The G-20 meeting is over, the military got to showcase its new toys, and the city of Pittsburgh can once again enjoy its civil liberties after having surrendered them to “the guest with an iron fist.” (for more on how local folks saw the G-20, check out these cartoons in the local paper)
To say that the things that happened in Pittsburgh were, as President Obama said in the lead up to the G-20, “protests about abstractions [such] as global capitalism” and that those protests were “not really going to make much of a difference” would be missing the real story about what took place in Pittsburgh and where “the movement” is going.
The G-20 Brought People Together – Connecting Pittsburgh to the World
Jobs with Justice worked with local and national groups to plan three events as part of activities inserting “People’s Voices” into the discussion during the G-20. Our coalition’s work focused on ensuring that there were spaces for movement convergence that allowed
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