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Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested at “Occupy Fannie Mae” Protest in Center City Philadelphia [VIDEO]
Germantown resident Rhonda Lancaster speaks about the foreclosure of her home. Rhonda Lancaster was one of the first to speak at yesterday’s “Occupy Fannie Mae” event, a Green Party-sponsored sit-in at the Fannie Mae office in Center City to protest unjust home foreclosures. Lancaster, a musician and fitness instructor, has been dealing with foreclosure...
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Green Party Presidential Ticket Arrested in Philly
Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Cheri Honkala were arrested today after an hours-long sit-in to protest home foreclosures, dubbed ‘Occupy Fannie Mae.’ The candidates were joined by about 50 protesters as they and others spoke, then picketed, then attempted to enter 1835 Market Street to speak with a Fannie...
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5 Political Events Going on in Philadelphia This Weekend
It’s Independence Season in Philadelphia, and that means one thing: Forty foot hoagies and the Goo Goo Dolls! Gatherings all over the city in the name of democracy in some cases, American exceptionalism in others, radical organizing in yet some others. Here are some of the political events going on this weekend and into next week you might want to know about....
Continue ReadingCongress Bills Could Censor Internet
On the eve of the revolution/Armageddon/consciousness expansion of 2012, two bills in the federal legislature could potentially cripple American access to the tool that protesters the world over have used to coordinate mass demonstrations against authoritarian governments and corporate interests: the Internet. Ostensibly, the House’s Stop Online Piracy...
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