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Conservative groups protest at Tampa IRS building listen
05/21/13 Roberto RoldanWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: IRS, protest, scandal, scrutiny, conservative groups, tampa, Tea Part, Tampa 9-12, tax exemption, obama administration
As part of a series of nationwide protests, over one hundred concerned citizens lined the east and westbound lanes of Columbus Drive, outside of the Tampa IRS building this afternoon. Local conservative organizations stood with signs and megaphones calling on the federal government to hold the IRS accountable.
Members from Tampa Bay area Tea Party and 9-12 groups held signs and flags to speak out against extra scrutiny that the IRS has given to conservative groups. Sharon Calvert, co-found...
Be the first to commentA few alternative events during this week's Republican convention listen
08/27/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, protest, occupy, Tampa, Republican National Convention, Occupy Tampa, Food Not Bombs
There are a lot of events coming up during the rest of the week while the Republican Convention is in town.
On Saturday at Occupy Tampa’s Voice of Freedom Park I asked local activist Jimmy Dunson about some of the things he’s helping to organize.
One is the Really, Really Free Market. Another is Fix Sh*t Up.
"Tell us what some events are that are coming up after Monday."
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Republican convention protests accelerate this weekend in Tampa Bay listen
08/24/12 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, protest, occupy, Tampa, Republican National Convention, Occupy Tampa, Food Not Bombs, unions
Thousands of protesters, activists, and political groups are traveling to Tampa to protest this year's Republican National Convention.
Occupy Tampa and Occupy Wall Street will be joining with a wide range of activist organizations in protesting the RNC. Nathan Pim is a member of Food Not Bombs, which plans to feed protesters during the convention. Pim and other Food Not Bombs activists began joining forces with Occupy Tampa at their encampment at Voice of Freedom Park on Wednesday. "A lo...
1 commentsProtesters want President Obama to fire Ed DeMarco and help homeowners with Freddie and Fannie loans listen
03/16/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Foreclosure, Tampa Housing Authority, MoveOn, protest, DeMarco, economy
Florida has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States. Yesterday, MoveOn.org members and others rallied at Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters in Ybor City. The group hopes to sway President Obama to make changes to current foreclosure system.
About fifteen protesters gathered as part of a larger national day of action called Save Our Homes. They held signs with the messag...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa complies with police order to remove their shade, but vows to stay listen
10/14/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy DC, Occupy St. Pete, occupation, protests, protesters, protest, Tampa Police, ACLU of Florida, ACLU, First Amendment
Friday morning police told Occupy Tampa to take down parts of their sidewalk camp outside Curtis-Hixon Park. Tables and canopies have been removed, but the protesters are still allowed to stay and sleep.
Last Sunday night a police officer told Occupy Tampa that they could stay on the sidewalk. But two nights later [police told protesters they had to leave the sidewalk](http://www...
Be the first to commentTampa MoveOn protesters to Sen. Rubio: "Jobs not cuts" listen
08/10/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: jobs, spending, debt, MoveOn, protest, taxes, taxes in countries with universal health care, Civilian Conservation Corps, Marco Rubio
Jobs, not cuts, was the message of protesters today, outside Congressional offices across the country. About two dozen activists protested outside Senator Marco Rubio’s office near USF-Tampa.
The progressive nonprofit advocacy group Moveon.org called on it’s supporters to flood local legislative offices today to ask congressional...
Be the first to comment"Defending the American Dream" protesters oppose Florida budget cuts listen
03/16/11 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: moveon.org, protest, Awake the State, budget cuts
As the Florida Legislature session opens, many Floridians are fed up with proposals to lay off state employees and cut funding to education as a way to deal with the state’s massive budget shortfall. One week after the statewide Awake the State protests, activists with MoveOn.org rallied around the Federal Courthouse in Downtown Tampa yesterday afternoon.
Governor Scott’s pledge to create jobs is being met with anger and frustration as he threatens to slash support...
6 comments"Seize BP" holds rally in St. Petersburg, and across the US listen
05/13/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP oil spill, BP, Gulf Oil Spill, St. Pete for Peace, protest, protesters
Yesterday, activists in St. Petersburg protested BP’s response to the oil spill in the Gulf. The protest was one of a score of demonstrations that took place across the country that insist that BP use its billions of dollars in profits to clean up the spill and pay for economic damages associated with the 4 million gallon leak.
Passing drivers honked their horns in support,...
Be the first to commentWorld March for Peace and Nonviolence comes through St. Petersburg listen
12/07/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: World March for Peace, non-violence, peace activist, protest
Almost a week has gone by since Obama announced an additional 30,000 troop increase in Afghanistan but many people around the world aren’t convinced that war will bring peace.
Since October, hundreds of thousands have joined in The World March for Peace and Nonviolence. The three month march involves people in 100 countries with the goal of promoting nuclear disarmament and a withdrawal of invading troops from occupied territories.
Last Saturday Florida peace ...
1 commentsVeterans for Peace to protest the School of the Americas this weekend listen
11/20/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: veterans, peace, vigil, protest, Iraq war, Afghanistan War, SOA Watch, School of the Americas
Anti-war protesters held signs today in South Tampa; some of the signs said “Honk if you want to close Gitmo”, and “bring them home.”
Early in 2006, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid criticized President Bush's speech at US Central Command in Tampa, questioning his pre-war claims of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq. Ever since then, Jay Alexander with the Tampa Veterans for Peace has been holding vigils for peace near Mac Dill Air Force Base, and asking for a moratorium on send...
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