In a few minutes, the House finance committee will face CEOS of “the Big Three” American auto companies and debate whether it should approve a bailout for the auto industry. CODEPINK will be at the hearing (they were yesterday — check out this Associated Press photo of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson staring disdainfully at Medea [...]
Friday, October 31, 2008
After saving Queens woman from foreclosure, CODEPINK pressure Washington to bailout Main Street QUEENS, NY — The day Jocelyne Voltaire’s home here of 21 years was scheduled for auction, CODEPINK Women for Peace learned of her tragic story and appealed to its members for help. In two hours, $15,000 in donations had poured in, enough to [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK media coordinator, 646-723-1781 Queens woman loses son in Iraq, now her home to foreclosure scam: where’s the bailout for Americans?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
This article in New York Magazine shows Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi schooling National Review’s Byron York over the financial crisis. Simply amazing. Check it out.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Cofounder Medea Benjamin has a great piece on Henry “The Fox” Paulson up on After Downing Street, a capstone to our demonstrations against the bailout these past couple weeks in NYC, D.C., L.A. and elsewhere.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
We have a fox guarding the hen house and it’s time for a radical (read: smart, timely, necessary) change in policy. Give Henry “the fox” Paulson a pinkslip and hire someone who has Main Street on his priority list- not just his fat-cat friends on Wall Street. Enough already! And in case you missed it- [...]
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CODEPINK Demands the Presidential Candidates Reject Bailout Take thousands of signatures to their DC offices saying “Provide Leadership: Protect the Peace, Not Wall Street“ WHAT: CODEPINK march to D.C. offices of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama with signatures demanding leadership, not bailout WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Weds., Oct. 1 WHERE: Begin at office of Sen. John [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
A few minutes ago, Ezra Klein of The American Prospect reported, “The bailout bill just failed in the House. 133 Republicans voted against, as did 94 Democrats. Dow has dropped 600 points and is basically in freefall. This does not look good.” UPDATE: Dow has dropped 800 points. So far no major news outlets reporting [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
From the Indypendent, Sept. 28: Time for a Taxpayers Revolt By Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta September 28, 2008 | Posted in IndyBlog , National | Email this article Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history. Despite attempts by legislators to portray this as [...]
Monday, September 29, 2008
TAXPAYERS SAY “OVER OUR DEAD BODIES” TO BAILOUT Call for a taxpayer revolt and ‘die-in’ on Capitol Hill WHEN: 12 p.m., Monday, September 29 WHERE: Outside Cannon Building, Independence and New Jersey Ave., House of Representatives, Washington DC Representatives of different sectors of society—health care workers, teachers, construction workers, professionals—will hold a press conference to denounce the bailout [...]
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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