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Subscribe to RSSThe Occupy Wall Street movement is organizing a nationwide strike on May 1st, the International Workers Day. Panelists on "Up With Chris Hayes" discuss the history of worker strikes in the United States, their subsequent decline, and how Occupy plans to revive labor protests.
May Day protests may disrupt the morning commute in major U.S. cities Tuesday as labor, immigration and Occupy activists rally support on the international workers' holiday.
Demonstrations, strikes and acts of civil disobedience are being planned around the country, including the most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since Occupy encampments came down in the fall.
While protesters are backing away from a call to block San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, bridge district ferry workers said they'll strike Tuesday morning to shut down ferry service, which brings commuters from Marin County to the city. Ferry workers have been in contract negotiations for a year and have been working without a contract since July 2011 in a dispute over health care coverage, the Inlandboatmen's Union said.
A coalition of bridge and bus workers said they will honor the picket line, which may target an area near the bridge's toll plaza. Occupy activists from San Francisco and Oakland are expected to join the rally.
"We ask supporters to stand with us at strike picket lines on May Day and to keep the bridge open," said Alex Tonisson, an organizer and co-chair of the Golden Gate Bridge Labor Coalition.
Police say they are working with other area law enforcement agencies and have a plan in place for potential disruptions. They would not discuss specifics.
Across the bay in Oakland, where police and Occupy protesters have often clashed, officers are preparing for a long day as hundreds of "General Strike" signs have sprouted across town.
In New York City, where the first Occupy camp was set up and where large protests brought some of the earliest attention — and mass arrests — to the movement, leaders plan a variety of events, including picketing, a march through Manhattan and other "creative disruptions against the corporations who rule our city."
Organizers have called for protesters to block one or more bridges or tunnels connecting Manhattan, the city's economic engine, to New Jersey and other parts of the city.
The Occupy movement began in September with a small camp in a lower Manhattan plaza that quickly grew to include hundreds of protesters using the tent city as their home base. More than 700 people were arrested Oct. 1 as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.
The city broke the camp up in November, citing sanitary and other concerns, but the movement has held smaller events and protests periodically since then.
Elsewhere on the West Coast, Occupy Seattle has called for people to rally at a park near downtown Tuesday. Mayor Mike McGinn has warned residents there could be traffic delays and has said city officials have evidence — including graffiti and posters — that some groups plan to "commit violence, damage property and disrupt peaceful free speech activity."
In Los Angeles, demonstrators are planning to take to the streets to champion immigrant rights.
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OWS..............Out ..Walking...Stupid (or Stinky )
Yeah...........bitch amongst ourselves while China is laughing and gonna eat us in the next decade!!!
Taste rike chicken.
May Day (or International Workers' Day) is now a communist & socialist holiday- true to their color - RED
this reminds me of a union....shutting down the job to get more pay. OWS is a union without a job....and the rest of us are supposed to cross their picket line ?
no union man will ever tell me what i can or cant do.....americans have the right to work free from unions.
Stranger ....
Good to see you ....
Always a vote for you ....
lol. you too bro.
How's everything with you keck ....
Been busy making big money I hope ....
...construction is down, but scrap metal is up...nothing to crow about. making it, but that's about it. how about you ben ?
I know about the construction issues ....
Things are fine here ....
Always time to have a good time ....
I'm thankful for every day ....
ahh, words to live by.
Get yourself out here a little more keck ....
i will, i had business overseas in birmingham. the brits and the dutch are worried about their future...i cant say i blame them. i took a new computer and it crapped out on me in the first week....brand new ibm. having to do business the old fashion way with faxes and phones...whew the old days, lol
Well it looks like you got it all worked out I hope ....
I have too head out for a bit now ....
Always great to see you keck ....
Hope to catch you again soon ....
