Showing posts with label lansing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lansing. Show all posts
5/9/11
VIDEOS: Benton Harbor Blossomtime Parade & Recall Rick Snyder Rally
Activists, politicians, and citizens rally in Benton Harbor, Michigan against the state's Governor Rick Snyder and undemocratic GOP policies during Benton Harbor's annual Blossomtime Parade, in which Snyder was Grand Marshall.
3/17/11
"We Are Michigan" Rally for Workers, Students, Seniors & Shared Sacrifice | Lansing, March 16
On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, upwards of 7,000 Michiganders rallied to denounce proposed GOP legislation that would tax pensions, gut schools, void local elections, ordinances & contracts, privatize services, eliminate project labor agreements, and pass all the savings on to Wall Street. Turning public pain into private gain. To join the fight against this power grab, see:
http://www.michaelmoore.com
http://www.miunion.org
http://www.iww.org
Recall Rick: http://tinyurl.com/4sb3esk
http://www.soldiersofsolidarity.com
http://lansingworkerscenter.wordpress.com/
http://www.miaflcio.org/
USUncut MI: http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Uncut-Michigan/164529150265296
3/15/11
3/14/11
Stand Up & Fight, Michigan!
Via http://www.StandUpMI.com/
I made this image because as a concerned citizen - who, like many of us is a little confused and overwhelmed by the sheer vastness of the changes our corporate-controlled government "officials" are simultaneously attempting to implement across our great state (and country) - I have been wondering on a daily basis lately:
"What can I, as one person, do to make a difference?"
Well, I'm a graphic designer. I make images that speak to people. So I made this icon in the hopes that it will become a reminder, and an inspiration to all that we as a state, and as a community, CAN fight back against the injustice and loss of democracy that the establishment is trying so hard to wreak against us. - Chris K.
I made this image because as a concerned citizen - who, like many of us is a little confused and overwhelmed by the sheer vastness of the changes our corporate-controlled government "officials" are simultaneously attempting to implement across our great state (and country) - I have been wondering on a daily basis lately:
"What can I, as one person, do to make a difference?"
Well, I'm a graphic designer. I make images that speak to people. So I made this icon in the hopes that it will become a reminder, and an inspiration to all that we as a state, and as a community, CAN fight back against the injustice and loss of democracy that the establishment is trying so hard to wreak against us. - Chris K.
3/10/11
VIDEO: Michigan's Emergency Manager Emergency
Downloadable version (w/ better audio) available at Archive.org
More:
Practicing Democracy in the Classroom
MIUnion.org
SoldiersOfSolidarity.com
LansingWorkersCenter
MI AFL-CIO
US UnCut MI
Recall Rick
3/9/11
2/21/11
SOS: "Calling all Workers & Retirees" by Gregg Shotwell
Workers, retirees, unionists, and activists of all stripes and sizes are responding to calls to protest at state capitals In Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and elsewhere.
In Michigan, where I live, Governor Snyder wants to raise taxes on workers, poor people, and retirees so he can give businesses a tax break of 1.8 billion dollars. This is the Republican version of welfare. Tax the poor and give to the prosperous. Or, from each according to his humility (poor, retired, working), to each according to his greed.
This transfer of wealth from one group to another would be labeled class warfare by Republican pundits, but since the shift is from the less affluent to the most affluent, it's deemed justice—wise and benign governance. In their book, only corporations and wealthy investors deserve government support. Like my brother, Steve Shotwell, said, in regard to the conservative minds of our times "Corporations have all the rights and privileges of individuals, but individuals don't have the right to organize."
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