Solidarity Thursday

You can click here for events all over the country and the world. If you can take a day off, tomorrow would be a good day to do it.

I like that slogan: Resist austerity, Reclaim the economy, Recreate our democracy.

Update: This actually fits quite well with the other events although I’m fairly sure it’s coincidence:

Sen. Sanders to Lead Hundreds of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Recipients to Say “Hands Off Our Benefits” THURSDAYSeniors, doctors and workers warn Congressional Super Committee to Support Jobs, NOT Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security!
(Washington, DC) — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Budget Committees, will lead an event with hundreds of seniors and workers in Dirksen Room 608 on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) to warn the bipartisan Super Committee against cutting the hard-earned benefits of millions of Americans.
The event will be attended by community leaders with personal stories about the devastation that would be caused by cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Community members from across the nation, including from Super Committee states, will bring hundreds of alarm clocks that will be delivered to members of Congress along with the message, “Wake up Congress, Hands Off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.”
Dr. Jessica Eng from Boston Medical Center will speak about the crippling effect the proposed cuts would have on the medical infrastructure.
The Congressional Super Committee – a 12 member bipartisan group is considering potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid by a November 23 deadline that would permanently harm today’s seniors and workers.
WHAT: Event with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to tell the Congressional Super Committee “Hands Off” Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and to stand with the 99% to Support Jobs, Not Cuts.

WHO:· U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)· Community Members from Super Committee and other states with personal stories about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid· Dr. Jessica Eng, Geriatrics Fellow at Boston Medical Center
WHEN: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:00 am (EDT) — 60 minutes
WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608, Washington, DC

###The Strengthen Social Security Campaign is comprised of 320 national and state organizations representing more than 50 million Americans from many of the nation’s leading aging, labor, disability, women’s, children, consumer, civil rights and equality organizations.

Resist Austerity is number one on that list.

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