the interim rule, make the protest procedures for the WOSB Program consistent with the SBA’s other set-aside programs. For example, under the procedures that existed before issuance of the interim rule, if a contracting officer received a protest on a WOSB set-aside and, nonetheless wished to ma...
The Web Unites As One To Protest Against SOPA & PIPA
2012-01-19 13:38:00 Yesterday will be remembered as the day when all of the Internet came together to protest the controversial American legislation called SOPA and PIPA. We have blogged about the SOPA debate before and have already shown how both these bills are setup to damage the Internet. All the tech giants and services came together yesterday to silently protest both the bills and try to raise awareness about how these American bills will break the Internet for all of us. Wikipedia was the first to protest when they announced that they would be blacking out their website for 24 hours starting yesterday. Slowly, Reddit also followed suit with a 12 hour blackout of their own. The blackouts, while temporary are a reminder to their audiences and users how SOPA and PIPA will affect the users in the same way. And there were others who chose to protest by highlighting the issue by directing people to a separate link. Google’s homepage showed a link to their special anti-SOPA webpage which gave user...
By: WATblog
Join Our Censorship Protest!
2012-01-18 02:25:00 Have you been paying attention to all the hubbub online about the proposed U.S. legislation (SOPA/PIPA) that threatens internet freedom? I wrote about it last week over on WordPress.org, but the gist is this: there’s a bill in the U.S. Senate that if passed would put publishing freedom severely at risk, and could shut down entire sites at the whim of media companies. Fight for the Future created this nifty video to sum it up better than I can. On January 18, 2012, sites all over the internet will be blacking out to protest and try to mobilize more people to speak out against this bill coming up in the Senate next week — S. 968: the Protect IP Act (PIPA) — in an attempt to let U.S. lawmakers know how much opposition there is. WordPress.org, Wikipedia, and even WordPress.com VIP I Can Has Cheezburger? will be participating in the blackout to raise awareness and spur you to action. Here on WordPress.com, we want to participate as well. Freshly Pressed will be bl...
VA's Ambiguous Solicitation Leads to Successful Protest
2012-01-09 21:25:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle Over the last several years, the scrutiny over federal small business programs has grown. That scrutiny has led to changes in policy and legislation designed to curb potential fraud in the procurement process. Because these changes have been implemented in such a short period of time, however, it is not unusual for the government to issue solicitations for small business set-aside contracts that are confusing, or even contradictory. In Commandeer Construction Company, Inc., B-405771, December 29, 2011, that is precisely what occurred resulting in a successful protest. Commandeer Construction involved a solicitation that was set aside for Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), a program that has experienced much change in recent years. In 2006, the VA was given the authority to restrict competition to SDVOSBs as part of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Act (the "Act"). 38 U.S.C. 8127(d). As the GAO explained in...
Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay and More May Go Dark to Protest SOPA
2012-01-04 09:00:00 If you have been following me on Twitter you know how I feel about the current bill proposals in the US Government these days to stop online piracy. These bills, although designed to stop illegal copyright infringement online, will do more harm than good though. In fact they will do little or nothing to stop piracy, but could harm many websites like Youtube and Facebook. If a 13 year old girl decided to put up a cover of a Katy Perry song on Youtube, the record companies could force Youtube to take down the video, or face having their site shutdown by the government. This is a clear violation of our first ammendment which gives us the freedom of speech at the request of special interests like the sleeze bags at the RIAA.The internet is up in arms over these bills called PIPA and SOPA which will give the US government the same authority to censor the internet like China and Iran, and frankly it is very scary. One of the most well known supporters of the bills was GoDaddy which lost o...
By: Bauer-Power
Russia: Fresh Protests Challenge Putin and His Loyalists ? TIME
2011-12-27 17:07:00 The answers to be heard at Saturday’s rally were as diverse as the crowd itself, but they could be distilled to one potent Russian word: dostala, which means, “I’m sick of it.” They were sick of not being given a choice of their country’s leaders. They were sick of corruption and political paternalism. Unlike many ...
By: 1913 Intel
Why Russia?s Opposition Movement Won?t Stand for Putin?s March to Power
2011-12-26 19:53:00 With unprecedented protests in Moscow this weekend, Russia’s growing opposition movement is making it clear they won’t stand for Putin’s march to power. … Crowd counting, especially from the ground level, is an inexact science at best, but it was clear to everyone — from police to journalists to the event organizers — that thousands ...
