That's pretty cool. This was pretty cool too: Video: 'We Stand With You as You Stood With Us': Statement to Workers of Wisconsin by Kamal Abbas of Egypt's Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/statement-kamal-abbas
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > from SLATE: >>Egyptians Order Pizza for Wisconsin Protesters > >>In an act of intercontinental solidarity, an Egyptian has ordered a pizza for >>Wisconsin protesters, reports Politico. The call from Africa is just one of >>many streaming into the Madison, Wisc., pizza parlor Ian's from all over the >>world. So far, people from 12 countries and 38 states have rung up looking to >>help get free pizza to the Wisconsin protesters clustered in the Capitol. On >>Saturday, Ian's distributed more than 1,000 free slices and sent 300 pizzas >>to the Capitol. The trend continued on Sunday, as staff member fielded calls >>from as far away as Turkey, Korea, Finland, China, and Australia. The trend >>began when a mother of a University of Wisconsin student called in offering >>to donate $200 to feed the people occupying the Capitol. The pizza chain's >>postings on Twitter and Facebook soon led to so many donations that they had >>to shut down on Saturday night. > >>Read original story in Politico >>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49888.html ] | Monday, Feb. 21, >>2011 < > > -- > Jim Devine / "Living a life of quiet desperation -- but always with style!" > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
