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New Orleans This report almost writes itself, especially since the pictures virtually tell the story as various organizations in the ACORN International global federation step up to turn on the heat. Ottawa ACORN opens another year of our Remittance Justice Campaign picketing Western Union for predatory pricing of transfers from working, immigrant families back to their [...] New Orleans I had offered the Occupy NOLA folks a place to meet at various times during their occupation of the desolate park space in front of New Orleans City Hall, but it was only by showing up on the night that they were being evicted from the Avery Alexander / Duncan Plaza and inviting [...] New Orleans Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has this exactly right when she says the beating of bystanders, protestors, and women in Cairo’s Tafhir Square are “shocking.” Furthermore she added in a speech at Georgetown, “This systematic degradation of Egyptian women dishonors the revolution, disgraces the state and its uniform and is not worthy of a [...] New Orleans Front page headlines in the Times-Picayune had trumpeted the curious court battle around the removal of Occupy NOLA from Duncan Plaza across from City Hall to parts unknown. Mayor Mitch Landrieu had summarily pulled up the encampment only to have his hands slapped by a federal court judge ruling it was illegal and [...] New Orleans The news is full of Occupy confusion. They are homesick for the encampments. Many of the big ones are going down. Los Angeles was evacuated with 1400 police from the LAPD and 300 arrests last night. Philly is down. There are a surprising number still up in places like New Orleans, Little Rock, [...] New Orleans For years the India FDI Watch Campaign supported by ACORN International has campaigned to make sure that any modification in foreign direct investment would protect the 20,000,000 small retailers, birani shop keepers, brokers, and others would be done responsibly. Working to build a large, diverse national coalition, the [...] New Orleans Once again Tahrir Square in Cairo stands for dream of freedom, rather than the disappointment of struggle. Tens of thousands have held the square for days against scores that have died and thousands injured by the military. Finally, the demands have been clear and consistent and directed at the brazen power play [...] New Orleans Certainly it is presumptuous to compare the Civil Rights Movement with the Occupy Movement, but it takes a while to think of another movement in the USA which has gotten more of a boost from police oppression. Occupy seems to find Bull Conners-wannabes everywhere, whether in New York City or now on [...] |
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