Archive for September, 2008


30
Sep

The Push Is On: Bringing The Bailout Back And Pressing For Its Passage

Bush calls for Bailout Bill’s Reconsideration | Congress Plans to Vote Again Thursday | Crisis Deeps and Spreads Even as Market Rallies| Bailouts In Other Countries | Why Is Lou Dobbs Trashing ACORN? | Financial Journalists Missed the Story | Rock Against Foreclosures in Brookly on Wednesday Night | More


30
Sep

WHOSE SIDE IS THE MEDIA ON? LOU DOBBS BAITS ACORN, Press Dissections

ACORN Is Right, Lou Dobbs Is Wrong by David Swanson

In this video clip, Lou Dobbs of CNN tries to blame the community group
ACORN, for which I used to work, for the crimes of Wall Street and of
predatory lenders, not to mention Congress:
Dobbs seems to oppose the proposed bailout, and ACORN favors modifying
it to include relief […]


30
Sep

MUSIC TO FIGHT FORECLOSURES: SHOWTIME TONIGHT IN BROOKLYN

Be There or Be Square. It’s time for musicians to stand up for economic justice.
The band Koko Dozo will headline a diverse gang of committed, pissed-off musicians out to get YOU pissed. Focused on the legalized loan-sharking that has fueled the subprime crisis and predatory credit card practices and school loans.
LINE-UP:
* Koko Dozo, w/ special […]

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