Articles on Occupy Wall Street Mon. Feb. 6, 2012

1. ‘That Guy’s Screaming At The Cop!’ Watch The UMass Amherst Riots Narrated By Two Coeds... 
Read and video:  Mediaite

2. Black Bloc: The Cancer in Occupy...  Read @:  Truth Out

3. HUD Secretary Donovan: “Large Majority” of Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Paid By Banks...  Read @:  Fire Dog Lake

4. Stephanie Lazarus Murder Case: LAPD Detective On Trial For 26-Year-Old Crime...  Read @:  Huffington Post

5. Landmark foreclosure settlement imminent, officials say... 
Read @:  Washington Post

Articles on Occupy Wall Street Thur. Jan. 19, 2012

1. Occupy Congress: The Report From the Ground...  Read @:  Crooks and Liars

2. RaceReports: Rick Perry to Drop Out of Presidential...  Read @:  The Blaze

3. Man vs. State... 
Read @:  Free Keene

4. Occupy Foreclosures deliver letter to AG Kamala Harris on Thurs...  Read @:  Occupy Sacramento

5. Donovan Claims “Imminent” Foreclosure Fraud Settlement, Again...  Read @:  Fire Dog Lake

Articles on Occupy Wall Street Tue. Jan. 17, 2012

1. #J17 Occupy Congress...  The Power of the People Is Stronger than the People in Power...  Read @:  Occupy DC

2. America Occupies The Capitol... 
Read @:  Occupy Wall Street

3. OWS Occupies Foreclosed Home, Won’t Help Struggling Owner Unless He’s Homeless...  Read @:  NY Mag

4. Protect IP/SOPA Act Breaks the Internet (Congress Voting on Jan 18, 2012)... 
Read  and sign @:  Occupy Oakland

5. Just to be clear, Evangelicals are demanding that every child should be born so that they can be subjected to this... 
Read @:  The Immoral Minority

Occupy Atlanta Takes On Bank To Save Historic Church From Foreclosure (VIDEO) [LIVE UPDATES]

That's when pastor Dexter Johnson called up Occupy Atlanta, asking for help in convincing the bank to reconsider its decision. Protestors staged an occupy-style protest on Wednesday, moving onto church property with signs and tents. Later that day, the bank decided to delay foreclosure hearings and work out a payment plan... 
Read @:  Huffington Post

Some Homeowners Could Get Away With Defaulting on Mortgage Payments for Years

The foreclosure process can take much longer depending on where you live. In Florida, the process averages 1,027 days — nearly three years. In D.C., foreclosure averages 1,053 days and delinquent borrowers in New York often stay in their homes for an average of 906 days... 
Read more:  The Blaze

Articles on Occupy Wall Street Dec. 27, 2011

1. Occupy Minnesota’ helps woman stay in her home...  Read more:  The Raw Story

2. How Social Media Influences the Occupy Movement... 
Read more:  Articles Splendor

3. Fed’s Once-Secret Data Compiled by Bloomberg Released to Public...  Bloomberg News today released spreadsheets showing daily borrowing totals for 407 banks and companies that tapped Federal Reserve emergency programs during the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. It’s the first time such data have been...  Read more:  Bloomberg

4. China Jails Activist...  Read more:  The Daily Activist

5. A Brainpower Revolution...  Read more:  Truth Out

Occupy Moves to the Home Front

Why the attempt to take on foreclosures directly is our clearest glimpse yet of what Occupy Phase II will look like.

 

Occupy Wall Street found a new home this week—not a new park, or a plaza, or a square, but a house...  Read more:   Truth Out

Bank's Leaked Email Admits 'Occupy' Movement 'Could Imact Our Industry'

A national effort to reclaim vacant properties has one of the country’s largest lenders scrambling.
The financial website Zero Hedge has allegedly obtained a memo from Bank of America’s field services operation warning, “We need to make sure we are all prepared.”...  Read more:   The Raw Story

How Big Banks Finance Billions in Predatory Payday Lending

One of the more pernicious forms of predatory lending is payday lending, which involves firms giving usually low-income workers very short-term, high-interest loans in order to help them pay for necessities until they receive their next paycheck. While this may sound like a valuable service, the interest rates on the loans are so high that many borrowers get caught in a cycle in which they’re constantly taking out new loans to cover the new bills that they can no longer afford, due to having paid back...  Read more:   Truth Out

#Occupy Your Homes: Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Speak Out

Occupy Our Homes is a great group that has formed in response to the Occupy Wall Street movement, and is answering the need to help keep people in their homes rather than lose them to foreclosure.... 
Read and watch video:   Crooks and Liars

Occupy Wall Street to March Against Foreclosure Fraud Settlement

Occupy Wall Street has planned a march tomorrow from Zuccotti Park to the US Court House Building at Foley Square, specifically in protest of the looming foreclosure fraud settlement between state and federal regulators and big banks. The goal of the march is to “expose the looming cash-for-immunity deal,”...  Read more:   Fire Dog Lake