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V. Uy | 06.24.2010
MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan party-list Representative Walden Bello on Tuesday dared President-elect Benigno Aquino III to reverse his mother’s neo-liberal policies that he said have killed Philippine agriculture and industry. At the public forum on the Campaign for Life of Dignity for All, Bello said among these policies is on debt, which the incoming president has promised during the election campaign to repudiate. “It is urgent for the next administration to declare a debt moratorium. We’ve paid that debt so many times…He (Aquino) favors debt repudiation. He said so during the campaign,” he said. “Now we have to make him live up to his campaign promise. Did he make this out of the needs of the campaign? I don’t think so. I think he realizes that he has to undo this legacy of his mother of automatic debt payment,” he added.
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Todd Wolfson, Media Mobilizing Project | 12.22.2009
On Monday people across the city remembered the eight-seven souls that died in this last year either living on the streets or in shelters. Eight-seven people! This is a dramatic rise from the previous year and it is shameful.  It is shameful of the Nutter administration, which has closed our homeless cafe's, the last refuge for those of us without homes in times of unbearable bone-chilling weather. It is shameful of the federal government, which in a time of economic crisis, chooses to bail out banks and looks the other way when it comes to the dire LIFE AND DEATH services of people that are struggling to survive. And most of all it is a shame on our free market system which allows companies like AIG to prosper, giving away absurd amounts of money in bonuses--that would make sizable dents in the deficit this city is trying to bridge.
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Todd Wolfson, Media Mobilizing Project | 04.07.2009
The City From Below conference took place last weekend in Baltimore, MD. The conference brought together organizations and individuals across urban centers to think about organizing in the city, as it is a crucial space in creating social change. The majority of the participants organize for the rights of the poor, working classes, immigrants, refugees and people of color pushing the agenda that all who live in the city must be involved in shaping its future.  Friday Evening - Opening Panel: Crisis and Resistance in the Neoliberal City
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Todd Wolfson | 02.26.2009
On Friday February 20th, The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in the case of the Taxi Workers Alliance et al vs. The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA). In a 5-2 decision, the court ruled in favor of the Unified Taxi Workers Alliance (UTWA) giving the Commonwealth Court jurisdiction over PPA and offering taxi drivers, as well as cab and dispatch companies, a place to seek redress in regards to PPA regulations. Read more at Media Mobilizing Project's new community blog.  In specific, the core of the ruling was that the PPA was a state agency and was ignoring procedures that state agencies must follow in administrative proceeding. This decision offers individuals and organizations in the taxi and limo industry a set of procedures and an oversight body where grievances can be brought forth around issues such as fines, GPS machines, credit cards and other industry regulations.
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Todd Wolfson | 02.24.2009
On Wednesday, students, parents and community members from public schools and community-driven charter schools will reflect on equity in Philadelphia schools 55 years after Brown vs. Board of Ed. Students from schools slated for closure under the draft plan will speak to how this plan impacts them and present a vision for community empowerment that will lead to school transformation.  On Wednesday, students, parents and community members from public schools and community-driven charter schools will reflect on equity in the Philadelphia public schools 55 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, and present a vision for community empowerment that will lead to whole school transformation. Students from schools slated for closure under the draft plan will speak to how this plan might impact them. Students will also present a skit: “Renaissance 2010: No Knight in Shining Armor”.
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Todd Wolfson | 02.20.2009
Last week, Mayor Nutter presented another round of budget cuts that represent a continued attack on the poor and working people of Philadelphia.  Last week, Mayor Nutter presented another round of budget cuts that represent a continued attack on the poor and working people of Philadelphia. Along with these proposed cuts, Nutter's office announced a series of town hall meetings -- meetings that are being sold to the public as places to be heard and for our input to be taken into account. Yet, the Mayor's meetings and the media coverage of this moment has not spelled out the very human effects the proposed budget cuts will have on our lives. 
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