Western Union and Money Mart Lobby Up to Fight Remittance Justice

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New Orleans   Finally, the big-time money transfer organizations and the gazillions in predatory profits for moving money for migrant workers and immigrant families are at least hearing our footprints coming after them in the distance. Several months ago Ontario NDP Member of Parliament Jagmeet Singh introduced a bill we had collaborated in writing under the …

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Forgiving Interest and Amnesty for Student Debt Fines and Penalties

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Toronto  A trillion dollars in student debt is on the books in the USA.  The Department of Education paid $1.4 billion to bloodsucking debt collection agencies last year.  Debt collectors refer to the process as “lip smacking,” an “oil well” of opportunity, and so forth.  The government claims it will collect almost 85 cents on …

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The Organizer Behind “The Salt of the Earth”

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Gananoque   One of the things that Judy Duncan makes sure has “pride of place” in the annual fall training sessions with ACORN Canada staff is “movie” night.  We’ve watched many of the classics (Norma Rae, which they loved, Bread and Roses with Adrian Brody, which they hated, and so forth).   This year it might have fallen …

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