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North Carolina NAACP leader released from jail after voting rights protest
June 18, 2015"We were planning to stay in jail overnight in defiance against being arrested, unconstitutionally, based on the sound or volume of our voices."
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New Haven march calls for hiring to end jobs crisis
June 17, 2015Every neighborhood and many unions rallied together behind the banner of New Haven Rising for good jobs for city residents.
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Retired people add their voices to anti-Rauner upsurge
June 12, 2015Some media and folks with cameras were threatened; told that they were violating the Homeland Security Act. Really.
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Immigrant rights, anti-police brutality groups unite for May 1
May 4, 2015We were solidly united together; one of the speakers in the park called it "capitalism's worst nightmare!"
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May Day solidarity marches bring thousands to LA streets
May 4, 2015Marchs were held all over LA in support of worker rights, immigration reform, lives matter, police transparency, economic rights, and civil rights.
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