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People of Color Pay the Price While Bankers Make Big Bucks on Loans

Everyone knows that the huge forclosure problems in communities all across America are due to the unscrupulous policies of the major banks. While fat cats get rich our neighbors lose their homes, but did you know some of our neighbors bear the brunt of this criminal corporate banking activity more than others? While Rampant predatory…

Elsewhere in Occupy for December 8th through December 10th

Here’s what The Occupier thinks you should be reading: Daily Occupations Report Dec. 9, 2011 | Free Speech TV – Occupy vs. Big Labor – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com – The Foot Cavalry of the 99 Percent » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names – VIDEO: OWS Occupies Movie-Set Replica Of Itself, for…

Which Side Are You On Boys (and Girls)?

by: illona trogub Companies like Goldman Sachs and Georgia-Pacific, owned by the union-busting Koch brothers, have been eroding Union member’s benefits and salaries along with the environment for long enough. For decades, these workers have been waiting for the right moment to rise up, to unite and say “ENOUGH!” once and for all, beginning on…

Today in Occupy: December 9, 2011

Organizers, veterans, and union rank and file participating in the December 12 Shut Down The Port demonstration held a press conference at 11 am in front of Downtown Portland’s World Trade Center. More information: http://shutdowntheport.com/, media@shutdowntheport.com More than 500 flyers were handed out for the December 12 ports demonstration, today, to workers of the ports.…

Today in Occupy: December 8, 2011

Denis Theriault, Portland Mercury’s News Editor, explains the source (and controversy) of 500 Occupy Portland t-shirts handed out on November 13, 2011. Justin James Bridges, Occupy Portland’s ASL interpreter, testifies at a City Council hearing on police accountability. Bridges was injured in the November 13 police actions to evict Occupy Portland demonstrators. More information: press@occupyportland.org…

Between the Sphinx and the Bank Vault

1929 Between the sphinx and the bank vault, there is a taut thread that pierces the heart of all poor children –cried Federico Garcia Lorca after visiting Wall Street in 1929. His vision sharpened by gathering storms of fascism, in his native Spain and across the European continent, compounded by new forms of corporate control…

Today in Occupy: December 7, 2011

Update: 9:30 pm The End the Camping Ban! 24/7 Daily Vigil at City Hall marked its 145th hour. Today: Outreach volunteers for the December 12 port demonstration report productive interactions with ILWU rank and file, this morning. They will continue to hold these conversations twice a day and are planning community outreach in the urban core.…