"International Student Movement"

March 24th:

"Day of Rage" in New York City

Thousands of students, teachers, workers, parents and community activists rallied at City Hall and marched chanting through New York City’s financial district, protesting threatened budget cuts that would cause schools to close, tuition to rise, cut social services drastically and bring thousands of layoffs to public sector workers.

The Mayor Michael Bloomberg said $600 million must be slashed from the budget to make up for state budget cuts and to address a growing deficit. Both the mayor and governor say keeping their tax rates high would drive businesses out of New York. Who would have guessed.

Organizers of the protest confirmed that it was also linked to the Spring of Resistance.

Media

NY1, “Union Workers Lead March Against Proposed Budget Cuts,” 3/24/2011, ny1.com

Telemundo, “Protestan por recortes en Nueva York,” 3/24/2011, telemundo47.com

Hot Indie News, “Thousands Rally And March From City Hall To Wall Street” by James Lane, 3/25/2011, hotindienews.com

Al-Jazeera English, “New York’s ‘day of rage’ against cuts” by Kanya D’Almeida, 3/31/2011, english.aljazeera.net

Caribbean Life, “Day of rage against state, city budget cuts” by Donna Lamb, 3/26/2011, caribbeanlifenews.com

New York Beacon, “Thousands Take to Streets in Day of Rage Against Budget Cuts” by Donna Lamb, 3/31/2011, newyorkbeacon.net

Blogs

D.J. Pangburn, “State of Emergency Rally NYC: Day of Rage Protest,”  deathandtaxesmag.com

Video
queens7.com + youtube.com/watch?v=gVAg1yYJEQE + youtube.com + youtube.com

Photos
flickr.com + alegria.smugmug.com + ireport.cnn.com