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  • Action inside Wells Fargo

    Action inside Wells Fargo From: ABAShowdown Views: 44 0 ratings Time: 01:08 More in Nonprofits & Activism

    Published 1 month ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Action inside Bank of America

    Action inside Bank of America Hundreds rally inside a Bank of America lobby in Des Moines, IA, demanding bofa executives "Put People First", and donate their corporate bonuses to struggling state economies. From: ABAShowdown Views: 54 0 ratings Time: 00:21 More in Nonprofits & Activism

    Published 1 month ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • March .mp4

    March .mp4 From: ABAShowdown Views: 23 0 ratings Time: 00:11 More in Nonprofits & Activism

    Published 1 month ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Rickie Coleman, outside the Treasury

    Rickie Coleman, outside the Treasury From: ABAShowdown Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:57 More in Nonprofits & Activism

    Published 3 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • goldmansachs

    goldmansachs From: ABAShowdown Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:02 More in News & Politics

    Published 3 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Chicago Community Speaks Out at ABA Rally

    Chicago Community Speaks Out at ABA Rally SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff, Local 1 member Maria Guerra and Rev. Robert Bushy address the crowd at the ABA Showdown From: ABAShowdown Views: 128 1 ratings Time: 02:11 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Anna Burger Names Names at ABA Showdown

    Anna Burger Names Names at ABA Showdown After SEIU member Angenita Tanner delivers a past due invoice to the ABA, Anna Burger issues the call to action. From: ABAShowdown Views: 187 0 ratings Time: 02:29 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • AndySpeechMarch

    AndySpeechMarch From: ABAShowdown Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:57 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • The Faces of the Showdown in Chicago

    The Faces of the Showdown in Chicago Talking with some of the faces of the Showdown in Chicago outside the big banks. From: ABAShowdown Views: 253 2 ratings Time: 03:00 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Mary at the ABA Showdown

    Mary at the ABA Showdown Mary from Cincinnati talks about why she came to Chicago From: ABAShowdown Views: 92 1 ratings Time: 01:41 More in People & Blogs

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • ABA Showdown at Wells Fargo

    ABA Showdown at Wells Fargo Protestors march into Wells Fargo and successfully deliver a letter on behalf of taxpayers From: ABAShowdown Views: 336 14 ratings Time: 01:25 More in People & Blogs

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • FDIC Chair Sheila Bair

    FDIC Chair Sheila Bair Sheila Bair addressed the crowd at the Showdown in Chicago on her way to the ABA Conference. From: ABAShowdown Views: 303 3 ratings Time: 01:56 More in People & Blogs

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • BankersBallProtest

    BankersBallProtest From: ABAShowdown Views: 8916 50 ratings Time: 01:47 More in People & Blogs

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Larry Ginter at ABA Showdown

    Larry Ginter at ABA Showdown Larry Ginter, Family Farmer and member of the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement brings the crowd to their feet. From: ABAShowdown Views: 1374 4 ratings Time: 01:34 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • Dick Durbin on ABA

    Dick Durbin on ABA Sen. Dick Durbin addresses the crowd at the Showdown in Chicago. From: ABAShowdown Views: 1575 4 ratings Time: 02:59 More in News & Politics

    Published 4 months ago

    By ABAShowdown

  • 10% is enough: GBIO stands against usury at Boston Fed

    Rev. Burns Stanfield (Fourth Presbyterian Church, South Boston), standing with other clergy and Greater Boston Interfaith Organization members, calls for caps on interest rates at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on July 22, 2009. This was part of a national campaign launched by Metro Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) against usury. In Boston, the press conference and the action of delivering letters demanding meetings with the president of two institutions (Eric S. Rosengren of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Ken Lewis of Bank of America) provoked an immediate response from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. GBIO Leaders are arranging a meeting with President Eric Rosengren. For info on the national campaign, see http://www.10percentisenough.org/

    Published 7 months ago

  • Jody from Chase refused to take the letter

    ESOP tries to send and deliver a letter to Chase, but the local manager refuses to accept it.

    Published 9 months ago

  • BREAK UP THE BANKS RALLY #!

    Dianne, local organizer for a new way forward, introduces Kristi.

    Published 9 months ago

  • BREAK UP THE BANKS RALLY #2

    Kristi Laguzza-Boozman, Plan B for economic recovery at Bellingham street corner forum, part 1

    Published 9 months ago

  • A New Way Forward- April 2009 Raleigh NC 0002

    Guerrilla footage of A New Way Forward, a "Nest Egg Hunt" rally in Raleigh, NC and locations across the US, to ask for regulatory reform in banking law, to prevent the economic collapse we are experiencing from happening again in the future.

