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DESCRIPTION:Thursday, March 8, 2012\nINTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY\nA call to rise up and 
 occupy Bank of America!\n101 Market St. 10:00am\nSan Francisco, CA\n(march 
 to a local Bank of America)\n\n“Someday the workers will take possession 
 of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar 
 of profit!” – Mary Harris “Mother” Jones\n\nSince its inception in 
 the early twentieth century, International Women’s Day has been rooted in 
 the struggle for economic justice, growing out of local demonstrations by 
 women workers demanding shorter hours, better pay, voting rights, and an 
 end to discrimination.\n\nThis International Women’s Day, Women Occupy 
 calls on women across the globe to rise up against the big banks that have 
 caused the current economic crisis. Women Occupy is a coalition of 
 activists who are joining forces to coordinate powerful actions across the 
 Occupy movement, starting with International Women’s Day. In the United 
 States we are supporting collective efforts initiated by Occupy activists, 
 particularly the women-led campaigns of Public Citizen and Rainforest 
 Action Network, to hold Bank of America – the biggest of the big banks 
 – accountable for the predatory economic policies that are destroying our 
 families and communities.\n\nJoin WomenOccupy in a day of mass action on 
 International Women’s Day targeting Bank of America.\n\n-Women have long 
 been the prime targets of predatory bank policies and economic collapse: 
 women are 32 percent more likely than men to receive sub‑prime mortgages 
 and Latina and African-American women borrowers are most likely to receive 
 sub‑prime loans at every income level.\n\n-Women make up 51% of the 
 world’s population but 70% of the world’s poor. We perform 66% of the 
 world’s work, produce 50% of the food, but earn 10% of the income and own 
 less than 1% of the world’s property.\n\n-Our work continues to be 
 unpaid, underpaid and undervalued, making us invisible to economic 
 indicators and ineligible for the rewards reaped by the most 
 “productive” members of society.\n\nIt’s time we turned the tables 
 and started going after the big banks! And what better suspect than the 
 biggest of the big banks – Bank of America?\n\nBank of America not only 
 leads the pack in illegal foreclosure practices, faulty loans, and tax 
 evasion, it also pillages its customers with exorbitant fees and denies 
 them their right to free speech! Plus, as the official bank of the US 
 military, BofA has been accused of improperly foreclosing on active-duty 
 troops.\n\nWe demand Bank of America:\n\n    Break up into smaller, safer 
 pieces that won’t take America down with them if they fail.\n    Invest 
 in the planet  and stop funding coal projects that are polluting our 
 communities and ruining the climate.\n    Pay the statutorily required 35% 
 corporate income tax instead of draining the government of revenue through 
 off-shore tax shelters, loopholes, and scams.\n    Stabilize the housing 
 market and revitalize the economy: reduce principal for all underwater 
 homeowners to current market value. This would end the foreclosure crisis, 
 reset the housing market, pump billions of dollars back into the economy, 
 and create 1 million jobs a year.Invest in small businesses, the main 
 source of jobs in the U.S.\n\n\nThis International Women’s Day, our work 
 will be visible.\n\nWe are the 51%.\n\nExpect us.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/22/18707953.php
SUMMARY:March 8: International Women's Day! Rise up and Occupy Bank of America!
LOCATION:101 Market St. 10:00am\nSan Francisco, CA\n(march to a local Bank of 
 America)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/22/18707953.php
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