You Should Know About The '99% Spring'

By Dave Johnson
February 24, 2012
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012020824/you-should-know-abut-99-spring

Action Coming -- Spread The Word!

This is a Big Deal, just look at end of this post for
the list of organizations that are signed on to this so
far - and more coming.

April 9-15, 2012, the 99% Spring: 100,000 Americans will
train for non-violent direct action. Sign up. And spread
it around. http://the99spring.com/

This spring, the 99% Spring.

The following is in case you haven't looked around
lately: millions of jobs destroyed, wages cut, working
people told "shut up and take or we'll send your job to
China, too," homes foreclosed, crushing student loan
debt, unions denied collective bargaining rights, budget
cuts, crumbling schools with skyrocketing class sizes
and teacher layoffs, and a huge rise in the number of
children in poverty.

These things are a result of rampant greed-the
deliberate manipulation of our democracy and our economy
by a tiny minority in the 1%, by those who amass ever
more wealth and power at our expense.

From the Christian Science Monitor, here is what
happened to the workers in one company when the
Romney/Bain machine "came to town":

     The new owner, American Pad & Paper, owned in turn
     by [Mitt Romney's] Bain Capital, told all 258 union
     workers they were fired, in a cost-cutting move.
     Security guards hustled them out of the building.
     They would be able to reapply for their jobs, at
     lesser wages and benefits, but not all would be
     rehired.

Watch the first teach-in on the economy, National Teach-
In To Take Back The American Dream for background on how
we got here, and ideas about what next. And spread it
around.

99% Spring

Campaign for America's Future and more than 30 major
grassroots organizations in the "99% Spring" are coming
together to help train 100,000 people across the country
to participate in sustained non-violent, direct action
to stand with the 99%, and reshape our country.

"From April 9-15 we will gather across America, 100,000
strong, in homes, places of worship, campuses and the
streets to join together in the work of reclaiming our
country. We will organize trainings to:

 * Tell the story of our economy: how we got here, who's
   responsible, what a different future could look like,
   and what we can do about it

 * Learn the history of non-violent direct action, and

 * Get into action on our own campaigns to win change."

The coalition is calling for a national convergence of
training, education, and action between April 9 and 15
to: shape a collective vision of an economy that works
for all Americans - not just the wealthiest 1%; learn
about the history and application of non-violent direct
action; and put what we learn into direct action to
expose the injustices of the moment and demand change
from those responsible.

You can read more about "99% Spring Movement" here:
http://the99spring.com/

Read the letter from key movement leaders &
organizations calling for a 99% Spring.

350.org, Alliance for a Just Society, American
Federation of Teachers, The Campaign for America's
Future, Change to Win, Citizen Action of New York,
Citizen Engagement Lab, Color of Change, Communications
Workers of America, Engage, Fuse Washington, Grassroots
Global Justice Alliance, Greenpeace, Institute for
Policy Studies, Jobs With Justice, Leadership Center for
the Common Good, Missourians Organizing for Reform and
Empowerment, MoveOn.org, Movement Strategy Center,
National Day Laborers Organizing Network, National
Education Association, National Guestworker Alliance,
National People's Action, New Bottom Line, National
Domestic Workers Alliance, New Organizing Institute, The
Other 98%, The Partnership for Working Families, PICO
National Network, Progressive Democrats of America,
Pushback Network, Rainforest Action Network, Rebuild the
Dream, The Ruckus Society, Right to the City Alliance,
Service Employees International Union, smartMeme
Strategy & Training Project, UNITE-HERE, United Auto
Workers, United Electrical Workers Union, United States
Student Association, United Steel Workers, United
Students Against Sweatshops, UNITY, Working Families
Party.

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