By: 1913 Intel
Can Wukan?s remarkable protest against corrupt officials spread across Chin
2011-12-26 19:36:00 But can the spirit of Wukan last? The small farming village of 13,000 thousand embodies social changes brought about by more than 30 years of economic reforms in China. The first generation of migrant workers that left their villages to work in the cities is now retiring from factory work. Many of them have returned ...
By: 1913 Intel
Lowe?s pulling ads from Muslim show sparks protest
2011-12-18 19:58:00 Lowe’s pulling ads from Muslim show sparks protest ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) – Protesters descended on a Lowe’s store in one of the country’s largest Arab-American communities on Saturday, calling for a boycott after the home improvement chain pulled its … Continue reading →
By: TexasFred's
Occupy Oakland Wrong On Port Of Oakland Protest
2011-12-13 08:41:00 At first, the Occupy Movement, and it’s offshoots including Occupy Oakland, the best known of them other than Occupy Wall Street, started with a noble purpose, bringing attention to the many people who were being laid off from work, and kicked out of their homes by the “big banks” – the organizations that received bailout (Read More...)
Do Right BJU! The Principals of Protest!
2011-12-10 19:14:00 I?m sure some of you remember the backlash of the Tina Anderson story. The Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches all felt they were being branded for actions taken by the few. Yes, you tend to hear these type of responses anytime something ugly like this happens. Unfortunately, the victims tend to be lost in most of it. Sadly, Bob Jones University is showing that Chuck Phelp?s response ISN?T all that uncommon. Sounds like the ?few? are the ones that can see the failings in this case. On a very optimistic note, there have been students from the Bob Jones University that have stepped up to call out issues that arose that made them feel uncomfortable and unsafe. Chuck Phelps as you may remember feels that he is the true victim in what happened. He has taken credit for the conviction of Ernie Willis, and yet still feels justified on leaving his website up calling Tina Anderson a liar. How can you take credit for a conviction of th...
Education Not for $ale
2011-12-06 17:00:00 This is the rallying cry of youth and students in Panay and Guimaras as we prepare for the Dec.8 ?Day of Action.? Realizing education?s importance in molding future citizens who can aid in nation-building, we have repeatedly stood up to
By: (Mis)readings
Uphold the Right to Education: Fight for a Higher Budget for Social Service
2011-12-05 16:43:00 All over the world, mass movements against worsening poverty, social inequality and government budget cuts for education and social services are unfolding daily. These popular uprisings have risen up against dictatorial regimes and the dominant economic system that has concentrated
By: (Mis)readings
Occupy Oakland Protest In Downtown Oakland Now
2011-11-19 23:53:00 As this is written, a massive Occupy Oakland protest is underway in Downtown Oakland. From the looks of the photos there are about 2,000 people involved, and they’re reportedly on the lawn at Frank Ogawa Plaza (Oscar Grant Plaza). new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'search', search: '#occupyoakland', interval: 30000, title: 'Actions.', subject: '', width: 250, (Read More...)
How Zuccotti Park protest camp was cleared
2011-11-16 14:15:00 Via Scoop.it – News for Greens Witnesses describe how police moved in overnight to clear the Occupy Wall Street protest camp in Zuccotti Park, New York.Via www.bbc.co.uk Tags: street protest, Wall Street, zuccotti park, www bbc co uk, protest camp <BR/>
By: News for Greens
Police: 3 struck by car at Occupy DC protest
2011-11-05 19:10:00 Police: 3 struck by car at Occupy DC protest WASHINGTON (AP) – District of Columbia police said early Saturday that a driver will not be charged for striking three people taking part in an Occupy DC protest in downtown Washington. … Continue reading →
By: TexasFred's
Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest
2011-10-28 19:59:00 Injured vet spent day at work, nights at protest OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – The Iraq War veteran injured during a clash between police and anti-Wall Street protesters this week wasn’t taking part in the demonstrations out of economic need. The … Continue reading →
By: TexasFred's
Occupy movement is spreading while Chicago initiates $125 city protest fee
2011-10-17 22:09:00 The Occupy Wall Street Movement has blossomed and is now spreading to cities around the country. Protesters continue to voice their displeasure with big business greed and an ineffective political system that fails to punish those who continue to abuse it and the taxpayer. Of course I have to believe that much of this discontent... Read more »
The Great Unwashed
2011-10-14 21:10:00 Did you ever wonder what a community organizer does? Just take a look at what’s happening on Wall Street and in several other cities across the country … Obama never got so much bang for his buck! Fueled by the White House’s hateful rhetoric and co-opted [if not actually organized] by labor unions and Acorn-style ...
