Category Archives: Occupy 2.0

#MoralMonday Coming to New Mexico

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Liberty Speaks

The American Federation of Teachers of New Mexico (AFT-NM) and the National Education Association of New Mexico (NEA-NM) have announced the ‘United Voices for our Students rally’ in Santa Fe on February 16th as part of a Moral Monday March.

Both organizations have expressed stern opposition to the new teacher evaluations and high stakes testing of students that feed into the evaluations. The AFT-NM and NEA-NM have both filed petitions and lawsuits against the reforms.

There is common ground with these two groups that anti-common core advocates have already embraced. The OPT-OUT movement which, opposes high stakes testing, is spreading across the U.S. at a very fast pace. Coalitions of parents, educators, teacher unions and medical professionals, regardless of political party, have joined the fight to eliminate the K-12 high stakes testing.

However, it is the Moral Monday banner this rally is flying under that could derail and muddy the issue in New Mexico.

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NC NAACP Gives Award To Fast Food Strike Arrestee

Posted on January 20, 2015 by A.P. Dillon

The NC NAACP is giving the Charles A. McLean award those who protested fast food restaurants. The woman who will accept the award, Crystal Price, was arrested at Moral Monday last May for sitting in Speaker Tillis’s office and refusing to leave … Continue reading →

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Now Moral Monday Is About Ferguson

Posted on November 25, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Littered all over the #MoralMonday hashtag are tweets like the ones below.

Moral Monday was just another incarnation of Occupy. People were injured, property damaged, buildings burned…and Moral Monday are standing on top of all that. Moral Monday used the turmoil in Ferguson to pull some stunts like closing down Wal-Marts and connecting it to Ferguson just to get some press. That’s ghoulish.

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NC NAACP Email About “Prophet” Barber Dances On Non-profit Legal Line

Posted on October 26, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This email from Al McSurely is very close to electioneering for a particular candidate, which a non-profit like the NC NAACP is barred from doing. As an attorney, McSurely should know this.
Scroll down to the bottom. I’ve got a bit of commentary to add.

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Moral Monday Arrestee Cases Dismissed And Their Leader Tells A Whopper

Posted on September 19, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Those arrested at Moral Monday protests have had their cases dismissed. This leaves taxpayer on the hook for all the related costs. Yay… civil disobedience…. or something.

Meanwhile, the press release by the NC NAACP, the leader of Moral Monday tells a whopper – emphasis is mine:

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Moral Monday Leader Not Arrested With 26 Fast Food Workers In Durham

Posted on September 4, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Shocker. Moral Monday’s leader not arrested at the protest he promoted?

“Twenty-six protesters were arrested in Durham, NC Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 as the Bull City joined over 150 cities nationwide as part of a campaign called “Fight for $15.” Labor organizers are trying to escalate efforts to get McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food companies to pay employees at least $15 an hour. The protesters blocked Main Street in Durham for several hours before being arrested.”

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