...you too brother
Months ago I recommended buying stock in the parent company of Hefty Trash Bags. That bet is about to pay off, as thousands of grimy trashbaggers will be taking to the streets again to spread their filth and pollution. Dozens of hollowed out cop cars are being shipped to various sites since this seems to be the preferred receptacle of the trashbaggers fecal matter. Party on, Garth!!
You know what amazes me in this whole discussion is the Obama, Obama, Obama! Not a single person will admit that it was Bush and those who preceded him are the ones who put us where we are, and you know why... because Bush set up this system, NOT Obama! People will only complain when theres something affecting them that they dont understand like giving back to the people who made them as rich and/or powerful they are. Before anyone uses the words brainwashed, they should get their facts straight! And one more thing... No millionaire or billionaire would be where thay are without PROTEST! It sickens me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes please tell that to Barak's friends at GE, George Soros, and yes of course Bill Clinton & Al Gore who are Big Millionaires now thanks to the system you say Bush set up.
You've learned wonderfully from your idol how to blame the present on the past, but I'm afraid it won't always work that way, jco. Bush can't be blamed for everything we see today. Sure, he was part of the problem, and a major portion of Bush's blame stems right back to his selection of Ben Bernanke for the FED. But guess what, Jco? When Obama took office, he had the opportunity to replace BB. And he DIDN'T! He kept the same guy Bush picked. You know what that tells you? He personally approved of Bush's choice. So before you go and blame Bush for the economy, let's remember ALL of the 'facts' you're so vehement about.
I agree Bush was a "useful idiot" of the Democratic party his last term, but Clinton did little to nothing laying the foundation of our current situation, as did Bush sitting idly by as the Democrats implemented it when they took over Congress, and Obama, well he just went against EVERYTHING he campaigned on and DOUBLED Bush's deficit, and created an economic situation harmful to both employers and employees.
So yes, our past leadership is to blame also, but you can't change the past, so OBAMA is the present and gets the brunt of the anger.
I'm also tired of hearing Democrats say "You can't solve an eight year problem in four years." If you insist on such simple-minded math, at least follow it through. If you can't solve an eight year problem in four years, can't you at least solve HALF of it? Or a third? Or a sixteenth? Or ANY of it? Obama has done NOTHING to fix the 'mess he inherited' since taking office. He's only taken a situation that wasn't so good and made it worse. I would think four years would be PLENTY long enough to at LEAST change the direction we're headed in if that was truly the case.
Boy Cub , your on a roll today ....
Nice job ....
Over $5 TRILLION just doesn't go as far as it used to....
I bet if we gave Obama $5 GAZILLION he would get unemployment down to 6%! Let's spend not only our grandchildren's taxes, but their grandchildren's children taxes too!
JCO,
Really are you that stupid? You just quoted verbatim the Barry O" line that was worn out the first two years. GW was not a bad president, he just did not have that charm of a King Cobra and the media crucified GW while Barry could do no wrong. GW led us through some of the toughest times in America's history. I wonder how Barry would have handled 9/11 (Yes I agree with you, we forced you to fly jet planes into our nation and kill thousands. I will write you a check for$$$$$$$$$$$$$.)?
The media showed our president Bush as some kind of terrible person. Well that person stood up for ALL the people, even those who criticized him in public. The truth is that during Reagan, and both Bush Presidents, the Government shrunk by cutting frivolous programs and made our military that has kept China and Russia from our doors. Two weeks ago Russia and China were conducting war games together. Who do suppose they were preparing to fight?
Biden: "Mr. President, first we had to bail out GM, and now we'll have to bail out the farmers because of the Brazilians..."
Obama: "Huh? How much is a brazillion? Can I spend that much?"
JCO - - When the dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, was that Bush's fault also????
"because Bush set up this system, NOT Obama!:" Do any of you Obama apologizers remember that Obama criticized Bush for $4 Trillion in debt in 8 years, but he's run $5-6 Trillion in less than 4 years? Or that Bush was told that 4.5 % unemployment wasn't "good enough" but every liberal stuffed shirt that can get on TV tells us how great 8.3% unemployment is ????
