Ian Pajer-Rogers
published Take Back Boston Draws Over 1000 People in Blog
2011-09-30 17:14:00 -0400
In Photos: Take Back Boston Draws Over 3000 People
Today in Boston, over 3000 people met at the Boston Common to march and demonstrate at a number of big corporations and banks, including a huge protest and sit-in at Bank of America. Reports are still coming in, but we do know that there have been arrests at the Bank of America sit-in. Below are some pictures of the action, so far. For the latest updates, follow #takebackboston on Twitter.
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published In Pictures: Boston Fights Foreclosures Creatively in Blog
2011-09-29 17:09:20 -0400
In Pictures: Art Attack! in Boston
Essex and Kensington
Concerned citizens launched a city-wide “art attack” in Boston today, converting a host of bus shelters into Bank of America foreclosures to showcase the devastating results of the financial giant’s predatory practices. Life-size images of boarded houses, squatter occupied bedrooms and empty nurseries now dot high-traffic areas from Hyde Park to Revere – including many of the communities hardest hit by foreclosure and eviction. Each installation includes a large realty sign reading “This foreclosure brought to you by Bank of America.”
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published Huge Bank of America Protests in Boston in Blog
2011-09-29 13:51:00 -0400
Huge Bank of America Protests Planned in Boston
Bus shelters wrapped to look like foreclosed homes in Hyde Park, Boston.
Over 1,000 people are expected to take to the streets Friday for a march on Bank of America to rally against Wall Street greed, predatory lending, and skyrocketing foreclosures in urban communities. The march will be led by Boston residents who are facing foreclosure, and will culminate in a confrontational nonviolent sit-in by over 40 people at Bank of America’s Massachusetts headquarters.
In Photos: Bay Area Week of Action
Check out these terrific pictures from the Bay Area's week of action, organized by Refund California.
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published Shame, Shame, Shame on Greedy Banksters in Blog
2011-09-28 16:08:00 -0400
Shame, Shame, Shame on Greedy Banksters
More than four years into the economic crisis caused by Wall Street banks that continues to depress the economy and ravage California neighborhoods, a broad coalition of homeowners, community members, students and activists is organizing a multi-week series of protests and public events to call on banks to fix the housing mess, pay their fair share of taxes and help rebuild hard-hit neighborhoods. In the Bay Area, a week of actions has been filled with plenty of excitement, so far:
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published REPORT: Wall Street and the Supercommittee in Blog
2011-09-26 14:38:00 -0400
REPORT: Wall Street and the Supercommittee
Public Campaign, along with National People's Action, released a new report today: Wall Street and the Supercommittee: The $41 Million Question.
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published It's Not Just Wall Street That's Occupied in Blog
2011-09-26 13:55:28 -0400
It's Not Just Wall Street That's Occupied
Today in the Bay Area of California, activists and concerned citizens organized by Refund California, a state-wide coalition of homeowners, community members, faith leaders and students working to make Wall Street banks pay for destroying jobs and neighborhoods, will launch a week of direct action against Big Banks to demand that they pay their fair share and Pay US Back!
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published Wells Fargo Accused of Forging Loan Documents in Blog
2011-09-22 18:00:57 -0400
Wells Fargo Accused of Forging Loan Documents
Nevada took a big step toward holding Wells Fargo criminally liable for robo-signing and other crooked lending practices.
Ian Pajer-Rogers
published Photos: Seattle Activists Shut Down Chase Bank; 11 Arrested in Blog
2011-09-21 17:46:00 -0400
Photos: Seattle Activists Shut Down Intersection in Front of Chase Bank; 11 Arrested
Today in Seattle, activists from Working Washington and Washington CAN shut down the corner of 3rd and University Avenues in front of the Chase Headquarters for 45 minutes. 11 people were arrested.
More picture below.
Reich, Lerner and powell speak at Minnesota Fair Economy Summit, Urge Escalation in Taking on Big Banks
Earlier this month, the Minnesota Summit for a Fair Economy, hosted by brought economists, policy experts, organizers, and community leaders together to discuss why the economy isn't working for most Americans and start to create a vision and plan for an economy that works for all Americans not just the wealthiest 1%.
