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<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">oscar@knutdav.com</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">fsu@lists.occupyboston.org</a>>, Ridgely Fuller <<a href="mailto:ridgelyfuller@gmail.com">ridgelyfuller@gmail.com</a>>, Paul Shannon <<a href="mailto:PShannon@afsc.org">PShannon@afsc.org</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>