National Peoples Action

Luke Johnson

Protesters March To Geithner's House

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Geithner, Video, Timothy Geithner Protests, Tim Geithner Protest, Ndma, National People's Action, Jamie Dimon, Timothy Geithner, Npa, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Protesters marched on Sunday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's home Sunday in Bethesda, Md., but got no response when they knocke...

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Activists Visit Geithner's Home to Ask "Which Side Are You On?"

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Peter Scher, Bank of America, Pete Stark, Wall Street, Financial Speculation Tax, Tom Harkin, Peter DeFazio, National People's Action, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Jamie Dimon, Timothy Geithner, Occupy Wall Street, Video, Politics News
Peter Dreier

The protesters consider Geithner the key architect of Obama's economic recovery plan and the loudest voice within the president's inner circle for taking a "hands off" approach to tougher government rules to tame Wall Street's risky practices.

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Define "Extraordinary"

George Goehl | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Brian Moynihan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Foreclosures, National People's Action, Corporate Power, Robo-Signing, Private Prisons, John Stumpf, Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, Bank of America Shareholders, Banking, Banking Crisis, Banks, Business News
George Goehl

We believe protest at the Bank of America meeting this year is not just normal -- it's the only response that makes sense. We don't want to protest Bank of America's shareholder meeting, but we have to, to protect our country from more unchecked corporate greed and abuse.

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Activists Breathe New Life Into May Day

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: May Day, Labor Day, Haymarket Riot, National People's Action, Occupy Wall Street, Loyalty Day, Knights of Labor, Gilded Age, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Unlike the rest of the world's democracies, the United States doesn't use the metric system, doesn't require employers to provide workers with paid vacations, hasn't abolished the death penalty, and doesn't celebrate May Day as an official national holiday.

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Protests Intensify To Oppose Potential Federal Mortgage Settlement

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Ally Financial Inc, Wells Fargo Co, The New Bottom Line, Mortgage Settlement, MoveOn.Org, President Barack Obama, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Administration, Democrats, JPMorgan Chase Co, Video, Mortgage, Wall Street, Reuters, National People's Action, Foreclosure, Citigroup, Business News

* Left-leaning groups protest foreclosure deal with top banks * Targeted Obama re-election headquarters in Chicago * Ne...

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A Leaderless Movement Full of Leaders

George Goehl | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Take Back Chicago, Mortgages, National People's Action, Chicago, Jobs, Bankers, Schools, Big Banks, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Reform, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Chicago, Chicago News
George Goehl

Every movement worth its salt has had countless nameless heroes who made tough sacrifices and took incredible risks to make things right. That is exactly what thousands of Chicagoans did yesterday.

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Protesters Arrested In House Gallery After Jeering Boehner

AP | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Protesters Arrested House Debt Ceiling, House of Representatives, John Boehner Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Debt Limit, Debt Ceiling Deal Protest, 112th Congress, National People's Action, Debt Ceiling Deal, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Twenty-two protesters were arrested Monday after disrupting the opening of the House debate on a bill to resolve the debt limit crisis, ...

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Illinois Taxpayers Demand that Wall Street Pays Their Fair Share

George Goehl | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: People Power, JPMorgan Chase, Illinois, Showdown in America, Budget Cuts, Budget, Revenue Crisis, National People's Action, Ohio, Business News
George Goehl

In the face of Illinois' $6 billion budget deficit, the state says there is no alternative but to continue to cut public services. Meanwhile, Wall Street and big banks are foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of Illinois families and neglecting to pay their fair share.

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Zach Carter

Foreclosure Protesters Descend On Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Regulation, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure Settlement, Countrywide, Marcy Kaptur, Foreclosure Deal, Mortgage Fraud, National People's Action, Banks, Foreclosure, Subprime, Npa, Mortgage Deal, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of protesters from around the country descended on a meeting of all 50 state attorneys general in the nation's capital on Monda...

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Showdown in DC: Protests Mounting Over Looming Sell-Out on Foreclosure Fraud Deal

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, National People's Action, Obama Administration, Banks, Foreclosure Crisis, Business, Economy, Foreclosure Fraud, Business News
Art Levine

State officials from around the country are meeting next week to finalize a multibillion-dollar settlement with bank executives for allegedly widespread mortgage and foreclosure abuses.

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Crashing the Economy Shouldn't Pay

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Principal Reduction, Bank of America, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Change, National People's Action, Foreclosure, Bank Bonuses, Revenue Crisis, Business News
George Goehl

This holiday season will be a thin one for tens of millions of American families. Meanwhile the same big banks that sent the economy to its knees are on track for another year of record bonuses.

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Homeowners to Iowa AG Miller - Revive the American Dream

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Principal Reduction, Foreclosures, Bank of America, National People's Action, Alliance for a Just Society, Financial Crisis, Banks, Pico National Network, Foreclosure, crimeshoudntpay.com, Industrial Areas Foundation Southeast, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Business News
George Goehl

Mike McCarthy, Keya Alvarez, and Ken Kelly. Not exactly household names, but they are among the homeowners from 13 states who traveled to Des Moines ...

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Los Angeles Homeowners Take to the Streets to Protest Foreclosure Abuses

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, Protest, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Citigroup, Banks, Acce, Pico, National Peoples Action, Seiu, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Peter Dreier

A David vs. Goliath battle is developing this holiday season between hard-working families facing foreclosure and banking giants such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase.

