Delivering an alarm clock and a wake-up call to super committee Senator Rob Portman (R-OH)

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Occupying Wall Street

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Live-stream from @theother99 of the events happening right now at Occupy Wall Street. May contain graphic language or footage. 

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Projection on the side of the Verizon building reads "Occupy Earth"

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Protest sign seen at Occupy Wall Street

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When super committee Senator John Kyl went to a posh DC restaurant for a fundraising breakfast with donors, he was met with a surprise: scores of concerned citizens from National People's Action surrounded his table and filled the balconies to give Senator Kyl a wake-up call and a message: “It’s time to stop protecting the wealthiest 1% in our economy at the expense of the rest of us!” 

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Aerial photo of the crowd gathering in Union Square, hours before scheduled march. 

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Protesters from National People's Action show up at Senator Richard Shelby's (R-AL) fundraiser this morning to offer a wake-up call and make sure that the super committee and the entire Congress remembers who it is they work for. 

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Video from inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building for a rally with Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). The senators, joined by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), urged their colleagues on the 12-member Super Committee to reject cutbacks to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

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Seattle Passes Responsible Banking Ordinance

After a lot of advocacy work by Washington CAN!, Working Washington, and inspired by the ongoing #Occupy movement, the Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution that calls on the city to examine its banking and investment practices, home-foreclosure patterns, and the financing of local elections.

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