Wall Street Occupied with Protests

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com Here’s the live video stream from Wall Street in NYC. At this point in time it is difficult to gauge the scope and implications of the occupations, but as the video stream proves, they are indeed happening and it is largely the independent media and social networks Read more about Wall Street Occupied with Protests[…]

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As 25,000 people protesting for their rights surround the Capitol building in Madison Wisconsin, today, Obama is preparing for his Portland/Hillsboro budget Bonanza tomorrow. The president is slated to visit the Hillsboro Intel plant to deliver inspiring speeches to a tech sector badly needing an overhaul. Ironically, the Obama administration also is the in process of ramming the Korea Free Trade Agreement (KFTA) through Congress and under the radar of most Americans. According to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s official study on the KFTA projects will increase the U.S. trade deficit in electronics — a category that includes sectors like semiconductors and solar panels — by $762 – 790 million. Do the workers at Intel know what this could mean for them?

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