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International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement | 01.14.2009
People’s Townhall Meeting Sat Jan 17 • 7pm Featured Keynote Speaker: Mayor Nutter recently held a series of townhall meetings announcing his intended budget cuts. There was outcry from many sectors of our community calling for social justice, real economic development, and social services that every community has a right to demand from its elected officials. Many people were opposed to the closing of 11 city libraries, the majority of which are in poor and oppressed black communities, where over half of the schools do not have libraries or even textbooks for the students!
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onion | 06.19.2008
by Jen Rock on the morning of friday june 13th, three plain cloths cops and captian wilson of the ninth district of philadelphia came to my front door. they said they were responding to a complaint about "trespassing in an abandoned building". we have lived in our home for almost 4 years. we are curious about the origin of this "complaint." after one house mate answered the door, asked for a warrant and refused to let the police in they arrested him and stole his keys. they broke in. there was no warrant. they arrested myself and my two other roommates. when asked if there was a warrant they informed us that they didn't need one. we were also informed that we weren't arrested, but were detained...and under investigation. Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 2:25 PM by Jen Rock 
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