"Before anyone uses the words brainwashed, they should get their facts straight!" Anyone who can listen to Obama claim that he sat in "Reverend" Wright's congregation for 20 years and didn't hear any of his controversial CRAP really shouldn't talk about anyone else being brainwashed !!!!
"No millionaire or billionaire would be where thay are without PROTEST!" - - What are you babbling about? If you think about it, both the Republicans and the Democrats have a system to prosper:
Republican system: Work hard, work long, don't buy things you cannot afford, don't abuse credit cards, take some risks.
Democrat system: Contribute to Obama's campaign. He will funnel taxpayer dollars your way I.E. Solyndra, and then when your company folds (exactly by year and month when predicted) he will make sure you are first in line to get money out. You may have to do him a small favor, such as not lay anyone off until AFTER election day.
Which system more closely reflects the ideals of our Founding Fathers?????
If OWS truly represents 99% of the people, they should have no problem making the changes they want.
But since I think they represent less than 1% of the people, their goal of free handouts for doing nothing won't be acheived.
To the Union workers who honor these idiots and the idiots in general. You can all pound sand up your a**'s. I am what is known as an angry non-pacifist. Get off the tax payer dime and go to work you lazy bum's. If you actually worked you would'nt have the time to go around causing problems. For you Union members who dont agree with your leadership , vote them out and take your Union back from them.
Hey Brian, good to see you if you're the same Brian that mixed it up with BlackThought a few days ago.
These idiots are still around?
LMFAO!
I hope they carry it on til the elections, the more annoying the better Romney's chances ;).
That's the spirit ....
Ha !
The occupy movement is made up of a bunch of dumb ass college students and communists and is paid for by the biggest business in the country the union, when they start up again they should be stepped on like any other criminal who disrupts the real working class that has to work for a living and pay there tax's so these people can do nothing for a living and dont pay tax's what a joke.
They deserve the day off - if I were there boss i'd tell them they don't need to return to work as obviously it is an inconvenience to them. The economy sucks and lazy people want others to pay for everything they want.
There are plenty of people looking for work who ARE willing to actually work and don't feel entitled to get paid not to work.
liberals will call a human being a fetus in order to make it more palatable to keep abortion alive..that is DE humanizing.because it fits the liberal agenda...yet calling a person who breaks into a country by jumping a fence because they need to feed their family an ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT is wrong ..well the human being that is a person 20 minutes after conception and ripped out of their mothers whom and thrown in a trash can in the back of a building that should be ILLEGAL ..but that doesn't fit their political agenda.
It's interesting you mention abortion and illegal immigration in the same post, because they really are related issues. One of the most common arguments for letting all these illegals flood the country is "we need the people to keep our population levels from dropping."
Guess what folks. When you kill your kids in the womb, your population tends to suffer a bit. I don't know the stats for all races, but I heard the Caucasian stats the other day. By 2019 (that's seven years away for you liberals), white births will no longer outnumber white deaths. I'm sure the stats for the other people groups aren't far behind. We're killing our own country, and then we're using it as an excuse to let a bunch of illegals come flooding in the borders to live off the system.
I believe Corretta Scott King (Martin Luther King's wife) spoke about how African American (to be p.c.) deaths outnumber births and if they don not stop aborting their young, they will eventually phase themselves out......
Not to get off topic, but it is interesting.
MWD, speaking of CS King, I didn't watch her funeral services, but those who did can tell you that the Democrats even turned THAT into a politicking event. Gore, Carter, and others used their speeches to bash Bush. Bush was in trouble with them over the Patriot Act and other items, so Gore decided to take a shot by talking about how the government intrudes into people's privacy. He mentioned the fact that Martin Luther King was illegally wiretapped for many of his last years.
Gore was absolutely correct. But he failed to mention the Attorney General at the time who authorized the illegal taps.
Democrat poster boy Bobby Kennedy.
