Illuminate the Fed on Its Centennial – Because One Century Is Enough

The Federal Reserve Act, signed into law 100 years ago on December 23, 1913, was written in private, “debated” when Congress was empty, and voted on after most had gone home for Christmas. When better to stage an economic coup on the nation?

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If You're #FedUp, Stand Up: A Movement Grows to Nationalize the Federal Reserve

On December 23, the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, the #D23 Fed Up campaign is counting on people in every city where the Fed has a presence to demand that power over our economy return to the people. It's time to Illuminate the Fed.

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Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses But Pensioners Get Cuts

In contrast to top AIG executives who helped bankrupt their company and sink the economy, no one has accused city workers in Chicago or Detroit of doing anything wrong. They did their jobs — so why are they the ones facing pension cuts?

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Volcker Rule Approved By All 5 Regulators Signals Crackdown on Wall Street Banks

The 953-page edict, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, codifies and restricts the way banks trade securities, setting in motion a broad new government rule to limit risk-taking by Wall Street and scale back trading activities.

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#D23 National Action To "Illuminate the Fed" on Federal Reserve's 100th Birthday

The nationwide coalition FedUp100 has announced plans to assemble at all 12 U.S. Federal Reserve Bank branches on the 100th anniversary of the Fed to educate the public and "illuminate" an institution which operates in total darkness.

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Amend the Fed: We Need a Central Bank that Serves Main Street

December 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, prompting growing calls to audit or end the Fed. At the least Congress needs to amend it — modifying the Federal Reserve Act to allow the central bank to carry out its mandates.

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Global Power Project: The Group of Thirty and the "Good Discussion" They're Still Having

Emerging from the Rockefeller Foundation in the late 1970s, the Group of Thirty was designed as a think tank, lobby/industry group and, ultimately, a consensus-building institution for the global elites – to ensure that they stayed that way.

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Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-Known Model

Established in 1949, Costa Rica's four public banks have remained open and in public hands in spite of enormous pressure by the IMF and the U.S. to privatize them.

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A Film About the Fed, Funded by the Mortgage Crisis

As millions of Americans invested in new homes in the mid 2000's, filmmaker Jim Bruce was already investing in the housing market's implosion.

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Wall Street's Highest Executives at Goldman, Treasury and FED Implicated By Citigroup Whistleblower

Hank Paulson and Robert Rubin are among the corporate executives / government leaders threatened by Richard Bowen's truth-telling, which is why the former Citibank Executive's story of criminal injustice hasn't made it out.

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