Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Second Bill of Rights, aka the Economic Bill of Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights
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FORCE A New York City police officer on a motor scooter runs over a Legal Aid Society observer as Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march through the streets near Wall Street, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP via WCBS 880 AM)
Today in “Photos The NYPD Would Rather You Didn’t See.”
Occupy George is a project that stamps dollar bills with infographics describing disparities in wealth. You can download their templates for your own use on their site. (via Buzzfeed)
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Hate to admit it, but it’s true.
1. While he spent a number of years in Indonesia the majority of his adolescence was spent in Hawaii. Though I fail to see how that’s relevant.
2. And?
3. Actually he worked as community organizer and a constitutional law professor if you’re not considering being a senator, at the state or federal level, a ‘real’ job.
4. Yeah, that’s what happens when you become the president of the United States.
5. Okay…
6. Like every other president of modern day.
And what is the point of this graphic? OWS and the ‘99%’ movement are neither pro-Obama or anti-Obama. Yes, President Obama is a part of the 1%. Is this supposed to be news? He himself has said that “people like him” don’t need tax breaks and pointed out all the ways that he was helped along the way to be where he is now. It’s not the 1% against the 99%. It’s about greed, inequality, and injustice, not ‘class war.’ So again, what is the point of this graphic?
Kiley (I am after all, assuming that’s your name), thank you for taking ownership.
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What the heck? We were at 69% the other day, now we’re down to 57%?
GUYS THIS IS DOWN TO 38% NOw! FIX THIS.
Vote “Yes!”
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@occupyoaklandOccupy OaklandBREAKING NEWS:
#SEIU Local 1021, the biggest union in Oakland, just joined Wednesdays#GeneralStrike They’re callin workers into the street!
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The US Ranks 28 out of 31 countries for Child Poverty rates.
“We have tried to measure the degree of social justice in each OECD country by looking at 6 key factors: poverty prevention, access to education, labor market inclusion, social cohesion/non-discrimination, health, as well as what we call “intergenerational justice.”
The U.S. receives particularly low scores in the area of poverty prevention. Income poverty afflicts 17.3 percent of all Americans, including 22.2 percent of the elderly and 21.6 percent of children.
We argue that the prevention of poverty is a fundamental precondition for social justice, so it is weighted most strongly in the overall ranking. Under conditions of poverty, social participation is possible only with great difficulty. The United States’ low score in poverty prevention is one of the reasons why the U.S. is so low in the overall ranking. But there are also problems in some other areas — education, for instance. The impact of a student’s socioeconomic background on his or her educational success is significant in the U.S.. This also undermines the idea of equal opportunity.”
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