banking crisis
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Video Rerun: Bank Bailouts Explained
The story of the bank bailouts, and what we’ve gotten so far in return. Continue reading
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Anonymous Vs. The Federal Reserve (OpESR June 14th Video Announcement)
In this new video release, “as a first step” Anonymous has called for public protests beginning on June 14th, continuing “until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down.” To make their case, they have presented a list of recent scandalous Federal Reserve actions. Continue reading
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Why are we banking on banks to a promote economic recovery? By Danny Schecter
This week the financial crisis finally went prime time in the form of a big budget HBO docudrama called “Too Big To Fail.” Continue reading
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The Protest Movement. Financial Fraud in Iceland By Rady Ananda
As proceedings begin against Iceland’s former Prime Minister, Geir Haarde, for the banking crisis of 2008, at least two thousand Icelanders took to the streets in two days of protest this weekend. Iceland joins over a dozen other nations protesting economic measures taken out on the public while banks and large corporations receive bailouts. Class… Continue reading