This Week, Solidarity Rallies All Over America — And Around The World. Find One Near You!
enlarge International pizza solidarity on the board at Ian’s State Street Pizza in Madison, WI. I’ve been listening to blog readers say for years, “But what can I do?” This week, we have plenty. You want rallies? We got rallies. All over America, people will be standing tall in solidarity with the Wisconsin and Ohio public sector strikers this Saturday. MoveOn has called for rallies at 50 statehouses this Saturday, Feb. 26, at noon. But wait, there’s more! You can also stand up this Saturday to be counted with the workers of the United Kingdom and Europe , who will be demonstrating against their countries’ austerity cuts. In solidarity with UKUncut, USUncut will be holding rallies this Saturday across the country. ( Look for your state here .) They focus on corporations that pay little or no taxes while services for the rest of us are cut (hence the name). Remember, 72% of foreign and 57% of US corporations pay no tax in USA. Join the Facebook group here! Remember: If 13 hedge fund managers were taxed like the rest of us, they’d fund 300,000 teachers. Here are the some of the other rallies I found: PHILADELPHIA Rally in solidarity with the workers of Wisconsin and Ohio 11:30, Thursday, February 24 Municipal Services Building Plaza 15th & JFK Blvd (across from City Hall and LOVE Park) Saturday, Feb. 26, noon US Uncut rally against tax-dodging Comcast at the Comcast Building 17th & Arch Streets NEW JERSEY Stand Up For Working People! Rally at 12 Noon at the Statehouse, 125 West State Street, Trenton NJ Friday, February 25, 2011 INDIANA Peaceful Protest of Corporate Tax Dodging Saturday, February 26 ยท 12:00pm – 2:00pm Bank of America 52710 State Road 933 South Bend, IN Bank of America nabbed $45 billion in government bailout funds while funneling its books into 115 offshore tax havens. CALIFORNIA San Francisco, Sat Feb 26th 2011 2/26/2011; 10:30am-12:30pm; Union Square Park (Powell St. b/n Post & Geary), San Francisco OREGON Medford, Oregon, Sat Feb 26th 2011 Bank of America 222 West Main Medford OR They are open from 9am to 2pm Please bring signs, try to get peaceful and lawful attention, please don’t block the sidewalk. UTAH Salt Lake City, Sat Mar 5th 2011 Info here. Check #usuncut, #ukuncut or #226demo in Twitter for more updates. Don’t just sit there, DO SOMETHING!
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