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  • Rich Gardner | 01-16

    50 State Attorney Generals were negotiating with five banks (Ally Financial, Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo) that were accused of “robo-signing” documents and conducting illegal home seizures. In that month, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman decided to oppose what he felt was Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's undue haste in trying to get a settlement and to instead pursue criminal charges against the five banks. The crisis in foreclosures promises to get even worse in the near future, with up to 3.6 million people losing their homes over the next two years.


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  • Harry Bailey | 01-09

    Chester-Upland, in the impoverished city of Chester, in Delaware County, have voted to report to work without receiving packcheck. This comes after Governor Corbett declined the district's request for an advance from the district's 2011-2012 budget.
  • http://www.pennbds-oy.com/ | 01-09

    Yes, this year's big US conference on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) targeting Israel is scheduled for February 4th and 5th at U Penn where an international lineup of boycott and divestment champions will meet, greet and try to breath life in a "movement" that has yet to achieve a single major victory after more than a decade of effort. Read more here: http://www.pennbds-oy.com/ (5)
  • Rich Gardner | 12-31

    Girls Scouts vs. right-wing media and the purported value of objectivity. (2)
  • Cathie C | 12-29

    PRO-ACT will offer its popular one-day "12 Steps for All" workshop on Jan. 14, 2012. The program is free and open to all participants who are interested in this self-development process.
  • Internationalist Group | 12-29

    Following the nationally-coordinated police evictions last month of Occupy Wall Street and encampments across the country, on December 12 the Occupiers struck back. Ports up and down the West Coast were blockaded, from Seattle to San Diego. Despite a barrage of hostile propaganda in the media, opposition from union bureaucrats and heavy police repression in some places, overall the blockade was successful -- this time.
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