Cofounder Medea Benjamin has a great piece on Henry “The Fox” Paulson up on After Downing Street, a capstone to our demonstrations against the bailout these past couple weeks in NYC, D.C., L.A. and elsewhere.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
We have a fox guarding the hen house and it’s time for a radical (read: smart, timely, necessary) change in policy. Give Henry “the fox” Paulson a pinkslip and hire someone who has Main Street on his priority list- not just his fat-cat friends on Wall Street. Enough already! And in case you missed it- [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CODEPINK Demands the Presidential Candidates Reject Bailout Take thousands of signatures to their DC offices saying “Provide Leadership: Protect the Peace, Not Wall Street“ WHAT: CODEPINK march to D.C. offices of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama with signatures demanding leadership, not bailout WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Weds., Oct. 1 WHERE: Begin [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
A few minutes ago, Ezra Klein of The American Prospect reported, “The bailout bill just failed in the House. 133 Republicans voted against, as did 94 Democrats. Dow has dropped 600 points and is basically in freefall. This does not look good.” UPDATE: Dow has dropped 800 points. So far no major news outlets reporting [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
From the Indypendent, Sept. 28: Time for a Taxpayers Revolt By Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta September 28, 2008 | Posted in IndyBlog , National | Email this article Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history. Despite attempts by legislators [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
TAXPAYERS SAY “OVER OUR DEAD BODIES” TO BAILOUT Call for a taxpayer revolt and ‘die-in’ on Capitol Hill WHEN: 12 p.m., Monday, September 29 WHERE: Outside Cannon Building, Independence and New Jersey Ave., House of Representatives, Washington DC Representatives of different sectors of society—health care workers, teachers, construction workers, professionals—will hold a press conference to [...]
Friday, October 10, 2008
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