MN 4 a Fair Economy virtual march on Wells Fargo

http://www.mnfaireconomy.org/2012/04/22/minnesotas-virtual-march-on-wells-fargo/

We’re proud of our delegation from Minnesota traveling to San Francisco to attend the Wells Fargo shareholders meeting on Tuesday, April 24. As part of the 99% Spring, they will be joining concerned citizens from throughout the country calling on the bank to pay its fair share and to stop hurting our communities by lobbying for the interests of the 1%.

Check out some of our friends and neighbors who are making the trip, listed below.

Here in Minnesota, we’ll stand in solidarity with those traveling west by holding a virtual march on Wells Fargo.

THE DETAILS

Twitter

1. If you use Twitter, join other Minnesotans in sending messages to @WellsFargo throughout the day.  A few sample tweets are provided below. We’ll be using the hashtag #99WFMarch all day long on Tuesday.

2. Follow @MNFairEconomy and retweet us through the day.

Sample tweets:

Wells Fargo owes the 99% $22 billion. Pay your fair share, @WellsFargo. #99WFMarch #MNFairEconomy

Wells Fargo leads the nation in foreclosures. @WellsFargo, make things right and create a fair economy for all of us. #99WFMarch

@WellsFargo supports politicians that work for the interests of the 1%. The 99% needs a voice in our economy too. #99WFMarch

Payday loans create huge profits for @WellsFargo and huge hardships for Minnesota families. It’s time for that to change. #99WFMarch

Facebook

1. Visit Wells Fargo’s official Facebook page, www.facebook.com/wellsfargo and send a message on behalf of the 99%. Sample posts can be found below. Include the hashtag #99WFMarch at the end of your post.

2. Watch the feed throughout the day and “like” posts by other Minnesotans.

Sample Facebook posts:

Today, Wells Fargo shareholders are meeting in San Francisco. We, as community shareholders in Minnesota remain concerned about the effect of your bank’s policies on our communities. It’s time to build a fair economy for all of us. #99WFMarch

Your bank leads the nation in foreclosures, creating a crisis for our families. Today, we the 99% stand up for our neighbors and our communities. It’s time to make things right. #99WFMarch

A crisis continues to face the Somali community in Minnesota. As famine and violence continue to ravage the East African country, Somali Minnesotans are unable to send needed funds to their families back home. This is a lifeline that needs to be restored today. Your bank has the opportunity to stand up and take a leadership position and hasn’t. Each day this crisis continues, more and more families are placed at risk. #99WFMarch

Your bank offers payday loans with an APR of up to 274%. While these loans make huge profits for Wells Fargo, they also create incredible hardships for families. As a community shareholder, I ask that you stop these predatory practices. #99WFMarch

LittleSis starts the corporatocracy research!

From LittleSis 

We have an exciting new research project we think you'll like. If you haven't heard about Occupy Wall Street and the movement of peaceful occupations spreading to hundreds of cities across the US, you need to hurry back from whatever solar system you're sightseeing, and in the meantime browse through the movement's websites, Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together.

The occupy movement is decentralized and autonomous, which means people all over the world fighting for an economy and government accountable to the public can help out in their own way. Hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets to highlight the injustice of a system controlled by the top 1% at the expense of the other 99%. Protesters everywhere are saying, "They got bailed out, we got sold out!" -- and our investigations on LittleSis have confirmed this grievance a hundred times over.

We at LittleSis are forming a new research group that will employ LittleSis and other tools to gather strategic information about the "1%" for the occupy movement. That's what LittleSis has been all about, and here's an opportunity for us to step up and hook up some smart and courageous people with relevant data about the powers they're up against.

To join the group, send a note to us at occupy@littlesis.org and visit this page.

Here are a few projects this new research group will tackle:
• compile info for top financial crooks and their cronies so the 99% can better reach them
• identify financial elites that hang out on governing boards and research centers at universities so students and faculty can scrutinize their activities
• generate an updated list of top government officials who use their positions to shower big banks with bailouts and favors while demanding cruel cutbacks for everyone else

Join the group and get involved! Bring your magnifying glasses and ideas!

All the best,

Kevin Connor & Matthew Skomarovsky
Co-founders, LittleSis.org

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