{"id":1531,"date":"2010-10-18T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2010-10-18T23:25:30","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T03:25:30","slug":"make-history-end-foreclosures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2010\/10\/18\/make-history-end-foreclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Make History: End Foreclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bankers Are Coming! the Bankers Are Coming!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>City Life\/Urbana Vida member in a twelve foot ‘banker’ puppet.<\/p>\n

The American Banking Association began their annual meeting in Boston yesterday. Their theme? “History Happens Here, Be A Part of It” A coalition of social justice groups called on local activists to join in greeting them:\u00a0 Jobs With Justice<\/a> | National People’s Action<\/a> | Northwest Federation of Community Organizations<\/a> | Alliance to Develop Power<\/a> | City Life\/ Vida Urbana<\/a> | Pico National Network<\/a> | Massachusetts Communities Action Network<\/a> | New England United for Justice<\/a> | ACCE1<\/sup> | SEIU<\/a>. The coalition had a somewhat different theme:<\/p>\n

\"Demonstrators<\/a><\/p>\n

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Be A Part of Making History: Demand Big Bankers Fix the Foreclosure Crisis and Keep Their Hands Off Our Homes!<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These are the same bankers who crashed the economy — costing over 8 million jobs — and are foreclosing on our homes. Over 5 million homes have already been lost! Now, these Bankers are under investigation for snatching homes they cannot prove they own!<\/p>\n

If that is not bad enough, they just announced that they will pay their top executives an all-time record of nearly $150 billion this year! Enough is Enough!<\/p>\n

We Demand the Bankers Fix the Foreclosure Crisis which will help get our economy moving by committing to:<\/p>\n