San Miguel de Allede The two groups that assembled to hear me speak about Citizen Wealth and ACORN International’s organizing and campaigns at the Workers University of Mexico (Universidad Obrera de Mexico) less than a kilometer from the Zocalo in Mexico City and then last night in the patio of the Center for Global Justice [...]
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Toronto Preparing to meet with the ACORN International “intern army,” as I call them, at George Brown College today, I couldn’t help but laugh while using the Starbucks internet (thanks, fellas!) when I read that Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase was over at Davos complaining about “banker bashing” and France’s President Sarkozy was forced [...] Dodd-Frank Bill New Orleans The Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act called for the Federal Reserve to put an end to the debit card surcharge padding when that retailers were paying to banks and credit card companies, usually amounting to 44 cents a transaction. New Fed proposals would cap the amounts at 7 to 14 cents, [...] Phoenix In Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Hamilton ACORN International and ACORN Canada joined today to dramatically step up the international campaign to achieve improved access and fair pricing for remittances from immigrant families and their relatives in their home countries. Today in Toronto Kay Bisnah, President of ACORN International, also unveiled an extensive report underpinning [...] |
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