By: RSF America
Who Wants To Hijack The Protest Movement?
2011-10-07 19:17:00 Another one of those “I told you so” topics — hijacking the protest movement has caught the attention of some others: Media spokesmen for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations claimed that their operation is totally transparent, with everything subject to democratic discussion in a general assembly of all comers. But eyewitness reports ...
Memo To The Media: It?s Not ?Anti-Capitalist? To Protest An Industry That W
2011-10-05 08:45:00 Via Scoop.it – Green Party The occupation of Wall Street has now entered its third week and protests are spreading like wildfire throughout the country. As the protests continue to grow, the media is increasingly taking notice.Show original Tags: Wall Street, taxpayer dollars, green party, anti capitalist <BR/>
By: News for Greens
WORLDWIDE UNREST
2011-10-04 08:55:00 A recent New York Times article highlights a very fascinating and intriguing movement that's sweeping the globe--unrest. Yes, we've seen it everywhere this year, from the Twitter-induced revolution in Libya, to the riots in London, to the more recent Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City. According to the article, more young people than ever before are outraged with politics and government corruption, and letting it be known! A big factor, the article also explains, has a lot to do with the leaderless Web culture that is so prominent among many of these young rebels. The resources available via the Internet have created almost perfect storm conditions for worldwide upheaval.
POLICE BRUTALITY AT OCCUPY WALL STREET
2011-09-30 17:08:00 The recent Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City is garnering national/international outrage, and not necessarily just because of the nature of the demonstration. Instead, the spotlight is being placed on NYPD officers for their aggressive and downright abusive response to peaceful protestors. The following is an MSNBC report from Lawrence O'Donnell (The Last Word) that focuses on some very candid examples of the excessive force caught on camera. Some truly disturbing images that raise a lot of questions...
Protest Against Bank of America Through Street Theater
2011-09-29 15:03:00 Hub activists have used street theater to protest against the Bank of America by placing all the trash of an abandoned foreclosed home in Malden in front of the doorstep of the branch manager of the nearest branch of Bank of America, Robert Gallery.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Protest Against Bank of America Through Street Theater
Daryl Hannah Arrested in White House Protest
2011-08-30 23:40:00 Some surprising news has hit the web. According to several reports Splash actress Daryl Hannah was hauled away in cuffs and arrested after protesting an oil pipeline at the White House. Get all the details here. Fifty-year old actress Daryl Hannah was arrested today at the White House, where she reportedly took part in a sit-in at the famous address of Pennsylvania Avenue. Hannah was there to take part in a protest against a pipeline expansion project that would “significantly increase the amount of oil the United States imports from Canada’s controversial Alberta oil sands,” per CNN. More than a hundred people showed up in attendance to object the plan. Before Daryl Hannah was arrested she reportedly shared her anger regarding the issues at hand. “We stand here today to just say no to slavery, to just say no to tar, sands, oil, and no to the Keystone pipeline.” CNN did make an effort to find out more on Hannah, calling her representative this past Tues...
By: Right Celebrity
UK In Flames. But Not India. Anna Hazare Sets Example Of Peaceful Protest
2011-08-17 03:08:00 It is known that many parts India can be a tinderbox waiting for a spark. And yet vast numbers of Indian people, irrespective of caste, education, age, political or religious affiliation are pouring onto the streets in peaceful protest against the jailing of Anna Hazare, the 74-year old anti-corruption crusader. A curious reader can search beyond the main Indian city dailies, and will find that the mass protests are spreading far, wide and deep in India. In Europe, the surging triumphs of the 1848 'revolutions' were effectively suppressed within a year. If Indians persist, if they can manage to calm down the hotheads, perhaps great change can be effected in India. This, however, may be her last chance for peaceful change. Anna Hazare. Man of peace in Gandhian tradition The Manmohan Singh government, amidst many corruption scandals, has been bent on watering down an anti-corruption Bill proposed by Anna Hazare and his team. It is now clearly running scared, willfully oblivio...
San Francisco CPMC Hospital Protest At City Hall - Mayor's Office Absent
2011-07-18 06:53:00 On Friday, San Francisco City Hall got a visit from some "Angry Birds" in the form of supporters of an effort to build a new California Pacific Medical Center Hospital at Cathedral Hill. What has been described as a "complex," six-year negotiating battle, has evolved to the point where CPMC, upset that community opposition is standing in the way of job creation, called out as many people as it could collectively get it's hands on - employees, spouses and significant others of employees, and even kids - to come to San Franciso's City Hall and show support on it's steps. What's the problem? At issue is something called The Cathedral Hill Facility (pictured at left). What the nonprofit California Pacific Medical Center wants to do is build the $1.9 billion edifice and it wants to rebuild the St. Luke?s Hospital in the Mission district, said to be "aging." But the sticking point, according to The San Francisco Examiner, is that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has asked for $10...
