On AlterNet: financial industry

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11 Facts You Need To Know About The Nation’s Biggest Banks

deleted, ThinkProgress. October 7, 2011.

It makes perfect sense that a movement for an economy that works for everyone would center its efforts on an industry that exemplifies the opposite.

Why Corporate Capital and Finance Are Waging an All-Out Cyberwar Against Wikileaks

Mark Levine, Al Jazeera. December 29, 2010.

The continuing assault by the corporate sector to undermine the most ambitious whistleblowing project in modern history has major political implications.

The Truth About the Big Banks' Unprecedented Lobbying Avalanche

Kevin Connor, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

The six biggest banks have hired at least 243 lobbyists to infiltrate and buy out the regulatory framework that's supposed to keep the financial industry in check.

Econned: How the Finance Industry Shook the Silver out of the American Economy

Joe Costello, Archein. March 11, 2010.

Yves Smith's new book is a story of a criminal class, that has separated itself from the majority to seek its own profits.

Don't You Think It's Time to Reinstate the Laws That Would Have Prevented the Financial Crash?

deleted, AlterNet. November 14, 2009.

It's been 10 years since Washington repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, the moment we got royally screwed by the banking system -- and we're still paying the price.

Why Obama Is Low-Balling the Banking Crisis

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. May 11, 2009.

It's been suggested that Obama is focusing on Republican self-destruction and that he'll get around to reforming Wall Street next year.

The Time to Protest Is Now! Rally to Break Up the Banks

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. April 10, 2009.

On April 11, people will come out in cities across the country to express their frustration and disapproval. Will you join them?

A Scary Corporate Coup Is Under Way -- We've Got to Stop It

William Greider, TheNation.com. March 31, 2009.

If Wall Street gets its way, Washington will pass new "reforms" that consolidate power and ratify a corporate state.

Powerful Banks and Government Handouts to the Rich: It's Time for Protest

Zephyr Teachout, AlterNet. March 25, 2009.

A new grassroots group has organized protests for April 11 in 11 cities so far, and the ranks of signups are swelling fast.