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From PressTV:

"From Florida to New York desperation and outrage towards banks is increasing as the foreclosure rate puts tens of thousands at risk of losing their homes every month.

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of DC calling for bankers to be held responsible and prosecuted for sweeping foreclosure practices which they call 'troubling.'

Hundreds of protesters called for the US Department of Justice to demand an end to mass foreclosures."

Watch the video coverage here.

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“Bring Justice to Justice” demands relief from foreclosure crisis, objects to AG Holder’s declaration that banks are too big to jail 

In Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 20th, hundreds of homeowners facing foreclosure and housing rights activists from across the country will rally outside of the United States Department of Justice to demand Attorney General Holder hold the Wall Street Banks that ravaged America’s economy accountable. Dozens of struggling homeowners are prepared to risk arrest in non-violent civil disobedience or set up an ongoing occupation outside the Department of Justice until demands for Wall Street accountability and relief for their communities are addressed.

The rally will begin at Freedom Plaza at 1:45pm on May 20th. Activists will march to the Department of Justice at 2:00pm. The rally is organized by Homeowners fighting foreclosure, activists, Home Defenders League & Occupy Homes.

Monday’s protest is a sign of rising anger at Wall Street bankers who have gone unpunished, and the continuing lack of adequate relief to struggling homeowners and communities. Following Attorney General Holder’s assertion that some financial institutions are too big to jail, more than 330,000 Americans have signed a petition circulated by the Campaign for a Fair Settlement and others calling on President Obama to repudiate Holder’s remarks.

Organizers of the “Bring Justice to Justice Rally” sent a letter to Attorney General Holder this week requesting a meeting to outline their dismay over the failure of the Obama administration to prosecute Wall Street banks for crimes that caused the financial crisis or deliver effective relief to homeowners battling the ongoing foreclosure crisis. Stories of homeowners fighting foreclosure and a petition to President Obama are collected at “100 Stories of What Wall Street Broke” blog. The costs of the ongoing foreclosure crisis and its effect on racial disparities are documented in a new report, “Wasted Wealth.”

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New from the Huffington Post, "Buying off the Ref" by Brian Young, Corporate Action Network, Managing Director:

"The Supreme Court is supposed to the branch of government that acts as a referee. When any party has too much power and is using it to break the rules of the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court is to step in and blow the whistle, remind everyone of the rules, and then allow all involved to "Play ball!" But, what if someone gets to choose the ref? And then rigs the game by picking who gets to play and who doesn't? That's exactly what the Chamber of Commerce is doing."

Read the full piece here.

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The following update comes from Boulder, CO where on April 25th workers stood up for better treatment from their employer, Walmart.

Walmart workers are part of the environment, too.
by Matt Nicdodemus, Occupy Boulder

Last Thursday, as part of national coordinated actions to support Walmart workers seeking higher wages, more hours, and more transparent scheduling, I and two friends set out in a car to meet with managers at seven area Walmart stores.  After stopping at the Walmart Neighborhood Market under construction in Boulder's Diagonal Mall, we visited the Supercenters in Broomfield, Westminster, Lafayette and Longmont.  At each site, we found the store manager or an assistant manager and delivered to them information about important changes that Walmart's top management had committed to make in the company, changes that would make it more possible for their "associates" to get the number of hours of work and regularity of hours assignments that would allow them to subsist on a more stable income.  We informed the managers that these changes, promised several months ago, had still not been implemented at more than a few stores in the US, and encouraged them to try and help the process of improvement along by communicating with top management.

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