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Incredible photo essay of the Boston actions
Organizers say about 3,000 people joined a protest against Bank of America headquarters in Boston. Police say they arrested two dozen protesters for trespassing. A published report says the trespass was an act of civil disobedience to protest the lender’s foreclosure practices. No mention was made of new bank card fees.
Foreclosed Families protest B of A
Recent groups of protestors that have sprouted up across the city of Boston haven’t been voicing their displeasure with their baseball team’s September collapse, they’re protesting against Bank of America.
Today, over 1,000 people are expected to march in downtown Boston to protest against the bank, and “rally against Wall Street greed, predatory lending, and skyrocketing foreclosures in urban communities,” according to a press release.Take Back Boston, one of the websites that has the latest information on anti- BofA protests and ralliess across the city, says although these protests are happening in Boston, this is a national concern.
A diretora de uma organização civil em Boston, Rachel LaForest, disse que as manifestações são contra “a avareza e os empréstimos usurários dos bancos eo
Ayer la policía en Massachusetts arrestó a dos docenas de personas entre unos 3.000 manifestantes que ocuparon brevemente las oficinas en Boston de Bank of America, el mayor banco del país.Los protestantes declararon su solidaridad con los cientos de personas que desde hace semanas ocupan un parque en Manhattan con quejas diversas contra los bancos y el sistema político que los ha socorrido tras sus malas inversiones.