Anonymous Hacks NIC Website To Protest Corruption
2011-06-08 09:02:00 Anonymous, the notorious hacker group defaced the National Informatics Center website as a part of its campaign called Operation India (#OpIndia) to protest against corruption in the country. The message put up on the defaced site reads Greetings! We exist without nationality. We exist with humanity. NIC took 3 mins, This time we talk to the government – On NIC Homepage and Sub-Domains. There is no use securing. There is no use of spending on forensic. Get this message clear Mr. Prime Minister and others. We do not like to talk much and Yes! IT is our world. Expect us Anonymous also issued a press release after the attack. The #OpIndia movement has a Facebook page, a Twitter account and an IRC channel to possibly get more hackers to carry on their movement. Even now the NIC site says that it is under maintenance and will be up soon. NIC is the government IT organisation which is responsible for building a lot of websites and implementing e-projects for the government. Governme...
By: WATblog
Union Thugs Protest The Wrong Place!
2011-05-25 18:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston I guess that getting the correct information when arranging a smear campaign and protest is not necessary when you are the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Who needs to be in the right when you are an important, powerful, politically connected union, eh? The seriousness of the charge and the effort to "raise awareness" is far more important than targeting the right people to smear, right? It seems that the SEIU decided to picket against Marcellus Shale drilling, sometimes called hydrofracking, and the severance tax associated with it. So the government employee union picked a site in Hastings, Pennsylvania to highlight this subject and to shame the company that owns the property into siding with them....
The Time to File a Bid Protest
2011-05-09 20:51:00 By: Michael H. Payne The GAO requires, as provided in 4 CFR 21.2, that: (a)(1) Protests based upon alleged improprieties in a solicitation which are apparent prior to bid opening or the time set for receipt of initial proposals shall be filed prior to bid opening or the time set for receipt of initial proposals. In procurements where proposals are requested, alleged improprieties which do not exist in the initial solicitation but which are subsequently incorporated into the solicitation must be protested not later than the next closing time for receipt of proposals following the incorporation. (2) Protests other than those covered by paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall be filed not later than 10 days after the basis of protest is known or should have been known (whichever is earlier), with the exception of protests challenging a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals under which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, is required. In such cases, wit...
Press Conference and Church Leadership Protest at Cardinal George's Re
2011-04-28 06:42:00 From Father Michael Pfleger's Facebook Page In response to the suspension of Rev. Michael Pfleger by Cardinal George, Church leaders are asking you to meet us at a press conference and rally at the residence of Cardinal George at 10:30am tomorrow April 28 , 1555 North State Parkway. This is being put on Father Pflegers FB by Church leaders. Please spread the word***************************-*******************************-*******************************-************************VETERAN- ACTIVISTS AND CHICAGO RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC LEADERS ASKED TO SUPPORT THE MEMBERSHIP OF ST. SABINA CHURCH ON THURSDAY APRIL 28TH TO SHOW THEIR PROTEST OVER THE SUSPENSION OF FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGERFriends, I am making this personal appeal to other activists, organizers, leaders from the religious and civic community to adjust their schedules for at least one hour...
Possible Extension of GAO's Protest Authority in the Works
2011-03-10 16:42:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle As part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (the 2008 Act), Congress provided the General Accounting Office (GAO) with the authority to hear protests involving certain task and delivery order contracts emanating from both defense and civilian agencies. At the time, this authority was limited to a period of three years, meaning that it was set to expire later this year. A few months ago, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (the 2011 Act). As part of that Act, Congress partially extended the GAO’s authority. It permitted the GAO to continue hearing task and delivery order protests for contracts in excess of $10 million, but only for those contracts issued by Department of Defense agencies. For a reason not readily apparent, Congress failed to extend the GAO’s authority over civilian agencies. A bill has emerged in the Senate to address this omission. As reported by Law360, Senate Bill 498, entitle...
Greens Lead Syracuse Protest on Utility Rate Hike
2011-01-19 02:57:00 Howie Hawkins, former Green Party candidate for governor, tells protesters why National Grid should be audited before the state Public Service Commission rules on a proposed rate hike. Also in this video, Renee Vogelsang, an organizer for the CNY Publi...
