Communist
17th March 2010, 19:32
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On the 75th Anniversary of the W.P.A.:
FIGHT FOR A PUBLIC JOBS PROGRAM
Detroit Town Hall Meeting
Speak Out for Jobs!
Saturday – March 27, 2010 – 1 PM
http://www.google.com/mapdata?CxVmA4YCHea_DPsgDwxAjgJIuQFSAlVTkAECygECZW 4 (http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Central+United+Methodist+Church+23+E.+Adams+detr oit&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Central+United+Methodist+Church+23+E.+Adams&hnear=detroit&cid=0,0,13185695989573291125&ei=pR2hS4e_F4eVtgfSlvDyBw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQnwIwAA)
Central (http://www.centralumchurch.com/maincontact.html) United Methodist Church
23 E. Adams (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Central%20United%20Methodist%20Church%2023% 20E.%20Adams%20detroit&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl), 2nd floor
At the height of the Great Depression of the 1930’s President Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (renamed later as the Work Projects Administration) on April 8th, 1935. It was funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The WPA put over 8 million unemployed people to work directly and was the largest employer in the United States at that time.
Today, with tens of millions of workers - especially youth - unemployed, we need a real, public jobs program, NOW! We can’t wait for some imaginary future jobs from the banks and corporations who have already been bailed out with trillions of our tax dollars.
The government can and must open hiring halls in every neighborhood and get people back to work. In the 1930’s the Detroit WPA built Western High School and City Airport and upgraded the Detroit Zoo among many other projects. There is plenty that needs doing immediately in Detroit – repairing roads and bridges, cleaning parks, insulating and fixing up thousands of vacant homes so no one is homeless or without heat.
The Full Employment Act makes it the government’s duty to put everyone to work – it’s the law! Let’s organize and tell the politicians – A REAL, PUBLIC JOBS PROGRAM NOW!
Sponsored by:
Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs (http://www.moratorium-mi.org/); Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (http://www.mecawi.org/)
313-887-4344
www.mecawi.org (http://www.mecawi.org/)
www.moratorium-mi.org (http://www.moratorium-mi.org/)
.
On the 75th Anniversary of the W.P.A.:
FIGHT FOR A PUBLIC JOBS PROGRAM
Detroit Town Hall Meeting
Speak Out for Jobs!
Saturday – March 27, 2010 – 1 PM
http://www.google.com/mapdata?CxVmA4YCHea_DPsgDwxAjgJIuQFSAlVTkAECygECZW 4 (http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Central+United+Methodist+Church+23+E.+Adams+detr oit&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Central+United+Methodist+Church+23+E.+Adams&hnear=detroit&cid=0,0,13185695989573291125&ei=pR2hS4e_F4eVtgfSlvDyBw&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQnwIwAA)
Central (http://www.centralumchurch.com/maincontact.html) United Methodist Church
23 E. Adams (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Central%20United%20Methodist%20Church%2023% 20E.%20Adams%20detroit&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl), 2nd floor
At the height of the Great Depression of the 1930’s President Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (renamed later as the Work Projects Administration) on April 8th, 1935. It was funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The WPA put over 8 million unemployed people to work directly and was the largest employer in the United States at that time.
Today, with tens of millions of workers - especially youth - unemployed, we need a real, public jobs program, NOW! We can’t wait for some imaginary future jobs from the banks and corporations who have already been bailed out with trillions of our tax dollars.
The government can and must open hiring halls in every neighborhood and get people back to work. In the 1930’s the Detroit WPA built Western High School and City Airport and upgraded the Detroit Zoo among many other projects. There is plenty that needs doing immediately in Detroit – repairing roads and bridges, cleaning parks, insulating and fixing up thousands of vacant homes so no one is homeless or without heat.
The Full Employment Act makes it the government’s duty to put everyone to work – it’s the law! Let’s organize and tell the politicians – A REAL, PUBLIC JOBS PROGRAM NOW!
Sponsored by:
Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs (http://www.moratorium-mi.org/); Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (http://www.mecawi.org/)
313-887-4344
www.mecawi.org (http://www.mecawi.org/)
www.moratorium-mi.org (http://www.moratorium-mi.org/)
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