Take that, Tea Party

Now this is where the so-called Tea Party movement should be, Wall Street, and what they should be protesting is Wall Street fraud and greed.

Showdown on Wall Street

4/29/10

Over 10,000 people brought Main Street to Wall Street today in a march, led by the AFL-CIO and National People’s Action (NPA). Working families and community members mobilized one of the largest gatherings ever organized against big banks, calling for accountability, job creation and an end to predatory lending practices from Wall Street institutions like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.

Goerge Goehl of National People's Action lays out why were taking on Wall Street and Big Banks:



Earlier that day, over 400 people from National People's Action entered the lobby to deliver a letter to CEO Jamie Dimon that asked him to sit down and negotiate with NPA. Security brought down a Chase executive who took the letter from NPA's leadership team and promised that Jamie Dimon would get it and that he would follow up with us to schedule a meeting.



A student of the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, and Youth Leader of Sistas and Brothas United, addresses the crowd at the Showdown on Wall Street.



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