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The F Word: New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters
March 9, 2011It was tax day in 2009 that saw the first Tea Party protests, and the FOX-led media firestorm that's followed has made it seem as though the Tea Party's the only game in town if you want to complain about bailouts. This year, though, as tax day approaches, a new wave of protest is sweeping the country, and as James Mumm of National People's Action noted on GRITtv yesterday, this one actually represents the majority. And diversity.James Mumm & Bobby Tolbert: Make Wall Street Pay
March 9, 2011"We're seeing apopulist wave right now that's going to go through 2012," says James Mumm of National People's Action, who says he's seeing "big ideas and bold demands" from progressive groups around the country. National People's Action is part of a coalition that shut down a Bank of America this week and protested at the National Association of Attorney Generals conference, and then took the fight to John Boehner and Mitch McConnell's offices in Congress.Fighting Foreclosures: It Starts On Wall Street
December 17, 2010Wall Street is set to award $143 billion--with a B--in bonuses this year, while foreclosures continue unabated (and often undocumented) around the country. Protests are continuing around the country too, though, and Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter notes that when her family couldn't get a regulator to examine her family's foreclosure, "What we went to was a grassroots organization."Whose American Dream, Anyway?
October 29, 2009Is the American Dream something for rich bankers to achieve by taking taxpayer dollars to give themselves ever-larger bonuses, or does that money belong to all of us? And is protesting in the streets and at the bankers' meetings the best way to push for more equitable policies and stronger regulation of the financial industry?LIVE AT NOON: Showdown in Chicago: People vs. Banks
October 28, 2009Who lays claim to the American Dream? That's the question we're asking today on our live panel discussing the protests at the American Bankers Association meeting in Chicago. Is the American Dream something for rich bankers to achieve by taking taxpayer dollars to give themselves ever-larger bonuses, or does that money belong to all of us?Chaos and the Mortgage Crisis
May 12, 2009Mortgage madness. Millions of Americans still face foreclosure. But there’s no guarantee that the Mortgage Reform and Anti-predatory Lending act will make it through the senate. In fact, every proposal put forward thus far has hardly forced industry's hand. Writing in the Nation magazine, Kai Wright says that Obama’s plan doesn’t address the larger question:
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