Should a Federal Construction Contractor File a Bid Protest?
2011-01-03 20:09:00 By: Michael H. Payne To protest or not to protest, that is the question. That may sound a little like William Shakespeare, but it actually is a question frequently posed by federal contractors. Particularly in the world of “best value” contracting, where subjective evaluation factors are applied to make source selections, contractors often feel that award decisions are unfair. A bid protest offers the possibility of relief in the form of corrective action by the agency, or in the form of a favorable protest decision by the agency, the GAO, or the United States Court of Federal Claims. Successful protests, however, require knowledge of procedural rules, an understanding of applicable procurement regulations, and knowledge of the extensive body of GAO and federal court decisions. Put simply, it is a waste of time and money to file a protest that is untimely or that does not lay out the basis for the protest properly. Similarly, it is very important to know whether a proc...
Black Community Protest At Sun Times Over Columnist Neil Steinberg's I
2010-12-28 05:28:00 On Tuesday, Dec. 28th at 12 Noon a cross section of leadership from the Black coommunity will stage a public demonstration and press conference against the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper at 350 N. Orleans near the Chicago River. African-American clergy, business owners and community leaders expressed outrage over a column written by Neil Steinberg in the Monday edition of the paper. The column ridiculed mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun, Chicago's first Black Mayor Harold Washington, as well as other black politicians, and the newspaper, N'DIGO. Protesters are calling for Steinberg's dismissal and are asking for a meeting with the Sun-Times editorial board regarding allegations that while The Sun Times enjoys significant financial support from majority Black communities that the paper...
An Easy Way to Email your MP to Protest Benefit Cuts.
2010-10-08 12:12:00 Scope are running a campaign to email your MP to ask them to take action immediately to oppose the cuts to the public services and benefits that many disabled people in the UK use and rely on.All you have to do is fill in your contact details, then your MP's email address is automatically found and you can read and alter the proposed message before you confirm that you would like it to be sent.So, email your MP to protest the proposed cuts here.Cross-posted at Where's the Benefit?.
Violent protest of Q!, Jakarta?s gay film festival
2010-10-02 22:34:00 Q! Film Festival, an international film festival celebrating gay cinema being hosted in Jakarta, experienced a violent protest lead by members of the Islamic Defender Front.
Democrat Rep. Halvorson (Illinois) Sponsors Protest Rally Calling Opponent
2010-09-17 22:30:00 -By Warner Todd Huston First time Representative Democrat Debbie Halvorson of Illinois' 11th District is struggling in the polls against Republican Adam Kinzinger. Her desperation is starting to show, too, because her office just got caught supplying Democrat staffers to a protest rally holding signs that call Kinzinger a Nazi. Kinzinger is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and flew missions in Iraq. A line of protesters showed up at a Kinzinger appearance on Sept. 15th sporting signs calling the Republican military vet a Nazi. Kinzinger's folks filmed the little protest and followed the perpetrators right back to Halvorson's office. Video reveals that Halvorson's office workers seemed to know the protesters. Kinzinger wants to know why these outrageous, over-the-top...
CPD rank and file protest against Superintendent Weis
2010-09-16 07:05:00 Nancy Stone, Chicago TribuneHundreds of Chicago Police Department officers gathered outside CPD headquarters today to call for the resignation of Superintendent Weis. Officers cited manpower shortages, damaged morale and poor leadership.The demonstration follows controversy over Weis' August meeting with Chicago street gang leaders and the ongoing fallout from a blog post written by CPD Lt. John Andrews. The post by Andrews appeared on his personal blog in July; in it he excoriated the the leadership of the Chicago Police Department and the political leadership of Chicago, referring to a "circle of corruption". Here's a taste:Contributing factors that have led to the paralysis of the CPD: • Decimation of existing top-tier leadership by incoming Superintendent• Lack of leadership / Administrative incompetence•...
Protest Scheduled at Target this Saturday
2010-08-12 20:05:00 It's time to get your protest shoes on and head to Uptown where a demonstration is scheduled for Saturday at 11AM. I'm the first to say that I love me some Red Dot Boutique (aka Targay, aka Target) but the shenanigans they pulled recently by donating money to Minnesota Forward has light a fire under the proverbial ass of the LGBT Community. Here we thought that Target loved us, the support the Minnesota LGBT Community by sponsoring Gay Pride every year and they give millions back to the communities where they have stores, but now we find out that they really don't love us all that much at all. Recent changes to the Campaign Finance laws now allow corporations...
