Wells Fargo's evil pack with Narco-Terrorists.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/us-bank-mexico-drug-gangs

How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs

As the violence spread, billions of dollars of cartel cash began to seep into the global financial system. But a special investigation by the Observer reveals how the increasingly frantic warnings of one London whistleblower were ignored
Ed Vulliamy The Observer, Sunday 3 April 2011

On 10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del Carmen, on the Gulf of Mexico, as the sun was setting. Mexican soldiers, waiting to intercept it, found 128 cases packed with 5.7 tons of cocaine, valued at $100m. But something else – more important and far-reaching – was discovered in the paper trail behind the purchase of the plane by the Sinaloa narco-trafficking cartel.

During a 22-month investigation by agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and others, it emerged that the cocaine smugglers had bought the plane with money they had laundered through one of the biggest banks in the United States: Wachovia, now part of the giant Wells Fargo.

The authorities uncovered billions of dollars in wire transfers, traveller's cheques and cash shipments through Mexican exchanges into Wachovia accounts. Wachovia was put under immediate investigation for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering programme. Of special significance was that the period concerned began in 2004, which coincided with the first escalation of violence along the US-Mexico border that ignited the current drugs war.

Berkeley Daily Planet article on BCC Move Your Money!

Read this comprehensive article by The Berkeley Daily Planet about how the BCC Move Your Money project takes aim at the corporate tax cheats.

Get acquainted with Professor Richard Wolff

Richard Wolff gives much-needed perspective on our economy and how we got here.
www.rdwolff.com

Listen to Move Your Money speak on 94.1 KPFA!

Today, two students from Berkeley City College spoke on the radio about the Move Your Money events we are organizing. Check it out at www.kpfa.org/archive/id/68809

Check out these articles about how the biggest corporations don't pay their taxes.

Time for Fair Share Politics by Katrina van Heuvel, editor of The Nation.
www.thenation.com/blog/159611/time-fair-share-politics


Letter to the editor by Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut.
www.napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_cf797564-5a46-11e0-9323-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

Still not convinced to move your money? Watch these short videos.

Video by local activist surfer Kyle Thiermann.
claimyourchange.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/claim-your-change-movie

Move your money video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs&feature=player_embedded#

Read this book! Watch this movie!

Must read this book!
Shock Doctrine: The Rise and Fall of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine

Must see this movie!
Inside Job by Charles Ferguson
www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob

Come to the Teach-In: How the Big Banks Stole Our Education

How the Big Banks Stole Our Education
Tuesday April 12th, 12:15-1:15, Berkeley City College auditorium

Come learn how the big banks stole our education, and what we can do about it.

Featuring:
Catherine Austin Fitts, Founder of Solari, Inc.
Catherine is an amazing speaker that can translate her wealth of knowledge about the financial world into terms that the rest of us can understand. Check out her very informative website at www.solari.com

Dennis Bernstein, Radio Host at 94.1 KPFA
Dennis is a longtime radio host for the nation's first community-supported radio station. Go to www.kpfa.org/flashpoints to check out Dennis' award-winning show, Flashpoints. Browse through the many other incredible shows on this radio station.

Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut
US Uncut is founded on the simple premise that corporations need to pay their taxes. This organization is only a couple of months old in the US, but it is hitting the ground running, with all kinds of actions and press nationwide. See what they are up to at www.usuncut.org

Move Your Money Pledge Drive

Pledge Drive
April 4th (Monday) thru April 15th (Friday)

Pledge to change your bank! Sign up at the table located near the Ambassador’s Desk (first floor), Berkeley City College

Credit Unions & Community Banks will be in the BCC Atrium (basement level) on April 12th & April 13th from 12-1:30 to answer your specific questions about their services.

Come to the Teach-In:
How the Big Banks Stole Our Education
Tuesday, April 12th - BCC Auditorium - 12:15 pm - 1:15pm
Featuring:
Catherine Austin Fitts, Founder, Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC
Dennis Bernstein, Radio host for Flashpoints, 94.1 KPFA
Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut

Learn about how the education budget cuts are linked to the misdeeds of the major banks, and what we can do about it.

Move Your Money Community Day
Wednesday, April 13th - BCC Atrium - 12:15 pm - 1:15pm
Art, Music and Free Speech - by BCC students and faculty

These events are sponsored by the Civic Engagement Club.
Contact us at: bcccivicengagement@gmail.com

For more info keep your eye on our BCC Move Your Money blog.



Read this book!
Shock Doctrine: The Rise and Fall of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine

See this movie!
Inside Job by Charles Ferguson
http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob

Good website resources:

Facts about the education budget cuts and organizing tools
http://www.againstcuts.org

Video by local activist surfer Kyle Thiermann
http://claimyourchange.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/claim-your-change-movie

Letter to the editor by Joanne Gifford, Spokesperson for US Uncut
http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_cf797564-5a46-11e0-9323-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

Move your money!

Move your money out of big corporate banks and into socially responsible credit unions and community banks.

The big corporate banks (including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, Citigroup, and US Bank) are largely responsible for our current economic crisis.

In the lead-up to the 2008 Bank Bailout (in which taxpayers loaned $700 billion to the banks to stabilize financial markets), many banks were engaged in highly profitable - but very risky - investment and lending practices known as derivatives and sub-prime mortgages.

When the housing bubble that was driven by these business practices finally popped, the economy spiraled downwards. Many people lost their homes, their life savings and their jobs. The resulting Great Recession is the root of our current budget crisis, which is leading to massive cuts in education and many other important public services in California and nationwide.

There is an alternative to corporate banks.
Credit unions and community banks can be just as convenient as the big banks – with free checking and savings accounts, nationwide networks of ATMs, ATM fee refund policies, competitive interest rates, and online banking services – plus they invest their money responsibly and they are accountable to their members.

SOME LOCAL CREDIT UNIONS & COMMUNITY BANKS:
1st United Services Credit Union - http://www.1stuscu.org
Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union - http://www.coopfcu.org
USE Credit Union - http://www.usecu.org
SafeAmerica Credit Union - http://www.safeamerica.com
Contra Costa Federal Credit Union - http://www.contracostafcu.org
Community Bank of the Bay - http://www.communitybankbay.com
Mission National Bank - http://www.mnbsf.com

These credit unions and banks will be on the Berkeley City College campus April 12-13 to answer your questions.