<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Thanks Ridgely. When will this WG meet again, & where?</div><div>Linda<br><br><div>"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits of the few." Passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly, 11/29/11.</div><div><br></div>Sent from my mobile.</div><div><br>On Feb 16, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Ridgely Fuller <<a href="mailto:ridgelyfuller@gmail.com">ridgelyfuller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Oscar Knuttunen</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oscar@knutdav.com"><a href="mailto:oscar@knutdav.com">oscar@knutdav.com</a></a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM<br>
Subject: Bank Working Group meeting on proposed April 14 Teach-in - report<br>To: FSU List OB <<a href="mailto:fsu@lists.occupyboston.org"><a href="mailto:fsu@lists.occupyboston.org">fsu@lists.occupyboston.org</a></a>>, Ridgely Fuller <<a href="mailto:ridgelyfuller@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:ridgelyfuller@gmail.com">ridgelyfuller@gmail.com</a></a>>, Paul Shannon <<a href="mailto:PShannon@afsc.org"><a href="mailto:PShannon@afsc.org">PShannon@afsc.org</a></a>><br>
<br><br>Report from the Bank Working Group meeting attached and pasted in below.<br><br>David Kn.<br><br><br>Bank Working Group meeting on proposed April 14 Teach-in<br>2/15/12<br><br>Present: David Kn., Ridgely, Paul Shannon<br>
Scribe: David Kn.<br><br>After considerable discussion, we agreed on the following preliminary,<br>three-part schema for the teach-in, with the understanding that this is a<br>WORKING DOCUMENT.<br><br>1.      A left economist (maybe two) to give background and overview: How<br>
the banking system works and it's role in the economy.  How this has changed<br>over time, and how this led/contributed to the problems to be discussed in<br>Part 2.  Include discussion of Federal Reserve, Shadow Banking...<br>
<br>2.      A panel of knowledgeable activists to speak on a series of<br>problems/issues created (either entirely or in large part) by the banks:<br>       - foreclosures<br>       - student debt<br>       - consumer debt<br>
       - state budget crisis/cutbacks/austerity<br>       - political influence (of banks)/campaign finance/citizens united<br><br>3.      Progressive alternatives/solutions:<br>       - Glass-Steagall/better regulation<br>
       - cooperative banks (democratic credit unions?)<br>       - public (e.g., state) banks<br>       - writing down mortgages<br>       - restructuring credit card debt, student debt<br>       - free public higher education (as addressing student debt)<br>
<br>We discussed that we might put some of the "solutions" into the Part 2<br>discussion - particularly short-term solutions that specifically dealt with<br>the problem being addressed, and reserve the separate Part 3 for bigger<br>
scale, or longer term solutions.<br><br>Other stuff we thought ought to be fit in:<br>- Obama's foreclosure deal<br>- MBTA solution(?)<br><br>We also want to include some specific activist component, e.g. a tax-day<br>
action against the banks (this assumes that research will show they don't<br>pay taxes, or at least not their fair share).<br><br>We are undecided on the length of the teach-in.  Three hours?  Four hours?<br>Much to cover, but how much patience will people have?<br>
<br>Attachment:<br> Bank Teach-in Mtg 12-02-15.doc<br><br></div><br>
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