The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Act Out! [35] - Fight the system with Bitcoin and Marijuana
This week we're switching things up a bit but giving you no less ammo for your activism. First up, let's talk bitcoin and crypto-currency – why you should & how-to. Next up, Kevin Zeese has been on the front lines of marijuana politics for 30 years.
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A Law Abused: Why Dodd-Frank Is Killing Off Community Banks
The legislation was supposed to end "too big to fail" and promote financial stability, but Dodd-Frank’s “orderly liquidation authority” has replaced bailouts with bail-ins and threatens the existence of banks with assets under $1 billion.
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How the Obama Administration is Helping Big Bank Felons
So much for that tough talk about holding Wall Street accountable for its crimes.
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When Too Big To Fail Fails: The Scheme To Seize Depositors' Money
Unprosecuted, unreformed, unregulated and unrepentant, Wall Street parties on – and the money we thought was our own, protected in our checking and savings accounts, could be taken in an instant.
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Iceland Recovering Fastest in Europe After Jailing Bankers Instead of Bailing them Out
The island Nordic nation is on track to become the first European country that suffered in the financial meltdown to “surpass its pre-crisis peak of economic output” – proving to the U.S. that bailing out “too big to fail” banks wasn’t the way to go.
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The People's Lawyer: Fighting Against Foreclosure Fraud and Courts' Abuse of Power
"I think this economic collapse was carefully calculated as a means to redistribute wealth from the middle class to the wealthy."
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Dodd-Frank Is Working – That's Why Congress and Wall Street Are Trying to Kill It
Wall Street hates reform for a reason – and a closer look shows why.
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One in Four Local Banks Has Vanished since 2008. Here's Why You Should Care
While megabanks make megabucks, local banks are financing businesses that create jobs and improve our well-being. So why are they disappearing so rapidly?
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Justice Must Flow: Economic Democracy and the Water Commons
The water crisis has nothing to do with the actual availability of water – the culprit is local communities’ inability to control their wealth, their common resources and their institutions of lending and credit.
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How Public Banking is Winning the West
From Washington and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, the movement to create city and regional public banks is heating up.
