{"id":4351,"date":"2012-01-04T07:46:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2012-01-04T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T12:46:32","slug":"rebel-without-a-clue-in-which-rich-pellegrino-struggles-for-new-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/04\/rebel-without-a-clue-in-which-rich-pellegrino-struggles-for-new-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel without a clue: In which Rich Pellegrino struggles to find a new cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Marietta Daily Journal<\/em><br \/>\nJanuary 4, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Occupiers protest against Cobb foreclosure auction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARIETTA \u2014Members of Occupy Atlanta came to Cobb on Tuesday to protest the county\u2019s monthly foreclosure auction. The roughly 10 protesters didn\u2019t garner much support though, drawing little more than giggles as they chanted \u201cBanks got bailed out \u2014 we got sold out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being threatened with arrest after they tried to disrupt the sales by blowing miniature train whistles, protesters moved from the steps of the Cobb Justice Center to a nearby sidewalk.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;Rich Pellegrino of the Cobb Immigrant Alliance said he is planning a march from the Cobb Civic Center to the Marietta Square for February, and he is seeking out support from groups ranging from the Cobb United for Change Coalition to the tea party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCobb is changing quite a bit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost equal white and minority, and the same with political ideology. Cobb is going into the 21st century, whether they like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, Pellegrino said he and Martin Altamirano, who went on a hunger strike for 11 days last year to protest Georgia\u2019s immigration law, are the only Occupy Cobb members&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of immigrants are affected by the foreclosures that are occurring in Georgia and all over the United States,\u201d said Altamirano, who stood on the sidewalk holding a protest sign. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make connections to people. We have to look for solutions in favor of the 99 percent.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mdjonline.com\/view\/full_story\/16978316\/article-Occupiers-protest-against-Cobb-foreclosure-auction?instance=home_news_left\">Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal &#8211; Occupiers protest against Cobb foreclosure auction <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marietta Daily Journal January 4, 2012 Occupiers protest against Cobb foreclosure auction MARIETTA \u2014Members of Occupy Atlanta came to Cobb on Tuesday to protest the county\u2019s monthly foreclosure auction. The roughly 10 protesters didn\u2019t garner much support though, drawing little more than giggles as they chanted \u201cBanks got bailed out \u2014 we got sold out.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}