Tag: The 99%

A 99% Tax Day Protest in Chatham Tomorrow

Tomorrow, April 17, there will be a 99% Tax Day Protest in Chatham.

Here is some info on the protest from the organizers:

” This Tax Day, we are demanding that the 1% pay their fair share of taxes. While most of us pay taxes for schools, roads, and other vital services—billionaires and 1% companies like Wells Fargo and GE pay nothing. That’s why we’re protesting, marching, and rallying in hundreds of cities to tell the 1% that it’s time to pay their fair share.”

When: Tuesday, Apr. 17, at 12:00 PM 
Where: Bank of America Chatham NY (in Chatham)

For more info, visit MoveOn.org.

The 99% in Great Barrington This Friday

This Friday, April 13, there will be a 99% Action Training meeting in Great Barrington, MA. This is part of a nationwide movement to teach people how to reclaiming our country through sustained non-violent action.

Here is some info on the meeting from the organizers:

“We’re coming together to learn how we can use nonviolent direct action—in the footsteps of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.—to win change. We’ll be building our skills in order to join an unprecedented series of actions planned nationwide to confront corporate power holders, end tax giveaways to the 1%, fight the influence of money in politics, and more.”

When: Friday, Apr. 13, at 6:00 PM
Where: South Berkshire Friends’ Meeting (in Great Barrington)

For more info and to RSVP, click here or visit MoveOn.org.