[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] "Showdown in Chicago" at American Bankers' Association meeting

[Robert Naiman]

The folks in Chicago would be very delighted if we could send some
folks up from C-U for the march tomorrow. Places to stay could be
arranged if needed, as well as help with transportation...

Let me know if anyone is interested...

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> (Though we don't normally post article on the peace list, this one
> is about an action that's going on this week in Chicago -- more below.
> As usual, please don't reply to the peace list -- replies set to peace-discuss...)
>
> Just noticed this from Dean Baker, a couple weeks ago:
>
>   http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/13
>   "Take America Back from the Banks"
>
>    The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary
>    people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political world
>    where the elites call the shots. Inside accounts reveal the extent
>    to which Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's conduct of the Vietnam
>    war was constrained by the huge anti-war movement. It was the civil
>    rights movement, not compelling arguments, that convinced members of
>    the US Congress to end legal racial discrimination. More recently,
>    the town hall meetings dominated by people opposed to healthcare
>    reform have been a serious roadblock for those pushing reform.
>
>    Those disgusted by the bank bailouts, and the bankers who brought us
>    this recession, will have a chance to make their views known when
>    the American Bankers Association has its annual meeting in Chicago
>    this month. A large coalition of labour, community and consumer
>    organisations are organising a protest at this "Showdown in Chicago".
>
>    A big turnout at this event can make a real difference. Just to review
>    the scorecard, most of the country is still suffering the fallout from
>    the bankers' irrational exuberance of the housing bubble era. The
>    Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and other forecasters expect the
>    suffering to endure for years to come.
>
>    [...it's worth reading the rest of Baker's article too...]
>
> And, the Showdown In Chicago is going on right now -- yesterday through tomorrow.
> Probably most of us are in C-U, but in case you're in Chicago, here's what's
> up today, on
>
>    http://www.showdowninchicago.org
>
>
> MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
>
> 10:30am - Goldman Sachs Chicago Headquarters, 71 S. Wacker
>    The American People will ask Goldman Sachs to donate its entire projected $23
>    billion dollar bonus pool to prevent every foreclosure in America in 2010 AND
>    lift one million families out of the poverty and joblessness that was caused by
>    Goldman Sachs' gambling with our economy.
>
> 12:00pm – American Bankers Association convention, 301 East North Water Street
>    Big banks are spending billions to prevent reforms that would protect taxpayers
>    from their future abuses. Nearly a thousand Americans will take our message
>    directly to the American Bankers Association at their annual convention.
>
> TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
>
> MARCH TO THE BANKER'S CONVENTION
> 10:00am - Prayer vigil on Wacker, east of Michigan Avenue
> 10:30am - March: starting at Stetson and Wacker
> 11:00am - Rally at the Sheraton Hotel (301 East North Water Street, Chicago)
>
>
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