The Showdown in Chicago kickoff is just 48 hours away, with events on Sunday and Monday leading up to a major protest outside the American Bankers Association conference on Tuesday morning.  That final march and rally will feature speeches from two of the country's most prominent labor leaders, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Change to Win chair Anna Burger.  Today, both of them have items up on the Huffington Post about the event.

Here's Trumka:

[T]he bankers are doing the Charleston, taking taxpayer money, handing out bonuses for disastrous failure, becoming profitable without lending money that could put people back to work -- and spending billions lobbying Congress to kill financial reform.

Shameless. Absolutely shameless.

On Tuesday, about 5,000 of us will be in Chicago to tell them what we think.

It's called the Showdown in Chicago. We're gathering outside the American Bankers Association meeting to demand financial reform and re-regulation that will allow us to rebuild our communities, our lives and the real economy.

We've got a lot to rebuild.

And here's more from Burger:

On Sunday, we're literally putting the big banks on trial. The American public will make the case against the Wall Street greed that caused the economic collapse. On Monday, taxpayers will be holding demonstrations at big banks throughout the city. And, on Tuesday, more than 5,000 taxpayers will march on the ABA conference, demanding that they stop lobbying against financial reform with our tax dollars.

This is going to be the largest protest against big bank greed since the financial crisis first hit. Will you join us?

Those interested in taking part can find the full schedule here and more info on the final day rally here.