Unemployed 99ers march on Wall Street

by Guest Tue May 03, 2011 9:37 pm

More than 100 people turned out to protest on Wall Street over the end of unemployment benefits. The group known as the 99ers marched and demanded the US government either give them jobs or extend their unemployment benefits.

http://washingtonstateunemploymentclaim.com/unemployed-99ers-march-on-wall-street/

by gettheminNOVEMBER Tue May 03, 2011 9:41 pm

Too bad the Koch brothers won't pay for buses for the 99ers. Any turnout for people with nothing is good. This a start you can build on.

by Guest Tue May 03, 2011 9:43 pm

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:Too bad the Koch brothers won't pay for buses for the 99ers. Any turnout for people with nothing is good. This a start you can build on.

The One Nation Rally in October provided free buses provided by different organizations. My bus was sponsored by the Providence chapter of the NAACP.

by Guest Tue May 03, 2011 9:49 pm

by gettheminNOVEMBER Tue May 03, 2011 9:51 pm

DesperateInRI wrote:
gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:Too bad the Koch brothers won't pay for buses for the 99ers. Any turnout for people with nothing is good. This a start you can build on.

The One Nation Rally in October provided free buses provided by different organizations. My bus was sponsored by the Providence chapter of the NAACP.

Unless I hit the lotto I don't know who would fund buses the unemployed?

by lendmeflight2 Tue May 03, 2011 10:50 pm

Has Anyone seen the movie "Harlan County USA"?

It's about a Miner's strike in Harlan Kentucky in the 70's. There is one scene in that movie where some of the miner's go to wall street and hand out flyers explaining how as long as they are on strike that the price of the coal company stock will go down. This is one of the things that helped them get their union deal.

The unemployed need to do something like this. The problem is we don't have money to organize.