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Group ends 381 consecutive days of protest in Newark (Star Ledger Story)
Newark – It was no small feat, even for a dogged group like the People’s Organization for Progress and its …Read the Rest
Nearly 200 march in Newark to protest economic inequality By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — The chants have the same message. The signs have the same words.
But the usual suspects in the world of Newark dissent have a lot more voices joining their ranks.
Close to 200 people marched from the Essex County Hall of Records, to City Hall to the Prudential building on Broad Street Tuesday night, protesting unrelenting economic conditions they say have had an outsize effect on urban communities. Newark’s unemployment rate skyrocketed after the economic collapse and has hovered around 15 percent for the past two years.
POP MEETING AT BETHANY JULY 26 OPEN TO EVERYONE
To Leaders, Officers, Representatives, Heads, and members of other organizations are invited to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to …Read the Rest
Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ)
Frustration Growing Over Rapidly Increasing Gas Prices In Tri-State CBS-NY News video of Gas Protest at Exxon Mobil Gas Station, …Read the Rest
PRESS RELEASE – Protest AGAINST High Gas Prices (Exxon Mobil – South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street, Newark, NJ), Saturday, April 16, 2011
The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will protest rising gas prices Saturday, April 16, 2011, 1:00 PM at the Exxon Mobil Gas Station located at intersection of South Orange Avenue and Bergen Street in Newark, New Jersey.
This station has one of the highest prices in the Newark area. “We are protesting at this station because it is located in one of the poorest communities in New Jersey and yet it has one of the highest prices for gas,” stated POP State Chairman Lawrence Hamm.