Rosie O'Donnell Says Her Marriage was a Political Protest, Gays Treate
2010-08-08 19:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston In yet one more example among thousands, we see why loud-mouth, extreme left-wing talker Rosie O'Donnell is wholly unworthy of a national forum. In a recent segment of her satellite radio show Rosie Radio, O'Donnell idiotically claimed that gays were being "rounded up" in America so that a "pink triangle" could be slapped on them just like they were during the Holocaust. But just as obscenely, O'Donnell admitted that her marriage to Kelly Carpenter was only a political statement, one of "civil disobedience," instead of a marriage of love proving that the whole issue of "gay marriage" has nothing at all to do with rights or "love" but is solely one of politics. On her show,...
Protest held outside Austin woman's house after police visit
2010-06-26 23:48:00 Protesters say the Chicago Police Department mishandled the serving of a search warrant at the home of a disabled woman. But police defend their actions, saying they seized guns and narcotics. Read more . . . ...
What To Make Of Today's Protest & Board Meeting
2010-06-15 15:58:00 Are you there? Did you go? Is anything interesting happening? Will it make a difference?Teachers Picket To Protest Cuts WBBM: The emergency protest was held over the Chicago School Board's plan to borrow $800 million, and allow schools chief executive officer Ron Huberman to fire teachers without making the budget public... Chicago Board of Education to Discuss $400 Million Deficit WBEZ: The Chicago Board of Education meets today to figure out how to fill a $400 million budget hole... Teachers to picket School Board vote Sun Times: Meanwhile, attorneys hired by current CTU President Marilyn Stewart said the board's layoff plans seem unusually onerous, as Board officials are contending that tenured teachers who lose their jobs due to rising class...
Northside, Payton, Jones students protest with a STUDY-IN
2010-05-26 08:41:00 Lane Tech students have protested the sports budget cuts. Whitney Young students have done their own protest. Now, Northside Prep and Payton students are in the mix. According to the Tribune, Northside student Daniel Sobor, helped organized a "STUDY-IN" to protest the upcoming CPS budget cuts. About 250 Chicago high school students from Northside Prep, Payton Prep, Jones, Phoenix, and other schools met up at the Daley Plaza and protested, not by carrying signs, but by studying. Reading books, practicing for choir, etc. Unlike the Whitney Young protest, this was done after school hours so no disciplinary action will be taken. I would like to point out that I and I'm sure all of these students, do not want to...
Mark Allen, BLDI, Joins Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr in protest and boycott call
2010-05-25 02:07:00 MARK ALLEN TALKS -- POLITICAL, CONSUMER DIRECT ACTION 773-392-0165 MONDAY, MAY 24th, 2010 Veteran Activist, Mark Allen, founder and president of The Black Leadership Development Institute, BLDI, and Board member of The Chicago Black Wall Street Project, joined the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr, founder and President of The National Rainbow/PUSH Coalltion in a press conference and about 50 community organization and environmental activists at a public demonstration in front of a British Petroleum (BP) gas station Monday afternoon. Allen, a former field director for Rainbow/PUSH was back in the streets looking like the days of old with his Rainbow/PUSH "Boycott BP" signs and leading the demonstraters in chants like "Don't make us pay the bill for the BP...
Mark Allen, BLDI, Joins Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr in protest and boycott call
2010-05-25 02:07:00 MARK ALLEN TALKS -- POLITICAL, CONSUMER DIRECT ACTION 773-392-0165 MONDAY, MAY 24th, 2010 Veteran Activist, Mark Allen, founder and president of The Black Leadership Development Institute, BLDI, and Board member of The Chicago Black Wall Street Project, joined the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr, founder and President of The National Rainbow/PUSH Coalltion in a press conference and about 50 community organization and environmental activists at a public demonstration in front of a British Petroleum (BP) gas station Monday afternoon. Allen, a former field director for Rainbow/PUSH was back in the streets looking like the days of old with his Rainbow/PUSH "Boycott BP" signs and leading the demonstraters in chants like "Don't make us pay the bill for the BP...
Arizona esta loco. Expect major immigration protest in Chicago on May Day.
2010-04-30 22:55:00 Arizona also is going after teachers with accents and ethnic studies programs. All this will galvanize protesters for May Day march.
Arizona Diamondbacks play Chicago Cubs and spark protest over immigration l
2010-04-30 01:33:00 The Chicago Cubs played the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday at Wrigley Field and the game drew a few dozen protesters upset over Arizona's new immigration law they fear will result in racial profiling of Latinos. |
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