By Mark | November 13, 2012 One of the beautiful things about the Occupy movement is how it keeps evolving. What started as a sea of wiggly fingers in a New York City park, has, in a relatively short period of time, spread across the country, adapting as it does so, in order to meet the needs of local communities. Here [...]
Posted in Economics | Also tagged 99%, bold initiatives, Capitalism, David Rees, debt, Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual, Hari Kondabolu, instant gratification, Janeane Garofalo, Jeff Mangum, John Cameron Mitchell, Lizz Winstead, Occupy Wall Street, Strike Debt, telethon, The People's Bank of Occupy, The People’s Bailout, vampirism | By Mark | October 21, 2012 For the past few months, those of us who live in and around Ann Arbor have been subjected to a relentlessly pervasive advertising campaign featuring a balding, sunken-chested, Clearasil-colored cartoon banker with an often furrowed brow, and standard issue “nerd” glasses. He started showing up on billboards a little over a month ago. At first, [...]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Marketing, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, advertising campaign, analingus, Bank of America, Bank of Ann Arbor, Banksy, billboards, Bongz And Thongz, Clear Channel, cool, culture jamming, Dustin Krcatovich, Encore Records, FM Dust, GG Allin, Half Ass, hipster, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Iggy Pop, illustration, J.J. Sedelmaier, Jeremy Wheeler, JPMorgan Chase, local business, local economy, localism, localwashing, Mani Osteria, Matthew Altruda, Mayer Hawthorne, Nate Higley, Nike, non-local banker, Saagara, Saturday Night Live, social media, Sonic Lunch, TV Funhouse, VG Kids, viral marketing, Wal-Mart, what's cool and what's not | Bill Moyers’ most recent show was about how big banks are victimizing democracy. If you’re looking to get to sleep tonight, I’d suggest watching something else. Here’s a clip: BILL MOYERS: Both of you have been writing a great deal lately about the crisis in Europe. So explain to us simply what hand Wall Street [...]
In a Netroots Nation session earlier this week, a panel of activists shared stories about the various grassroots campaigns that they’ve waged against the big banks in their communities. One of the panelists… I believe it was Max Berger, an organizer associated with Occupy Wall Street… mentioned how, when it had first been announced that [...]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, Alexis Goldstein, Bank of America, banking reform, derivatives, Eric Schneiderman, FDR, Financial Fraud Task Force, holding people responsible, Max Berger, Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, Netroots Nation, New Deal, Occupy, Occupy the SEC, Occupy Wall Street, savings and loan scandal, transformational politics | By Mark | October 31, 2011 I thought that this video that my friend Andy turned me on to a little while ago might be a good way to start off the week in which millions of Americans are going to transfer their money out of big banks, and move it to local credit unions. Enjoy.