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Big Banks Will Clean Up This Mess -- When We Demand It

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Fraud, Foreclosures, Gmac, Bank of America, Wall Street, Ally Bank, Bailouts, Bonuses, Big Banks, Tarp, Showdowns, Brian Moynihan, Financial Crisis, Jamie Dimon, Hamp, National People's Action, Loan Modifications, Business News
George Goehl

In the years since the nation's largest banks were bailed out by taxpayers they have shown very little in the way of thanks. They can begin demonstrating some gratitude by rebuilding what they broke.

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William Alden

Bailed-Out Banks Finance 'Legalized Loan Shark' Lenders, Says New Report

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Iowa, Bail Out, Economy, Bank of America, Bottom Feeders, Kansas, Predatory Lending, Bailout, Public Accountability Initiative, Chicago, Loans, Business News, National People's Action, Cash America, Fees, Interest Rates, Loan Sharks, TARP Money, Wells Fargo, Dick Durbin, ACE Cash Express, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Wall Street, Loan Sharking, Advance America, Missouri, Illinois, Business News

Big banks that received TARP bailout money are funding payday lenders -- companies Senator Dick Durbin (D - Ill.) termed "bottom feeders" -- and which...

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Wall Street to Protestors: Get a Job! (PHOTOS: Bankers React to Thursday's March)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Reform, Jobs, Financial Reform, Activism, Economic Crisis, March on Wall Street, Bankers, Stock Exchange, Labor Movement, Afl-Cio, Justice Department, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Protest, Unions, Regulatory Reform, Bank Protest, Make Wall Street Pay, Nypd, National People's Action, Showdown in America, Seiu, New York News, Financial Crisis, New York News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Yesterday Wall Street, for perhaps the first time, answered directly to the people, as more than ten thousand union members and community members took the streets in the heart of New York's Financial District.

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Showdown in Senate Meets Showdown in Streets

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political News, Financial Reform Bill, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Business News, Banking, National People's Action, Bank Bailout, Showdown in America, Business News
George Goehl

Today, thousands of Americans -- workers and small business owners, students and retirees, clergy and veterans, are forcing a Showdown on Wall Street, marching directly to the scene of the crime.

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Thousands Swarm To Massive Protest On Wall Street (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: March on Wall Street, Banks, Alf-Cio, Wall Street Crowds, National People's Action, Wall Street Protests, Slidepollajax, Business News

"Bust up big banks! Shame on you!" chanted protesters in bank building lobbies in midtown Manhattan this afternoon as Wall Street staffers carrying lu...

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Ms. Wegner Takes On Wall Street

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Charlotte, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Financial Reform, Afl-Cio, Kansas City, Wells Fargo, Showdown in America, Showdown on Wall Street, National People's Action, Bank Bailout, Wall Street, San Francisco, Carl Levin, Seiu, Politics News
Sally Kohn

An 81-year-old widow from Des Moines, Iowa, Ferol Wegner wasn't the type of person who would normally go to a protest against the banking industry. B...

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Not a Time to Compromise

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National People's Action, Wall Street Bailout, Showdown in America, Financial Reform, Business News
George Goehl

So, a Showdown in the Senate is officially on. The question is, who's winning? Yesterday Republicans succeeded in blocking a vote to begin debate on a...

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Help Report The March on Wall Street

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Protests, Video, Huffpost Eyes and Ears, Wall Street Protest, Showdown in Chicago, March on Wall Street, Banking Crisis, Huffpost Citizen Reporting, National People's Action, Banking Industry, Wall Street, Wall Street March, Business News

National People's Action, the organizers of Showdown in Chicago, last summer's impressive bank-busting protests, are planning a 10,000 person march o...

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Showdown on Wall Street and K Street

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Goehl, JP Morgan/Chase, Heather Booth, Citigroup, Gerald Taylor, Bank Reform, Stephen Lerner, Lloyd Blanfein, Wells Fargo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Areas Foundation, Afl-Cio, John Stumpf, Financial Services Roundtable, National Peoples Action, Barack Obama, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Americans for Financial Reform, Acorn, Morgan Stanely, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Center for Responsible Lending, Protest, Gordon Whitman, Pico, Pew Economic Policy Group, Seiu, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Peter Dreier

Organizers believe that the recent victory on health care reform will help propel a similar movement to take on banking giants.

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Coddling Capitalism

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Showdown in America, Bailout, Wall Street, Showdown on Wall Street, National People's Action, Financial Reform, Big Business, Financial Crisis, Banks, Economic Recovery, Capitalism, Citizens United, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, Politics News
Sally Kohn

As Americans, we buy a lot of crap, but we've finally stopped buying the lie that capitalism in its current form works in our collective best interest.

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Foreclosing on America: Edda Lopez vs. Bank of America

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Predatory Lending, Subprime Mortgages, Edda Lopez, Wall Street, American Dream, Protest, Financial Reform, National People's Action, Foreclosure, Free Market, Capitalism, Direct Action, Big Banks, Politics News
Sally Kohn

When I first arrived at Edda Lopez's house, I wondered how this elderly woman lives on the second floor of her elevator-less home despite being wheel...

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This is What Democracy Looks Like

George Goehl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banking, National People's Action, Showdown in America, Bank Bailout, Wall Street Bailout, Financial Reform, Showdown-on-K-Street, Business News
George Goehl

Today, thousands of everyday people came to Washington DC for a Shutdown of K Street. The message was simple: Reclaim our democracy and hold Wall Str...

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