The "occupy" movement, tied in with Communists and fascist trying to become relevent on May 1st ( International Workers Day), a SOCIALIST HOLIDAY.......
And they say they are not for Socialism, just a coincidence I am sure.........
All this stuff does is push people in the center to the right. Its time for a strong "centerist movement" of people who are sick of both the extreme right and the extreme left. Watch Charlie Rose's interview on Bloomberg with Erskin Boyles and Alan Simpson, a democrat and a republican, and you'll see two guys who speak from the center. Their proposal to cut the deficit was balanced and actually reduced everyone's basic tax rate. But it was impossible based on opposition to cuts in entitlements from the left and cuts in defense and cuts in tax breaks from the right.
Thus the reason for a third party!
There is no "majority" when you only have 2........
Give them hell OWS. Its time we take back our country. Its no longer left vs right. Its Americans against the banks and the shadow government. If you think you can handle the truth check these out:
septemberclues dot info
cluesforum dot info
If you know things are broken and you do not understand why, there is a reason. Start with the two sites I listed above. I can vouch for both. Most of the alternative sites are propaganda just like the main stream news.
Don't you just hate how MSNBC does not allow links!
I guess they don't want real news being portrayed on their sites.......
I don't agree with these protestors and I have a job that I work very hard at. Our system is not perfect and is still broken.
1. I agree that I wish someone jobs can remain in this country and not be exported to 3rd world countries for higher profits. I don't know how this can be accomplished, but I believe this would be in the best interest of the country.
2. It drives me absolutely mad when I hear of all the money coprations, social groups, unions, etc. pour into the pockets of those in office in order to control how laws are made - this somehow needs to be stopped.
3. I really don't care about how much a CEO is making - i certainly wouldn't complain about my salary if I were the CEO. These people need to stop thinking they deserve their salaries without the work -
-------------------------HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEMS--------------------------
1. Close all Loop Holes in the current tax/legal system that allows ANYONE from skipping out on paying taxes. I do not care if you are Exxon or a private school for the gifted. NO ONE should be exempt from paying their fair share.
2. All illegal immigrants will have two choices -- GO BACK, or get immediate citzenship and begin to pay taxes. I'm not worried about the jobs they have, they do the things most do not want to do.
3. All absolutely unnecessary social programs should be eliminated or temporarily suspended. We can only spend money we have. Until these programs can be funded by themselves or privately somehow - they must remain suspended.
4. Cease all foreign spending. We need to focus our attention on ourselves. We should no longer be concerned about who is our new "bestie" in the foreign lands.
5. Unemployment should only be available for those who truly lost their jobs and are honestly looking for work. No coverage to try out a job. That's the biggest bunch of bull@!$%# I've ever heard of.
6. Last, for now, we need an entire clean sweep of govt. All positions should have term limits and age limits (both min and max). Everyone currnetly in office will need to leave and be replaced with the newly elected.
I don't support Obama, he was filled with lies and false hope.
I don't support Mitt, all I see in him is someone I'd find at a used car lot - trying to rip me off.
So what do you think of $16 trillion in tax payer debt under Obama .... ??
Now that's getting ripped off ....
20 billion in aid to Pakistan and on and on and on and on ....
Interesting post, Chris, and I agree with you on some of your points. I certainly agree that all positions should have term limits, and the Supreme Court is the first place to start. I really don't think the 'loop hole' deal is quite the issue libs make it out to be. It's just a tactic to make it look like the rich are conniving to take advantage of the poor (admittedly, some do that, but not all). As for a 'clean sweep,' there are several members of Congress that I don't want to see go anywhere (e.g. Bachmann, Rubio). Some of them certainly need to go, such as Harry Reid, Prehistoric Pelosi, Orin Hatch, and others. A fairly extensive house cleaning is certainly in order. Here are a couple more items to consider adding to your list:
1. Abolish all 'czars' and forbid the President the authority to create a position and fill it without the consent of Congress.
