Senators, Activists Detail Fight Against Big Bank Bailouts, for Wall Street Accountability As Senate Takes Up Tough Bill to Hold Wall Street Accountable, Americans Take to the Streets Demanding an End to the Era of Big Bank Recklessness NOTE: See detailed list of campaign activities
AFR Urges Senators to Support Brown/Kaufman SAFE Banking Act Group Releases Letter Sent to the Senate Today Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of over 250 consumer, employee, investor, community and civil rights groups, released the following letter today urging Senators to support Senators Brown
Press Advisory April 20, 2010 New York, NY – Community activists will rally at the worldwide headquarters of Goldman Sachs, who last week were sued by the SEC for civil fraud, and display a banner of the famous N.Y. bridge as they replicate the unscrupulous
Senators, Activists Detail Fight Against Big Bank Bailouts, for Wall Street Accountability As Senate Takes Up Tough Bill to Hold Wall Street Accountable, Americans Take to the Streets Demanding an End to the Era of Big Bank Recklessness Washington, DC – On Wednesday April 21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2010 Campaign Urges Sen. Corker: Stand Up for Your Work As Republican Leaders Attack Corker’s Wall Street Accountability Bill, Tennesseans Will Send Message to Stay Strong Washington DC – On the eve of the Senate battle over holding Wall
A year and a half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million Americans their jobs, the Senate is moving towards passage of meaningful reform that will rein in the Big Banks
BanksterUSA.org’s Mary Bottari has posted a new blog entry about Goldman Sachs and the recent civil fraud charges filed by the SEC. She says: One of the most salient analogies of the financial meltdown was offered by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chair Phil Angelides when
While the rest of us struggle to deal with lost savings, homes and jobs – armies of Wall Street lobbyists are spending millions to kill financial reform in Congress. But after losing so much to Wall Street’s risky excess, American seniors are depending on us to
For Immediate Release April 19, 2010 AFR Statement on the Derivatives and Overall Banking Legislation Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “A year-and-a-half since the reckless behavior of the Big Banks took our economy to the edge of the abyss and cost 8 million
For Immediate Release April 16, 2010 Washington, DC – Americans for Financial Reform issued the following statement regarding the S.E.C. suit accusing Goldman Sachs of fraud on mortgage deals. Heather Booth, Director, Americans for Financial Reform: “The SEC investigation into Goldman Sachs is a major event