The Path Forward Starts with Learning from the Past
11/7/12
It was a grueling election, and we congratulate President Obama on his reelection.
Statement: NPA Agrees with President Obama, Time to End Bush Tax Cuts for Top 2%
7/9/12
Chicago – Today, President Obama announced his support for ending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% percent of Americans who make more than $250,000 a year. Allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire for the top 2% would raise nearly $70 billion in 2013 alone.
Robin Hood is back!
6/19/12
Question: What do you get if you mix rallies in fifteen cities, Mark Ruffalo, green masks on statues, a lot of tweets and some headlines?Answer: A fantastic launch to a bold Robin Hood Tax movement.
Getting under Wells Fargo's skin
6/13/12
Wells Fargo employees are having meetings about us. Yes, we are starting to get under their skin.
A member from Marshalltown, Maria Alvarez, called and reported on her interaction with the branch manager when she closed her Wells Fargo account because of their investments in private prisons, predatory lending, and giant executive bonuses.Rise Up and Fight for the Robin Hood Tax!
6/15/12
Everything you need to know to outfit your Merry Band and move into action as local Robin Hoods.
The Robin Hood Tax: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The Robin Hood Tax (a.k.a. The Financial Speculation Tax or the Financial Transaction Tax) is a tiny tax of less than half of
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Standing Up To Walmart
5/29/12
My name is Angela Williamson, and last week I was fired by Walmart.
The company claimed that I had taken too many sick days, even though my absences for my own illness and to care for my ailing grandmother had been approved by my manager.
Politicususa: Wells Fargo Gets a Taste of the 99%
5/21/12
Chanting “That ain’t right” and “Wells Fargo, you’re the worst, time to put the people first!”, the National People’s Action (NPA) occupied three Wells Fargo banks today.
The NPA says that 1,000 community leaders from 25 states shut down three Wells Fargo branches to denounce the bank’s ties to private prisons and payday lending. The event included testimony from Abel Pacheco’s whose 11 year-old daughter was detained — alone — in a private detention center for 84 days.
Firedoglake: Bank Accountability Advocates Show Up at Geithner’s House
5/21/12
The protests at the NATO summit in Chicago weren’t the only ones over the weekend. A group of about 1,000 bank accountability advocates drove to the front of Timothy Geithner’s house in Bethesda, Maryland, on Sunday, and tried to get an impromptu meeting with the Treasury Secretary. Nobody answered the door, however.
