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This video feed is also showing footage from last night. The aim of this group is to take a lesson from the protesters in Tahrir Square in Egypt and launch a demonstration that doesn’t simply go away when the day is over. Today, Sept 17, is Day 2.
To see the video feed click here or click the image above. (The feed sometimes drops for a bit, so if you take a look and it’s not going, check it out a little later.)
You can follow the Twitter stream at #occupywallstreet and #occupywallstreetnyc
SlutWalk Las Vegas will be happening on Saturday, Sept 10th, 7 to 8:30. We made this poster for them.
If you’re wondering what the heck a “SlutWalk” is, here’s an article that explains this phenomenon.
To download a hi-res version for printing, just click on the image above.
These bills are showing up everywhere now. And the amazing thing is, the statement above is true. You may recall the recent public discussion about which large corporations have paid no taxes in recent years, largely because of loopholes put in place by Republican legislators. For example, General Electric paid no taxes at all in 2009. Not a small amount. Not a low rate. They literally did not pay a dollar.
This is the sort of protest that one can engage in from the comfort of one’s own home, with a glass of ice tea at one’s elbow. Of course, defacing money is a crime, so PoliticalLoudmouth would never sanction such a thing. Sugar and lemon for you?
A new guest post by Dr. William Turner. Visit his web site
Everyone’s favorite new, “libertarian” United States Senator, Rand Paul, has taken to distributing a petition in support of his “Right to Work Act,” stating, inter alia, that “This forced unionism breeds violent strikes.” With this statement, Paul demonstrates nothing but his profound ignorance of U.S. history.
The war on workers, funded by right-wing elites, rolls on. The more people who join in the fight against it, the more successful we will be. So, come, workers of all kinds, from far and wide. We need you!
For a printable version of this poster, just click the image above.
To see more posters on this topic, click here.
Here’s a poster for Humanities students protesting program cuts, as they are often the first on the chopping block. We first made this for Jolene Crowell and the Democratic Club of Wright State University, and we’ve received many requests to make a general version, so here it is!
This is, of course, a riff on the famous poem by Martin Niemoller, often mis-attributed to his contemporary, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
To get a printable copy of the poster, above, just click on the image.
To get a T-shirt with this poster art on it, go here.
To see other posters about recent events, click here.
Do recent legislative attempts to curtail women’s reproductive rights have you seeing red? Well, don’t just get ‘em in a knot! Get ‘em in the mail! To the Speaker of the House, of course.
Here’s the address:
Office of the Speaker
H-232 The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
The target mail date is August 1, 2011. You can keep up with the progress of the campaign and swap tips on panty-packing at the campaign page on Facebook.
Just click the image above to download a hi-res image for printing.
Click here to see more posters on this topic.
Here are some photos from the Rock County Working Families demonstration on March 29, 2011 in Janesville, WI. We made this set of posters for them. You go, proud Wisconsonites!
Thanks to Angela Fischer Smillie for helping make this happen.
