Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders “It is not the Congress that regulates Wall Street — It’s Wall Street that regulates the US Congress.” Senator Sanders says the government is not regulating banks properly, which is pretty obvious when looking at the recent $2+ billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase and the fact that there is [Continue]
Vermont towns echo one of the Occupy Movement’s mantras and attempt to make their state the first to end Corporate dominance of US politics by calling for a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court’s ‘Citizens United’ decision that has allowed for unlimited and secret campaign spending by corporations in US elections. The United States [Continue]
The Congressman Rangel appears to believe that the Occupy Wall Street Movement is giving a voice to the people and that everyone agrees that someone should do something about the problems the Occupy movement is bringing to light. On his website (rangel.house.gov) he is quoted as saying on October 6th: “I’m Proud of #OccupyWallStreet Protesters” [Continue]
In a Town Hall message Congressman Tim Ryan adds his support to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Tim Ryan (Dem-OH) has gone on record as saying that he has no problem with Occupy Wall Street protests and that he also believes many of the problems in the USA are the fault of: Income inequality Wall [Continue]
Congressman Keith Ellison was able to get almost 400,000 views via his Town Hall chat video on YouTube about his thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Rep Ellison (Dem-Minnesota) supports: Sponsoring Constitutional amendment to “Get Corporate Money Out of Politics” and to reverse Citizen’s United, he say’s in the USA they are not having [Continue]
Grammy award winner Bosko adds his voice in support to the Occupy Wall Street Movement with his new song “Occupy Until Wall Street Crumbles”. Bosko had a personal two year federal court battle after the home he was building became entangled in legal issues because the bank that had his loan was seized for illegal [Continue]
The Cleveland City Council pass an emergency resolution 1720-11 in support of Occupy Cleveland and the Occupy Movement in general. The final vote from all the Wards was 18 yea and 1 nay. With the passing of the 1720-11 resolution Cleveland’s largest city council joins other cities (Seattle, LA and Chicago etc.) that also have [Continue]
A graphic gallery of Occupy Wall Street slogans and ideology, that can be used as their personal profile picture on facebook and/or posted and shared with friends in their social network. Some of the OWS graphics just might be the perfect solution for Occupy fans to show their support and solidarity for the Occupy Movement. Please [Continue]
On October 4th, 2011 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) released a video and and a statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters and introduces H.R. 2990 the National Emergency Employment Defense Act which would put the Federal Reserve under control of the US Treasury Department. “To the young men and women who are braving the [Continue]
Dan Rather takes public award opportunity to lend words of support for those participating in the Occupy Wall Street Movement “As the People of our nation begin rising up, they expect the business of news to be about inquiry and accountability… but it may not be within the confines of big corporate media. As you [Continue]