Coverage Roundup:To speak with someone at ANWF, please email tyc@anewwayforward.org or donnydonny@gmail.com. Thanks. 50,000 of our petition signatures presented by Harry Reid via WSJ News-LeaderBill Moyers w/ William Greider The Nation and this and this Pacifica WPFK: What’s at Stake? Progressves Looking for Leadership on Public Affairs 2.0 Common Sense Forecaster Economics Blog No New Powers for the Fed, the Nation More: Alternet: Break Up with Your Bank and this Huffington Post on Break up with your Bank Move Your MoneyMotley Fool |
Break Up The Banks Family and ANWF SupportersPlease email tyc@anewwayforward.org to add your group. We need to put people in the seat of power over the bankers. If we don’t address the way companies are allowed to grow so big that they can take down the country, we will lose the very battle that can also deliver us to a safer, stabler economy. While each group has a different specific piece of legislative focus, we all share a belief that Wall Street power over government policy is far too great, and that we need to assert control over the large, insolvent companies that are currently being funded by taxpayer dollars. Sponsors and Advisors-Mike Lux, Open Left -Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake -David Sirota, Syndicated Columnist, Author -Joe Trippi, Change Congress, co-founder -Zephyr Teachout, Visiting Assistant Professor of Duke University, Dean Campaign -Joe Costello, Energy, Communications, and Political Economy -William Greider, “Come Home, America”, National Correspondent, The Nation -Yves Smith, Economist, Naked Capitalism -Clean Air, Fresh Politic’s Prosperity Agenda.Us -Danny Schechter, Media Channel, News Dissector, The Crime of Our Time Supporting Groups-ANWF is a part of Americans for Financial Reform -The Working Group on Extreme Inequality -United for a Fair Economy From around the web:Consumers Union and ANWF Letter on RegulationAlternet spearheads an ANWF petition to be delivered to CongressMatt Yglesias: Rallies are being planned… the moment of crisis seems like the only time when the political power of the financial sector can feasibly be overcome. If we say we’re going to deal with this later, after we’ve fixed the immediate problems, then attention is going to wander on to other things’ *Groups listed for identification purposes only |
