A number of unions an some union allies, including a spirited group of Occupy activists, rallied at the State Capitol with a "No More Cuts!" message today. Several thousand people attended, marched and briefly occupied the rotunda. The main message of the rally speakers dealt with no further cuts to education and the education budget, but rank-and-filers in attendance held signs with the unifying messages such as "People Before Profits!" and "No Cuts To Social Services!" and broader social messages.
People in the crowd demanded jobs, but this was not the jobs-at-any-price crowd. It helped that student bands played and that so many young people were present.
On the downside, the rally moderator from KPOJ claimed to be the furthest left person present and then struck a centrist-populist line. SEIU and OEA leaders and Occupy folks corrected the error in practice by holding key positions in the rotunda and leading chants promising that we will be back and giving the popular chant "Tell me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!".
The crowd came from all parts of Oregon and was definitely militant and progressive. It was an energizing event.
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