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News Dissector Danny Schechter is blogger in chief at Mediachannel.Org He is the author of PLUNDER: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books) available at Amazon.com.
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(19 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 17, 2009 AS THE BIG BANKS POST RECORD PROFITS AND PAY OUT OBSCENE BONUSES, WHAT SHOULD WE THE PEOPLE DO: STAND UP OR ROLL OVER?
Perhaps it is time to revisit the strategies of 1960's civil rights activists to deal with the Banksters.
"Nothing will change without making them uncomfortable. Anger, if not ‘deployed†like an unguided missle, has its uses.
The Banksters are terrified of what they call “economic populism.â€
I prefer to call it economic democracy. Even Obama
understood that years ago when he worked as a community organizer."
(9 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 27, 2011 A new banking crisis: You can bank on it
Without falling down the rabbit hole of endless well-footnoted debates, the truth is that millions of savers have seen their savings shrink and most bankers, thanks to bailouts and cheap money, watched their holdings rise. Blaming the victim for the crime has a long and dishonorable history.
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, April 10, 2009 The Battle with the Banks Is ON: Time To Speak Out
There are new signs of more banks failing and a new wave of bank bailouts. It's time for the public to get engaged with a new force for change.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 26, 2011 WHY WALL STREET IS WINNING
How Wall Street is raking in the big bucks while the Administration remains complicit and teh left silent.
Danny Schechter dissects.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, March 5, 2010 Whither Financial Reform: Why They Don't Get It?
Experts are jumping up and down demanding major financial reforms but nothing happens. Why? News Dissector Danny Schechter reports on the stalemate and lack of Congressional "appetite" for action
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 30, 2011 When "Getting it Done" Becomes Impossible
Much of what Obama has "gotten done" is not what most activists really want: a prison-industrial system. More military adventures. Authorized assassinations. Few new regulations on Wall Street. No tax on financial transactions. Only a trickle of prosecutions of financial criminals.
(10 comments) SHARE Friday, May 7, 2010 Investigate This: Did The Market Drop Or Was It Pushed?
Was there gaming of the market when it all but crashed? Why is the government investigating--do they suspect fraud and manipulation?
News Dissector Danny Schechter ponders the issues.
(18 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 27, 2010 The Financial Crisis as Crime Story
The public seems to be delighted if not outraged by the SEC's charges against Goldman Sachs, the opulent investment bank that many Americans see as the poster child of those causing the financial crisis. Even in the world of business where dislike of government crackdowns is dominant, a new poll shows that a majority believe Goldman is getting what it deserves.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 23, 2010 A Question For Those Who Fought Against Apartheid
many of us Supported the fight Against Apartheid. Apartheid Fell. Os South Africa turning its back on the values of the struggle for freedom and should those that supported that struggle speak out. Danny Schechter offers an open letter: Should Friends Criticize Friends?
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, January 18, 2010 Is the Haiti Rescue Effort Failing?
The disaster planners have an agenda that goes beyond just saving lives. They want to use the crisis to rebuild Haiti along lines they support. (ie. Support of property rights etc) So far they have not spoken about how policies backed by the United States through the Caribbean Basin Initiative were responsible for uprooting peasants from the countryside to move them to the city to be a cheap labor reserve.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2012 War Gaming The Iran War: How The US Plans For Aggression
Is The Obama Administration Planning an attack on Iran for political purpose? News Dissector Danny Schechter assesses the war gaming process and the stages of intervention.
(18 comments) SHARE Monday, August 19, 2013 President Obama's biggest failure
Obama has betrayed most of his promises to homeowners, and has sided with the banks with subsidies and incentives. He also supports the need for government financing since the private sector only funds 13 percent of mortgages through lenders like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that Obama now wants to phase out.
SHARE Saturday, February 21, 2009 Is It Time For A Jailout On Wall Street?
AS many progressives mobilize to prosecute Bush and Cheney, few are going after Corporate Criminals and Wall Street Fraudsters. It is time for a Jailout not just a bailout. Aren't economic crimes as iimportant as political ones?