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Coyotl

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Wed Jan 22, 2014, 03:26 PM Jan 2014

10 Groups That Are Building a Movement for Economic Justice From the Grassroots Up

10 Groups That Are Building a Movement for Economic Justice From the Grassroots Up
January 22, 2014 http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/22/10-groups-that-are-building-a-movement-for-economic-justice-from-the-grassroots-up/
by Greg Kaufmann


With more than 46 million people living below the poverty line, struggling to survive on $19,530 or less for a family of three, and with more than one in three Americans living on less than twice that amount, scrimping to pay for basics, this country will require a broad-based movement to reverse the decades of failed national imagination.

The groups listed below are all worth watching as they do just that: galvanize communities, arm activists with information, and fight for living-wage jobs, stable housing and a strong safety net that catches people when they fall.

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10 Groups That Are Building a Movement for Economic Justice From the Grassroots Up (Original Post) Coyotl Jan 2014 OP
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