Nutter's answer - tax the poor
milena velis
| Mar 09, 10

 
Mayor Nutter is offering regressive taxes as a solution to the city budget deficit, showing just how limited a vision our elected leaders have for addressing this economic crisis. 
 

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On the eve of a new budget - What we're learning from this crisis
milena velis
| Mar 03, 10

 
On the eve of Mayor Nutter's budget speech, Kristin Campbell, an organizer with the Coalition to Save the Libraries, has a piece in Organizing Upgrade that reminds us what the city has learned from last year’s successful fight to keep the Nutter administration from closing 11 libraries. 
 
 

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Our Neighbors Acquitted and Casinos Remain on Trial!
Bryan Mercer
| Feb 16, 10

Fourteen Philadelphia residents were acquitted today of charges against them for protesting the construction of the sugar house casino on Delaware River.

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Another Round of Budget Cuts Across Region
Bryan Mercer
| Feb 08, 10

 
With next year's budget proposals underway we are already seeing the hatchet for slashing budgets that brought about fears of government stand still last year.
 
Philadelphia is faced with a budget deficit of upwards of $100 million for fiscal year 2011. Over the five years that the city has to plan for, it's looking at a $500 to $700 million shortfall. This is a significant chunk of change to add on to the $2.4 billion already cut in the city's five-year plan last round.

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UPDATED w/ Video: Your Neighbors on TRIAL: Support the 14 arrested at Sugar House Casino
Bryan Mercer
| Feb 05, 10

 
On Feb. 16, fourteen of your neighbors go on trial for a casino-free Philly. 
 
These fourteen individuals -- ranging in age from 24 to 72 and including several grandparents and two members of the clergy, public school teachers, and life-long Philadelphians -- lined the entrance to the SugarHouse casino site on the Delaware river and refused to move. They were promptly arrested and held for more than 12 hours. 
 
Now, they need your help.
 

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E. Harlem Anti-Displacement Task Force 3rd Annual March
Carlos S.
| Ene 16, 10

In the fight against displacement and gentrification the Harlem Anti-Displacement Task Force held it's 3rd Annual March.

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Katrina Pain Index 2009
Carlos S.
| Ene 16, 10

Katrina Pain Index 2009 is a solidarity message from Bill Quigley to Hurricane Katrina survivors in NYC at the Katrina Remembrance Aug. 29, 2009. Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer on leave from Loyola University to serve as legal directior for the Center for Constitutional Rights. For a pirinted version of the article "Katrina Pain Index 2009" contact Bill Quigley at quigley77@gmail.com. This video was shot by Johnnie Stevens and Dalia Grinan. mayibue2@yahoo.com

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Bill gives casinos all of the cards
Bryan Mercer
| Ene 08, 10

Over on the Opinion pages of the Philadelphia Inquirer Paul Boni wrote a great article on recent developments with casinos in the city. The state legislature and governor have recently passed some major actions that give more power to casinos and increases their harmful effects. Read below for the run down.
 
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Bill gives casinos all of the cards
 
By Paul Boni

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Save Point Breeze Campaign Fighting Gentrification in South Philly
sarah s.
| Ene 06, 10

The Save Point Breeze Campaign, a part of the community organization Concerned Citizens of Point Breeze, is an anti-gentrification movement in South Philadelphia fighting to stop market rate housing from pushing out poor and working-class families.
 

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Public Sector is for the Public Good, But Democrat Health Plan Is Not
Tom Kertes
| Dic 23, 09

The U.S. health care debate, with the public option used as a bargaining giveaway, reflects the perilous state of the public sector in America. It seems likely that Democrats will soon pass a health care “reform” bill that locks in the current privatized system, even going so far as to create what amounts to a mandatory “private tax” that helps insurance companies make even greater profits at the expense of people's health security.
 

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