The Post-MayDay Lineup

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Occupy Bank of America - Charlotte (May 9th):

On May 9th, thousands will unite in Charlotte to put Bank of America -- and the executives behind them -- on notice.
We're coming to the shareholder meeting to call them out for being among the worst of the worst in:

• Stripping wealth from communities of color due to targeting of sub-prime loans to predominantly African-American and Latino families.
• Funding big lobbying pro-business organizations & politicians who deny workers fundamental HUMAN RIGHTS to organize and collectively bargain.
• Destroying our environment by being the largest financier of coal.
• Investing in private prisons and immigrant detention centers.

Come be part of actions against BoA for their role in: taxpayer abuses, the foreclosure crisis, predatory lending, buying politicians and killing jobs.

This action is being organized by a broad coalition of concerned citizens of both North Carolina and beyond! Join us!

http://www.ncagainstcorporatepower.org/calendar/
https://www.facebook.com/events/283287288413972/


Global rEvolution - Worldwide (12th May, 15th May):

On the 15th of October 2011 we took to the streets in over 1000 cities in 82 countries. We got organized and took the first steps on the road to dignity and global change. That was more than six months ago yet we continue to have to raise our voices to make politicians and bankers understand that they in no way represent us. We are united in our demands: the welfare of the 99% must be respected.
Governments only represent us if they follow the will of the vast majority, not just the privileged few.We are united, we are everywhere, we are where you least expect us.
We demand, firmly but without violence: social justice, wealth distribution and an ethic of commons. We condemn poverty, inequality, environmental devastation and corruption as tools of subjugation by the powerful on society.
We will not stop until we achieve our objectives: the 99% will take to the streets again and again until we have a say in the world in which we live. We want global change. Let's turn the streets into the world's biggest loudspeaker on the 12th of May.
Because we are the 99%, we are not owned by politicians and bankers. Take to the streets on May 12th!

http://www.may12.net/
http://globalmay.org/


Occupy G8/NATO - Chicago (May 18th-23rd):

It's time to take to the streets. On May 20-21, the NATO powers are holding a pro-war summit in Chicago. Leaders from the world's most powerful countries will be descending on the city to promote an agenda of conquest, genocide and plunder.

The ANSWER Coalition is joining with hundreds of other organizations in mobilizing people from the Chicago area, the Midwest and the entire country to come to Chicago for a mass march and rally to resist the war makers on Sunday, May 20.

NATO and the Pentagon are nothing more than an enforcement arm of the 1%, using military force to carry out the interests of capitalism, overthrowing and destroying independent governments. For instance, NATO—under the pretext of defending civilians—carried out the merciless bombing of Libya until the government fell. Now, in their drive to reconquer the entire Middle East, U.S. and NATO are promoting civil war and foreign intervention to overthrow the government of Syria.

The protest against the NATO Summit is being organized by the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda (CANG8). The ANSWER Coalition, Occupy Chicago, Jesse Jackson, Chicago Teachers Union, National Nurses United, SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana, SEIU Local 1, United Electrical Workers Western Region and many others have endorsed this important protest.

http://www.protestnato.org
http://natoprotest.org/
http://cang8.org/


Occupy the RNC - Tampa (August 27th-30th):

On August 27, 2012, while the Republican National Convention selects a candidate for president, we will be marching in the streets of Tampa, Florida demanding jobs, healthcare, education, equality and peace. We will let the entire world know, “We have had enough of the endless attacks on the rights of working people and our standard of living!” We will defend Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. We will defend ourselves against union busting. We will defend our children's right to an affordable, quality education. We want money spent on human needs, not on wars overseas and corporate greed.
In Congress and in states across the country, the Republicans and their Tea Party allies have unleashed a war on the people of this country. While the Republicans bailed out Wall Street, many of us lost our homes. While they push tax cuts for the rich, they are destroying working families and our way of life by cutting programs that serve us. The Republicans are trying to break our unions and take away our right to bargain collectively. They are spearheading attacks on immigrants and promoting an agenda of racism and hatred.
For too long, too many politicians in both political parties have ignored our needs, while serving the interests of the rich and powerful. We need to take things into our own hands and make them understand the consequences of their actions. Monday, August 27, 2012, is the time to advance the cause of justice and make our voices heard. Tampa, Florida is the place for all of us to raise our demands. Whether you are working to defend reproductive rights, standing up against attacks on immigrants and racist discrimination, resisting attacks on working people, or saying no to government cutbacks, we can come together from across the country to let our voices be heard. From California, to Illinois, to New York, we can join our brothers and sisters in the South in mobilizing and building a united protest with a clear message, “No to the Republicans! We demand good jobs, healthcare, affordable education, equality and peace!”
On Monday, August 27, 2012, the attention of the entire world will be focused on Tampa, Florida. The Republican National Convention brings together some of the worst politicians that this country has to offer. We're calling on all those ready to fight back against the attacks launched by the Republican Party and their corporate masters to take to the streets and demand a better future for our families, our communities and our children.

http://www.marchonthernc.com/
http://www.resistrnc.org/


Occupy the DNC - Charlotte (September 1st-6th):

Charlotte, NC is the Wall Street of the South, home to the world headquarters of Bank of America and the eastern headquarters of Wells Fargo. These two represent the worst, most notorious, and racist banks – for their role in driving the economic crisis, mass unemployment, home foreclosures, the prison industrial complex, including privatized immigration detention centers, funding environmental destruction and climate change, and many more attacks on our communities. Charlotte has the second highest concentration of finance capital behind New York City. In addition, North Carolina is one of only two states in the country where collective bargaining for public sector workers is illegal, it is the least unionized state in the country, and the South as a region is a bastion of right-to-work and anti-union laws. The decision of the DNC to hold it’s nominating convention here is injury to every family that has lost its home or worker that has been laid off as a result of an economic crisis caused by the banks and Wall Street. The irony has not escaped us.
As the DNC meets in Charlotte, we will challenge the power of the banks over our political process. We will use this opportunity when a national and international spotlight will be on North Carolina and the South, to raise up people’s demands for jobs, justice, and dignity and bring our grievances directly to the doors of one of the two major national parties and the big banks.
People across this country are fed up with business as usual. With every bank bailout, every budget cut, and every dollar dumped into the Pentagon and wars abroad, rather than spending the vast wealth of this country on people’s needs, the realities of who this system and the two parties serve becomes clearer everyday.
We will hold a mass March on Wall Street South on Sunday, September 2 in Charlotte. Other actions and activities will take place throughout the week to raise up the many struggles for justice being waged by communities across the country. See you in the streets of Charlotte in September!

http://wallstsouth.org/


Occupy Wall Street - NYC (September 17th):

(more information to come)

On May 26th OWS Direct Action Group launches Summer Disobedience School – kicking off 3 months of city-wide mayhem!
We’ve completed Spring Training – and we’re moving and communicating in the streets like never before.
Now we take our fight to sites of injustices throughout NYC, gradually building a culture of radical non-violent disobedience.
We’ll be disrupting banks, corporations and the state all summer long, starting with the crooks in mid-town.
We graduate as a full-on revolutionary force September 17th: City-Wide Shut Down!

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