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Tags: austerity, chicago, fiscal cliff
In what might well become a model for popular resistance to the 1%'s
"Fiscal Cliff" austerity negotiations happening now in Washington D.C.,
activists in Chicago are planning a shantytown encampment of Federal
Plaza -- a tangible portent of exactly where austerity is taking us. The
"Fiscal Cliff" is a manufactured crisis to promote a "grand bargain" of
austerity measures to maintain the rich and attack the poor; we demand an
end to a world governed by the interests of the 1%, Wall Street, and the
corporations!
More information on the Occupy Chicago GA-approved action from
the event's facebook page:
As part of the ongoing “fiscal cliff” discussions, Senator Durbin is
negotiating behind our backs to gut Social Security, Medicare, and
Medicaid – cuts that could create depression-era conditions for millions of
Americans who’ve paid for and earned support from these vital programs.
Join us on December 6th at noon to tell Senator Durbin that we won't
go back! On December 6, we're building a Durbinville Shantytown
encampment at the Federal Building to symbolize the dire consequences
these cuts could have, and fight to preserve these essential programs. Join
us! And bring a tent!
Come get free soup and bread every day in Federal Plaza from
December 3rd - 6th!