2. Give the President a line-item veto. You'd be amazed what that would do around budget time. Many state governors have them and swear by them. Reagan had one when he was Gov. of Cali, and he was frustrated to not have one as Prez.
3. Begin a program to end the FED. Ben Bernanke is one of the biggest unknown villains of the economic meltdown, but he never gets mentioned beside Lehman Bro's, Fannie and Freddie, etc.
Don't forget the millions given to China to give prophylactics to their call girls........
Imagine the U.S. borrowing Millions from China (with interest) just to give it back to them to buy condoms and B.C. pills for their prostitutes.
Not even lying, this is happening to this day.
7) end unions in this country make every state a right to work state..offer a one way ticket to Cuba for the appeasers...let them occupy Castro..see ya in the gulag
I don't have a problem with peaceful protests, I do have a problem with disruption. I fully support many of the things OWS stands for, I just wish they'd quit being disruptive to people that are working...
The people are tired of how our government is ruining our country. Get rid of the career politicians. Get rid of the PACs. Get rid of the lobbyists. Abraham Lincoln said, "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." I hope it's not too late for America to heed his words.
That's why Obama has to go ....
Finally some one with the Right Idea. Force Term limits, get rid of the special interest groups and professional Lobbyist. Take away the millions in graft the the corrupt politicians earn and then vote for your barber. He is the guy that truly knows the feelings and concerns of the public. Ban Unions, and Religious organizations where there is profit to be earned from having the right man on the job. How do we select the candidates? Good one, perhaps select one from each state to come to Washington and debate, arm wrestle, or just be yourself. Ever seen "Mr. Smith goes to Washington"? Jimmy Stewart did a great job in that.
The question is when did our nation become the whore it is now? I would have to say that it was after the Civil War, or the War of Aggression depending on your geographic location. During the war the Union soldiers had all the good stuff supplied to them, but there were times that the corporations were maximizing their profits by supplying inferior goods that even the starving southerners did not want. Such as the "Green Leather" boots that were made of untanned and curred leather. When they got wet, they completely lost their shape and size and caused the wearer great pain. After the war, these same Factory owners, capitalist, and bankers sent their representatives South to steal whatever they could. These same good folks that represented the Government were the ones that sent rancid beef and poor rations to the Western Indians that went to the reservations.... the same song and dance down through history.
obama 2012 circus road show..in this ring envey..in this ring mis guided anger.and finally blame the successful..so please may i direct your attention away from my failed record,,yeah.
You can mail those guitars to me if you like ....
You can't possibly need them all ....
I play one every day..sometimes twice..
I see you don't have a yellow one ....
Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen yellow ducks ....
I like Steve Morse allot ....
I'm a pick burner myself ....
I dont use a pick . I have a blond and black 71 its a beuty.
Your spoiled rotten ....
LEGAL immigrant rights, whatever that is, ok.
ILLEGAL immigrants have no rights other than to turn around and go back home.
After the illegals coming across the border dropped by over 1 million last year, Democrats will be erecting a fence just to keep the ones already here in!
Pretty sad when Mexico's GDP DOUBLED ours last year.
I wonder if Mexico will give me the same benefits we give our illegals..........
You're trying to tell that to an administration that favors giving Miranda rights to enemy terrorist combatants on a battleground. They'll extend rights to anyone that can breathe. (And around election time, they even throw out that stipulation. Dead folks can vote too.)
@Ghengis - I think I'm in love!
I seen Jeff beck in new york at club in 2009..jimmy page and Robert plant were in attendance ..special guest E.C,
have a good nite all.
Have fun ....
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Nice to see these thugs try to shut down the economy for their own selfish ideology. I'm sure the Democrats will be on the front lines. Morons.
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we depend on for jobs from products made with slave labor is that how we would like to continue as a nation?
sim-ply to be labeled sure thats why they fight so hard
You tell em Dry Lake ....