    Published 11 months ago

  • Street Theater: Banker in Jail! Raging Grannies at San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank

    Raging Grannies sing to banker: You took our money, our hard earned money You took what we had put aside to get us by! (to the tune of "We're in the Money") and other parodies. More photos at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/13/18588649.php Use as you wish for good cause! Photos by Raging Grannies Action League Video by Bill Carpenter

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • A NEW WAY FORWARD PROTEST--PORTLAND, OREGON

    Big bankers ruined our economy and now they are gaming the political system so they can profit even more off the crisis they caused. They must be stopped. On April 11th, 2009, the public came out in cities across the country to express their frustration and disapproval with how our elected officials have handled the economic crisis. No one has been left unscathed; this protest is yours. The bankers' failure to see anything beyond short-term profit for themselves has torn this country apart and jeopardized our future. But the blame doesn't lie only with the banks; it also lies with the U.S. government that failed to protect its citizens through regulation and oversight. Through their blind and unconditional faith in the financial markets, the banks and the government have made us all into victims of greed gone out of control. This crisis is an opportunity for President Obama to lead the U.S. in a new direction; one that values economic growth, but protects the well-being of the public before the bank accounts of the world's financial elite. But, so far, the policies proposed by the Obama administration to deal with the crisis look too much like the Bush-Paulson bailouts. At the personal level, we know that the smart thing to do with our money right now is generally the less flashy thing. Paying off our debts and saving for the future protects us from the risks we can't afford to take in the current market. The same rules apply to the banks. This is a time for a level-headed government to step in and steer unhealthy banks away from more risky bets, and to help them stabilize in the name of economic security for America. Nothing tells the bankers to keep on doing what they're doing more than an endless stream of free taxpayer money. The banks know that the government considers them too big to fail; if nationalization is off the table, what incentive do they have to act in the public interest? In a basic sense, this is a fight against corruption. Not in the sense of a quid-pro-quo (though that may be there too), but in the sense of a corrupt ideology. For the most part, the world of economists, politicians and financiers is one elite web of influence. At some point, private profit took over as the only value to consider in building an economy, and it has never subsided. This is true of the thinking from both major parties. For example, Timothy Geithner, Obama's Treasury Secretary and a "liberal," was a key architect of Bush's original bank bailout plan in his former role as Chief of the New York Reserve Bank. Under Obama, Geithner has continued to propose what sounds like more blank-check bailouts (in various disguises) and has specifically ruled out other approaches, such as temporary nationalization, because, he says, "our system will be stronger if it remains in private hands." The necessary solutions to our economic crisis just don't compute in the minds of the financial elite. If our government is to take decisive action to rebuild the economy in a way that protects the public, it will require Americans to fight back against this corruption. We must organize ourselves around serious ideas to demand a new way forward or things simply will not change. It's not enough to patch up the current system. We need to restrict the ways that bankers can lobby and serve in the government. We need to prohibit compensation plans that encourages huge short-term risk. We have to break up any bank that's "too big to fail" so that we can have a functional free market. We need serious reform that fixes the root causes in our political and economic system: excessive influence of banks, dangerous compensation systems, and massive consolidation that does nothing to serve the public interest. We must have an independent regulatory body that protects consumers against usury and predatory lending and shuts down any industry behavior that poses a systemic risk to our financial system. In the same way that the bankers have manipulated politicians to act in their favor, we the people will fight for economic policies that are good for the public. NATIONALIZE: Experts agree on the means -- Insolvent banks that are too big to fail must incur a temporary FDIC intervention - no more blank check taxpayer handouts. (see Krugman on nationalization) REORGANIZE: Current CEOs and board members must be removed and bonuses wiped out. The financial elite must share in the cost of what they have caused. (see Simon Johnson on reorganizing) DECENTRALIZE: Banks must be broken up and sold back to the private market with strong, new regulatory and antitrust rules in place-- new banks, managed by new people. Any bank that's "too big to fail" means that it's too big for a free market to function. (see Mike Lux on decentralization) For More Information visit: www.anewwayforward.org

    Published 11 months ago

  • San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Demo: Raging Grannies

    Video featuring the San Francisco Raging Grannies with Pete on guitar, sung outside the SF Federal Reserve Bank April 11, 2009 Song: "Hank the Banker, Don't Take my House!" Photos of Raging Granny street theater in front of Federal Reserve Bank on same date at: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/12/18588041.php We hereby grant permission to use photos at above link and/or this video for publicity or news coverage of April 11 "A New Way Forward" national demonstration event or economic news. Jail the Bankers, not the people! For more information reach us at: info [at] raginggrannies [dot] com www.RagingGrannies.com

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • Detroit 2 pm Part 4

    Demonstration Break the Bank

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • Detroit 2 pm Part 3

    Demonstration Break the Bank

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • Detroit 2 pm Part 2

    Demonstration Break the Bank

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • Detroit 2 pm 4 09

    Detroit Demonstration For a New America

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • A New Way Forward rally in Union Square New York - 04.11.09

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • New Way Forward LA 4 11

    A New Way Forward protest at the LA Federal building on April, 11 2009. Concerned citizens protesting the bailouts, demanding new leadership and new ideas.

    Published 11 months ago

  • A New Way Forward - Chicago

    Ten's of people marched in Chicago to protest against bank bailouts and demand nationalization of large corporations.

    Published 11 months ago

  • They Stole Our Money, We Want Our Money Back

    Published 11 months ago

    By BreakUptheBanks

  • New Way Forward Demonstration - Austin Tx

    In which I observe a 'New Way Forward' demonstration at the Texas Capital Building on April 11, 2009. This was orgainized by some left wing group, the folks seem to want to nationalize the banks. I've heard a rumor that these demonstrations are a left wing answer to the vairous 'Tea Parties' that have been going on around the country. There is a Tea Party scheduled for Austin on April 15th, I'll try to cover that as well.

    Published 11 months ago

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