Activists To Invade Hollywood, Will March, Protest & Perform Street Theatre

Hollywood, prepare. Over 400 activists are taking it to the streets this afternoon, specifically the intersection of Sunset and Vine, to protest those who have failed to pay the U.S. corporate tax rate, namely FedEx.

Organized by Good Jobs LA, the protest includes people from struggling Los Angeles communities, unemployed workers, community groups, clergy, labor, immigrants rights' organizations and Occupy L.A. activists. Armed with signs, banners and noisemakers, the group will meet at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Cahuenga Boulevard, then march to Sunset and Vine. Aside from "protesting corporate tax dodgers," as stated in a Good Jobs LA release, activists will also engage in street theatre.

"In 2010, 249 of the country's largest and most profitable corporations paid less than the U.S. corporate tax rate and instead received federal tax subsidies totaling more than $87.27 billion," says the release. So why the busy intersection of Sunset and Vine? FedEx, a company the release claims is "one of the country's worst corporate tax dodgers," has a high-volume branch located at the intersection. "From 2008 to 2010, FedEx made $4.2 billion in profits but they paid less than 1% in federal taxes," according to the release. "During that time FedEx spent $46 thousand a day lobbying Congress - $13.8 million more than they paid in taxes."

Similar class warfare protests are scheduled this week in dozens of U.S. cities, including New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Houston and Miami.

Perhaps protesters should also take a stand against the manner in which some FedEx employees handle fragile packages.

Check out the Facebook event for more details here.