A whistleblower from Portland Oregon tells her story of being fired for speaking up against the predatory lending practices.
An Occupy Portland Video Collective collaboration in Peaceful Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
Tag: greed
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…
Bank Transfer Day
By Jacob Clary Last Saturday, November 5th, about 300 people marched a circuitous route from Terry Schrunk Plaza to the Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union to open and to support those opening new accounts in celebration of Bank Transfer Day, and in recognition of the absence of interest the larger corporate banks have shown…
The Childrens Hour
On a golden autumn morning last week, I was dropping off a spare comforter to an Overnight Occupier’s tent. The clear skies meant chilly nights for the 500 souls who occupy in Portland. As I picked my way between the tents to the sidewalk, a group of middle school-aged children passed as ducklings with a…
Bank Transfer Day: Live
Welcome to our first experiment liveblogging! Im Adam Rothstein, Thr PoC, and Ill be the main voice today, as I follow the other voices voting with their wallet as they pull their money out of big banks and deposit it in local credit unions. Bare with us as we test our technology; and please excuse…
Occupy Portland Protests JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
Video by our very own Media Coalition
Why to Move Your Money, and Where
Where you bank matters in Portland. You–that’s right, you personally–can create sustainable economic and community well being. This sort of empowerment has so impressed your friends and neighbors here at Occupy Portland that we are going to do something about it. Just last Saturday, October 29, hundreds marched under the Occupy Portland banner to the…
Occupy Portland Prepares for Bank Transfer Day (November 5th)
Video by our very own Occupy Portland Media Coalition
Move Your Money Before the Big Banks Lose It
Last month, the Bank of America Corporation received the latest in a series of credit downgrades. Those who had derivatives deals with BAC’s subsidiary, Merrill Lynch, became understandably worried about the health of the company, and began to demand additional collateral from Merrill Lynch as insurance against the possible failure of their deals. Fortunately for…
Art & Greed
Networks of promotion/control slide imperceptibly into networks of surveillance/disinformation. Formerly one only conspired against an established order. Today, conspiring in its favour is a new and flourishing profession. Under spectacular domination people conspire to maintain it, and to guarantee what it along would call its well-being. This conspiracy is a part of its very functioning.…
