A number of NGOs have ranked the world’s ‘top’ banks on how dirty they are, based on how much money they give to coal projects. The report released by the … [Read full article]
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Federal Reserve Bailout of Big Banks Robbed U.S. (BIG Time)
Check out news on the robbing of the United States. Senator Alan Grayson on the same thing, but adding some more info and context: More from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, one … [Read full article]
650,000 Switched to Credit Unions in October (OWS Score!)
If you haven’t heard by now, credit unions are making a killing off of the fast-growing Occupy Wall Street movement. 650,000 people moved from big banks to credit unions in … [Read full article]
Occupy Globe; Reciprocity in Rules
“It is Bank profits before people.” “The banks are above people being able to eat.” This quote is from an occupy protester as she was interviewed by Amy Goodman for … [Read full article]
Everything is Connected: Currents of Activism, Occupy Wall Street, Tar Sands
Everything is connected: the things we do, the things others do, affect peopleβs lives. The aura of our material planet is a body of energy that is part of us and extends around us from the inside out. This connectivity is showing up willfully in our streets. Bill Mikkiben points out: βWe cannot solve the carbon problem until we solve the power problem.β He also acknowledges the good timing of now-linking movements of activism. The time of putting positive energy into a collective force is in action now as a space to heal these gaping wounds in culture and environment unfolds.
Global Weirding News of the Week
Since we had plenty of news last Friday and I was heading out of town, I decided to leave our weekly roundup of global weirding and environmental news (that we … [Read full article]
Today: National Day of Action Against Coal-Funding Banks
Rainforest Action Network has declared yesterday and today, November 15th, as national days of protest against Citibank and Bank of America for their consistent support of the coal industry and … [Read full article]