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	<title>Alliance for a Just Society &#187; economic justice</title>
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		<title>City of Portland Moves Closer to Divestment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Huntress</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ron Williams, Executive Director, Oregon Action Alliance for a Just Society affiliate Oregon Action testified in front of the Portland City Council on May 9th in support of a local ordinance that would divest money out of Wells Fargo and into local community banks and credit unions. The Responsible Banking Resolution was introduced by Mayor Sam Adams amid growing public<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3262/city-of-portland-moves-closer-to-divestment/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Sideshow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate tax breaks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans is set to double. If Congress doesn’t sort out its differences, seven million Americans will see their student loan rates double, creating further drag on the economy. For more background, here is what I wrote about the student loan issue last week. The current status of this debate is emblematic of how broken<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3252/student-loan-sideshow/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Interest Rate is a Political Distraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student loan interest rates have taken center stage in the latest partisan political debate. In response to the economic crisis, the federal government reduced the interest rate for Stafford Loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. But that was only temporary. Now Democrats are arguing that the lower rate should be extended. After initial resistance, Republicans agree but are battling<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3238/student-loan-interest-rate-is-a-political-distraction/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alliance for a Just Society leaders shut down the Wells Fargo Shareholders Meeting</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3223/alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Dillner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[money in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We are the 99%]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[big banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate influence in politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The next step in our campaign to take on the big banks pay and win relief for homeowners is to disrupt business as usual at shareholder meetings across the country. The goal of these actions is to build off the fall mobilizations and the Occupations to keep up the street heat holding the 1% and bank executives accountable –<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3223/alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Week for Alliance Bank Teams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Dillner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society bank teams in Washington, Texas, Colorado and Idaho had a busy week, making headlines with everything from birdogging presidential candidates to passing city ordinances. Romney Action in Seattle &#8211; Washington CAN and Working WA teamed up to greet a fundraiser for Mitt Romney in Bellevue yesterday. Protestors mocked the $2500 photo op fundraiser by taking<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3023/big-week-for-alliance-bank-teams/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Broken Hearts, Broken Budgets: ICAN Valentine’s Day Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fernando Mejia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[affiliate work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to ICAN Intern Emma Ayers for this report. February 14th this year, members of Alliance affiliate Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN)  had some very specific valentines to deliver to payday lending stores across the valley.  These over-sized valentines with broken hearts of pink and red symbolized a message and a demand: stop breaking our hearts and stop breaking our<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2984/broken-hearts-broken-budgets-ican-valentines-day-action/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daley&#8217;s View from Washington:  The Pope, Bob Dole, and the Financial Transaction Tax</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2972/daleys-view-from-washington-the-pope-bob-dole-and-the-financial-transaction-tax/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=daleys-view-from-washington-the-pope-bob-dole-and-the-financial-transaction-tax</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do the Pope, Bob Dole,  and the Archbishop of Canterbury have in common?  They all support some version of a proposal to tax financial speculation. How about we try a tax idea that curbs unproductive speculation on Wall Street and raises money to pay for the governmental services? That is exactly what the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) does. It is<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2972/daleys-view-from-washington-the-pope-bob-dole-and-the-financial-transaction-tax/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Owners Say Big Corporations Not Paying Fair Share of Taxes</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2968/small-business-owners-say-big-corporations-not-paying-fair-share-of-taxes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=small-business-owners-say-big-corporations-not-paying-fair-share-of-taxes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new nationwide poll of small business owners’ views on taxes includes some findings that turn K Street lobbyists’ anti-tax talking points on their head. In particular, the poll found that small business owners are up in arms about corporate tax loopholes, offshore tax havens, and corporations and millionaires who don’t pay their fair share. The nationwide scientific survey of<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2968/small-business-owners-say-big-corporations-not-paying-fair-share-of-taxes/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Affiliate Highlight:  The Montana Organizing Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Huntress</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society affiliate The Montana Organizing Project (MOP) is a collaboration of diverse community, civic, labor, faith groups, and community members.  Located in Missoula and Billings, MOP works on economic, racial and social justice issues, with the mission of promoting the dignity and empowerment of people with low and middle incomes who voices haven’t been heard in<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2952/affiliate-highlight-the-montana-organizing-project/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ICAN Releases Idaho’s Payday Lending Industry Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fernando Mejia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our affiliate Idaho Community Action Network: On Monday, Jan. 16 2012, during a protest on EZ MoneyPayday Loans at EZCORP 2911 W. State Street in Boise, members of the Idaho Community Action Network released a report titled “Predatory Lenders Trap Idahoan’s in a Cycle of Debt.” According to the report, Idaho families are: “increasingly struggling to make ends meet. Affordable<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2940/ican-releases-idahos-payday-lending-industry-report/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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