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Online Organizing Against the Bailout from the Left
techPresident — There's a new group trying to organize protests in every city on April 11. http://www.anewwayforward.org/demonstrations/ It involves many people from the participatory culture foundation, and some others I don't recognize. They tend to be very creative. It will be really interesting to watch, as its the first (that I know of! I'm happy to be corrected) national effort to protest the bailouts from the left, with a new vision of what anti-trust policy should be. Its a return, as I understand it, to a more traditional understanding of political economy, where scale matters, and ...

Daily Digest | CIO Vivek Kundra is Back on the Job
techPresident — ... Zephyr Teachout writes that there's a new group trying to organize protests in every city on April 11 - A New Way Forward . She thinks it will be really interesting to watch, as its the first national effort, that she knows of, to protest the bailouts from the left with a new vision of what anti-trust policy should be. ...

Organzing for Banking Reform
Matthew Yglesias — Off the top of my head, systematic restructuring of the banking industry aimed at breaking up large banks and preventing the re-emergence of “too big too fail, too complicated to nationalize” institutions seems a bit too technical to be the locus of a mass movement. But at the same time, there’s tons of populist anger out there and maybe it can be channeled toward this particular issue. And these guys are giving it a try: Any bank that’s “too big to fail” means that it’s too big for a free market to function. The financial corporations that caused ...

HMM. IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES THIS LOOK LIKE a lefty response to the Tea Party protests? Nobody like…
Instapundit — ... HMM. IS IT JUST ME, OR DOES THIS LOOK LIKE a lefty response to the Tea Party protests? Nobody likes to feel left out! And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ...

Trust Your Guts
The Nation: Top Stories — ... Or is it justified by the larger necessities of the national predicament? Is the government insufficiently tough in demanding reciprocal commitments from the beneficiaries? Should Washington pursue larger structural changes in the banking system? Trying to imagine alternatives to the bankers-first bailouts is a good place to start. What follows are suggestions I produced at the request of young people organizing demonstrations around the country for April 11. They call themselves A New Way Forward . I hope they light lots of bonfires. This rough outline leaves out lots of ...

Interesting
Corrente — I saw A New Way Forward over at FDL, in comments on Stirling's newest. Read more…

Join a New Way Forward Protest on April 11th to Break up Banks "Too Big to Fail"
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — A BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY By Donny Shaw BuzzFlash Note: BuzzFlash fully supports the "New Way Forward" movement to fundamentally change the finance/banking system in the United States and to punish those who made our taxpayers pick up a $2 trillion tab for fraud, abuse and greed. Citizen protest is a vital part of a vibrant and progressive democracy. Join the ...

More bail our protests
Corrente — ... A new group named "A New Way Forward" is organizing nationwide local protests for a people's bailout next Saturday, April 11, at 2 PM EDT. ...

Helping Obama Succeed by Pushing Back
Open Left - Front Page — ... is deeply flawed and will not work to help fix our economy.  This plan goes to the heart of whether President Obama has a successful Presidency.  My belief is that Obama is a smart and progressive guy who will eventually figure out a better path, one that puts these big banks into receivership and break them apart.  In the meantime, all of us troubled by the banking plan need to keep pushing him on these issues, for example by joining thousands of our fellow citizens at A New Way Forward rallies on April 11th, and will continue to work with progressive ...

I swear
The Sideshow — ... And speaking of pledging, it would be good to put pressure on them to Pledge to Break Up the Banks: Tell Obama and Congress: "If it's too big to fail, it's too big to exist. Dismantle the power of the financial elite and make policies that keep a new crop from springing up. We want our economy and politics restored for the public." Do something: sign onto the demand and we'll bring this message to Congress on April 11. If there's a rally near you, we'll tell you. And some all-meat backfin crabcakes would be nice, too. ...

Activists Plan Bailout Protests
The Nation: Top Stories — ... recently explained to Bill Moyers why ANWF has him excited. There are currently sixty events (or "bonfires" in Greider's words) planned nationwide on April 11 . Some examples: 165 people have so far pledged to participate in a protest at Central Ave and Thomas Road outside of AIG Headquarters in Phoenix. 288 activists have confirmed that they'll be marching in front of the Bank of America in Chicago. More than 500 citizens have committed to a rally in New York City's Union Sq Park. This is just a small sampling of what's going on and new plans are being hatched daily. ...

A New Way Forward
Open Left - Front Page — ... Here is the information about the April 11th rallies.  I will be speaking at the one in DC, but please don't let that discourage you from coming.  My message will be simple: I support Barack Obama, support his budget and his agendas for health care and climate change and immigration reform and the Employee Free Choice Act.  But on banking policy, we need A New Way Forward.   ...

Mike Lux: A New Way Forward
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Here is the information about the April 11th rallies. I will be speaking at the one in DC, but please don't let that discourage you from coming. My message will be simple: I support Barack Obama, support his budget and his agendas for health care and climate change and immigration reform and the Employee Free Choice Act. But on banking policy, we need A New Way Forward. ...

