The 99% Spring

[Community organizer George] Goehl, the executive director of National Peoples Action, was interviewed Friday on the PBS program Moyers & Company. When Bill Moyers asked Goehl if he was satisfied with the president’s recent attempts to employ populist rhetoric, he responded firmly, “We’re not.”

“I would say that it’s been hard for the president to tap into that populist bone in his body,” Goehl explained. “I think some of us question whether it’s there.”

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Goehl noted that when he himself began attempting to take on the banks in 1990, there were 37 major banks in the United States. By 2009 there were only four, and as a result, the CEO’s almost never have to face public opinion. Goehl said he would “like to challenge these CEOs to come out and see the neighborhoods and the communities that they’ve devastated.”

Goehl is involved in an effort called The 99% Spring, which owes its inspiration to Occupy Wall Street but draws its support from more established groups, such as MoveOn.org and the major labor unions. He said they plan to send representatives to attend bank shareholder meetings this spring and summer and confront the CEOs, possibly risking arrest for civil disobedience. They also hope to organize 100,000 Americans to spread the word about income inequality and lead an effort to “reimagine” the economy in ways that will make it work for everyone.

  Raw Story

Well and good, but don't be fooled into thinking that bank CEOs would change their ways if they actually saw the devastation they've rendered in the country. Remember the ones who went to a Congressional hearing about sucking dry the economy and ripping off borrowers in private jets? They know what they've done. They know what they're doing. It's intentional and unapologetic, unless an apology will get them another taxpayer-funded handout.

If you'd like to get involved in the attempt to curtail corporate greed, power, and devastation, Bill Moyers has a web page you should visit: http://billmoyers.com/spotlight/take-action/

Additional information on corporations:

What is a Benefit(B) Corporation?
Documentary: The Corporation Streaming free on Hulu (Also available streaming on Netflix)

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.