We Are The 99%: O.U.R. Walmart

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From Crunk Feminist Collective: [Last] week, as Walmart hosted Wall Street analysts and investors for a week of discussion regarding the company’s financial health and outlook, nearly 100 members of the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart), part of the 99% returned to Walmart’s “Home Office” in Bentonville,…

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Blip in Time Round-up

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Today’s blip Occupy Wall Street: Complaints Include Rising Student Loan Debt, Insurance Costs Several million to lose unemployment benefits after January if lawmakers cannot strike deal Unemployment rate among veterans is far higher than the national average ProgressivePOC: Slavery in North America, Part Four Native American Leader and Activist ‎Elouise…

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Invest in Main St, Not Wall St

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Move Your Money Project: The Move Your Money project is a nonprofit campaign that encourages individuals and institutions to divest from the nation’s largest Wall Street banks and move to local financial institutions. Little has changed to prevent another financial crisis or to end ‘Too Big To Fail,’ and with…

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Blip in Time Round-up

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Today’s blip Psst! Keep it quiet, but gender equality isn’t just tied to economic growth Dozens of Beatings and Coverups by Officers in L.A. County Jails MLK Images Around the World How technology has transformed our privacy (or lack thereof) Webinar (10/20): Defend Permanent Residents from Removal (2)

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New Sentencing for Mumia Abu-Jamal?

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From The Root: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in the racially charged case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, bringing an end to nearly 30 years of litigation over the fairness of the sentencing hearing that resulted in his death sentence for the 1981 shooting…

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Auctioneer: Stop All The Sales Right Now!

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See also Lawyers and Activists Arrested in Brooklyn Courtroom While Stopping Foreclosures with Song (VIDEO) Occupy Wall Street movement hits Brooklyn — and nine are arrested Mr. Auctioneer! New Yorkers Call for Moratorium on Foreclosures, Oct. 13 (6)

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