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 […]
Tag Archives: Eric Schneiderman
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on holding bankers accountable, and the need for a second New Deal
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Alexis Goldstein, Bank of America, banking, banking reform, derivatives, 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 7 Comments
Elizabeth Warren and Bowzer…. starting day two at Netroots Nation
I’m incredibly frustrated. I’m seeing a lot of good stuff at the Netroots Nation conference, but, unfortunately, technical difficulties have been thwarting me at every turn. I thought that I was being sufficiently cautious when I packed two cameras, but, now that I’m here, neither seems to be working. My old Flip camera is refusing […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bill McKibbon, Bowzer, Daily Kos, Democracy for America, Elizabeth Warren, Jim Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Jon Bauman, Markos Moulitsas, Mazie Hirono, Netroots Nation, Providence, recall, Scott Walker, Sha Na Na, Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin, Woodstock, Zach Wahls 6 Comments
Might NY’s Schneiderman probe lead to prosecutions on Wall Street?
I don’t know that I put much stock in it, but Matt Taibbi seems to think that we may actually see real prosecutions on Wall Street. Here’s a clip from his new piece for Rolling Stone on the newly launched investigation of Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs by New York State Attorney […]
Posted in Economics, Other Also tagged Bank of America, Corporate Crime, Eliot Spitzer, financial bubbles, financial industry, financial reform, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Morgan Stanley, Tom Miller, Wall Street 2 Comments