[Street] OB Actions
Rachel Plattus
rachelbp at gmail.com
Wed Jan 11 11:22:31 EST 2012
+2000 to this whole thread, especially Kevin. I would LOVE to work on this.
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Rachel Berliner Plattus
rachelbp at gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Josh Golin <golingolin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sounds great. I wonder if there is a way to link this to the growing
> interest in an Occupy the T campaign. One of the major reasons the T is
> planning to cut services/raise fares is that any revenue the T takes in
> goes first to servicing its debts. Those of us at the Somerville meeting
> last night also learned that the T made -- and lost -- bets with several of
> the big banks ("interest default swaps") that have exacerbated the problem.
>
> In other words, our fare and tax dollars earmarked for the MBTA will
> continue to go the big bailed out banks while we get an even crappier and
> more expensive transit system.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Kevin Maley <kevinmaley at gmail.com>
> *To:* street <Street at lists.occupyboston.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:06 AM
> *Subject:* [Street] OB Actions
>
> Hi All,
>
> So a few of us have been having some conversations about a focused and
> sustained campaign on the financial institutions, specifically the
> mega-banks. This would include actions like today's at BNY Mellon and the
> BofA action we did during the Day of Action. It would also include
> informing the public about things they can do (transfer to credit unions)
> and the egregious things the big banks do; such as basically taking over
> public policy, making huge investments in dirty coal and mountain top
> removal, and foreclosing on millions of Americans, often illegally.
>
> We were going to do it as either a subset of street or probably a separate
> working group, since its focused on a specific target, but would involve
> street action and so wanted to collaborate and get people aboard who wanted
> to join. I think we are looking to meet next weekend (the one after MLK)
> but times not sure. So if you want in let me know
>
> Also thinking back to the Day of Action/Unity Rally, it was a really
> unique thing that really brought everyone together. With recent events at
> OB getting really ugly internally, I think it would help us as a movement
> to try something like that again soon, or otherwise plan some big action
> that can help us look outward and keep moving. Maybe a bank action, maybe
> something separate, maybe a lot of separate actions like the DofA. Not sure
> what it would look like but just wanted throw that out there as I think it
> would be good for people at Occupy Boston
>
> keep on truckin'
> Kev
>
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