Kristina Rizga: Fast-Rising Protest Group Challenges Power of the Bankers
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Tiffiniy Cheng, 29, never imagined she'd help spark a populist movement influenced by a former IMF banker. Three weeks ago Cheng and her co-founding partners launched A New Way Forward, a volunteer-run website that advocates for a new approach to bank bailouts and is organizing a nationwide protest on April 11. Cheng and her friends are not new to online organizing. In 2006, some of them launched OpenCongress.org, a nonpartisan website that lets people track legislation in Congress, and Downhill Battle, a music activism website, but they never had a burning desire to study and reform the financial system. Then, as ...

Hullabaloo — ... is the answer, and what we should be fighting for. Or maybe we just need A New Way Forward to sever that insidious symbiotic relationship and restructure the economy. ...

I’VE MENTIONED THE LEFTY COUNTERPOINT TO THE TEA PARTIES, Joe Trippi & Zephyr Teachout’s A New Way F…
Instapundit — ... I’VE MENTIONED THE LEFTY COUNTERPOINT TO THE TEA PARTIES, Joe Trippi & Zephyr Teachout’s A New Way Forward. They’ll be marching this weekend to urge that banks that are “too big to fail” be broken up. This makes sense to me; I’ve said the same thing myself, as has Jerry Pournelle. ...

Instapundit — ... HEY, IF YOU’RE ATTENDING OR AROUND any of these lefty A New Way Forward demonstrations, send me a report and some pics. Their message — banks that are “too big to fail” are too big, period — is fine with me, and I’d be interested in how they’re doing. ...

Action Alert
Suburban Guerrilla — In the “better late than never” category, New Way Forward has organized demonstrations TODAY across the country to ask Obama to break up the “too big to fail” banks. Click here for info.

Out with the Old, in with the New Way
Firedoglake — ... , there will be citizen-organized protests all over America today. As opposed to the greedy, gimmicky garbage being pushed by News Corp & Friends, these protests are calling for transparency in the federal government’s financial relief programs, and real, systemic reform. ...

The Big Fail... New Way Forward Loses Its Way In St. Louis
Gateway Pundit — The Far Left A New Way Forward protests were held across the country today. These protests were must break up the banks and never again let them get so big that they distort our politics and take down the economy. They were also organized to counter the Tea Party protests that are drawing thousands of Americans out to protest the historic spending and power grab by the current government. ...

The Mary Hamsher Moore Show
iowahawk — Theme / opening credits Mary Hamsher Moore traipses whimsically through the streets of Washington with her macrame hat and bullhorn Who can turn your stomach with her bile? Who can hit a bullhorn switch, and suddenly bitch with a chipmunk smile? Well it's you girl and you should know it, With each fire and every little dog lake you show it. Hate is all around, no need to brew it, It's puffing up your cheeks, why don't you chew it? You're gonna spew it af-ter all, You're gonna spew it af-ter all (doo-doo doo doo.... DOOT!) Mary throws bullhorn into air, ...

Hamsher Ditches ‘New Way Forward?’
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... But if you go to ‘A New Way Forward‘ now, her name is gone. Why the sudden change? I know I wouldn’t want to end my association with a group that’s clearly on the rise. ...

Jim Hightower: Wall Street Still Playing Tricks On Us
The Latest on Air America — ... billion. Meanwhile, these magicians are using their profit claims as an excuse to – guess what? – bulk up their own paychecks! Goldman Sachs, for example, has set aside nearly $5 billion to be handed out at the end of the year to those magical executives who created the bank's first-quarter "profits." This is proof that there'll be no reform or recovery until these self-absorbed finaglers are fired. To connect with a grassroots campaign to bring real change to Wall Street, go to www.anewwayforward.org . More News from Air America ...

A New Way Forward discussions
Open Left - Front Page — ... Kessler-Harris. It's at The Tank in NYC, a great non-profit performing arts space where I have one of my most fun and interesting book events, and I'll post the video here. You should go if you are in the city. If you're in DC, on Thursday June 11th at 9 AM, I'll be doing my part at a discussion right at the heart of it, on Capitol Hill at the Rayburn House Office Building (the Gold Room, Room 2168A). Joining me will be Simon Johnson, Nancy Cleeland, and John Taylor. RSVP here. You can also organize your own video screening or ...

Break Up The Big Banks!
Seeing the Forest — ... -- by Dave Johnson A New Way Forward The bailouts are widening the gap between the rich and poor. Our government has spent trillions of our dollars to prop up a banking system that has failed the country. Wall St. needs to be stopped. We demand that our government break up the insolvent banks and never again let them get so big that they distort our politics and corrupt the economy. During the week of June 8th, Americans will host national video screenings and town hall forums to learn about the crisis and begin working on restoring our economy and democracy. Obama's ...