http://occupyatlanta.org/2012/02/21/a-call-to-action-put-att-on-blast/ We are the 99% We will no longer remain silent! Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://occupyatlanta.org/2012/02/21/a-call-to-action-put-att-on-blast/#comment-305 Hank-E.-Panky Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:14:02 +0000 http://occupyatlanta.org/?p=1181#comment-305 Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks’ Anti-Regulatory Push http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/24/occupy_the_sec_former_wall_street The latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Occupy the SEC, has submitted a 325-page comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission that calls on regulators to resist the financial industry’s lobbying efforts to water down the Volcker Rule, a section in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that aims to prevent large banks from making certain kinds of risky, speculative investments. The group is made up of former Wall Street professionals who once worked at many of the largest financial firms in the industry. We’re joined by Alexis Goldstein, who worked as a computer programmer for seven years at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. She left Wall Street in 2010 and joined the Occupy Wall Street movement soon after the encampment began. "Banks shouldn’t behave like a hedge fund," Goldstein says. "Hedge funds are there to make money and take risky bets, and their clients tend to be these really wealthy clients. And the Volcker Rule sort of says, 'Well, wait a minute. These big banks that enjoy all this government support shouldn't be in that business." Occupy the SEC: Former Wall Street Workers Defend Volcker Rule Against Banks’ Anti-Regulatory Push
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/24/occupy_the_sec_former_wall_street
The latest offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Occupy the SEC, has submitted a 325-page comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission that calls on regulators to resist the financial industry’s lobbying efforts to water down the Volcker Rule, a section in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that aims to prevent large banks from making certain kinds of risky, speculative investments. The group is made up of former Wall Street professionals who once worked at many of the largest financial firms in the industry. We’re joined by Alexis Goldstein, who worked as a computer programmer for seven years at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. She left Wall Street in 2010 and joined the Occupy Wall Street movement soon after the encampment began. “Banks shouldn’t behave like a hedge fund,” Goldstein says. “Hedge funds are there to make money and take risky bets, and their clients tend to be these really wealthy clients. And the Volcker Rule sort of says, ‘Well, wait a minute. These big banks that enjoy all this government support shouldn’t be in that business.” ]]> http://occupyatlanta.org/2012/02/21/a-call-to-action-put-att-on-blast/#comment-304 Hank-E.-Panky Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:13:31 +0000 http://occupyatlanta.org/?p=1181#comment-304 Occupy Philadelphia Protesters Acquitted of Sit-in Charges http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/24/headlines Ten members of Occupy Philadelphia have been acquitted on charges of obstructing a highway during a sit-in last year outside of the city’s police headquarters. Their case marked the first full courtroom trial for Occupy Philadelphia protesters. Occupy Philadelphia Protesters Acquitted of Sit-in Charges
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/24/headlines
Ten members of Occupy Philadelphia have been acquitted on charges of obstructing a highway during a sit-in last year outside of the city’s police headquarters. Their case marked the first full courtroom trial for Occupy Philadelphia protesters. ]]> http://occupyatlanta.org/2012/02/21/a-call-to-action-put-att-on-blast/#comment-301 Hank-E.-Panky Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:02:22 +0000 http://occupyatlanta.org/?p=1181#comment-301 "New Georgia Bill Includes $10,000 Fine, Felony for "Conspiracy" for Picketing, Protest" http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/812313/disqus?page=entire “New Georgia Bill Includes $10,000 Fine, Felony for “Conspiracy” for Picketing, Protest”
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/812313/disqus?page=entire ]]>