the march.

Organizers are planning for thousands of working people, students, seniors, people on public assistance, and community activists to descend upon Wall Street this Thursday. Participants include SEIU workers, the United Federation of Teachers, the Communication Workers of America, ACT UP, Code Pink, Greater NYC for Change, Urban Youth Collaborative, the Working Families Party, and many more. (A full list of the parties involved can be found at the event’s official website).

The city’s billionaire mayor attempted to soothe constituents’ nerves when he announced the mass firings. “I understand the frustration that parents and teachers feel; I feel it too,” he said.

His statement didn’t impress students, parents, and teachers from Francis Lewis High School, who joined forces with some local politicians to protest the potential layoffs. Protesters held signsImage caption Mo Mowlam and Jennifer Saunders both eventually revealed their diagnosis

French minister Dominique Bertinotti has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer eight months ago. She says she didn't make it public earlier partly because she didn't want people to focus on the cancer. Why do public figures choose not to reveal serious illness?

When French President Georges Pompidou died in office in 1974, it was a great shock to many. He had managed to keep completely secret that he was suffering from the rare cancer, Waldenstrom disease.

After asking his personal doctor to lie about his disease for 10 years, former President Francois Mitterrand finally had to announce his advanced prostate cancer in 1992.

British minister Mo Mowlam tried to keep her brain tumour secret but eventually revealed it