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Inspired by the Showdown in Chicago last fall, liberal activists from Iowa are looking to an untapped source for plugging their state's budget hole: big banks and corporate giants.

Besides the fight over health care reform and the escalation of the
war in Afghanistan, no issue in Washington has generated as much
attention as financial reform.
Just last week, the House approved a major bill -- against the wishes
of the powerful financial services and ...

Last week at this time, thousands of outraged taxpayers and activists were taking to the streets to protest the banking industry's destruction of the economy and obstruction of much-needed financial regulatory reform.  Whether you missed the action or were in the thick of it, ...

A good deal of our coverage of the Showdown in Chicago has focused on the folks behind the microphones -- nation figures like Dick Durbin, Anna Burger, Richard Trumka, Andy Stern, and Sheila Bair, as well as local leaders such as Tom Balanoff, Rev. Tony Pierce, and Denise Dixon...

Earlier we covered the large march that started the third and final day of the Showdown in Chicago (catch up on days one and two here).  After making their way across the Chicago River, the thousands of protestors congregated in front of the Sheraton Hotel (home to the ...

Today marks the final day of the Showdown in Chicago and it began with a huge march across the Chicago River to the downtown Sheraton, home to the American Bankers Association's annual conference.  As of 11 a.m., thousands of participants were streaming up to the hotel, where ...

After actions at the local headquarters of Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo, the Showdown in Chicagocontinued this afternoon outside the downtown Sheraton, where theAmerican Bankers Association is holding its annual conference. At theevent, we talked to numerous ...

The Showdown in Chicago continues ... Via SEIU and National People's Action, here's some great video of a surprise rally that followed the Goldman Sachs protest we highlighted earlier.  Many of those same demonstrators headed over to Wells Fargo's office building and gathered ...

This morning marked the second day of the Showdown in Chicago.  It started with a speech by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) chair Sheila Bair, who strongly expressed her support for the formation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (she is also scheduled to ...

Yesterday marked the kick-off of the Showdown in Chicago, three days of actions countering the American Bankers Association's annual conference here in the Windy City.  Nearly a thousand activists and mobilized taxpayers from across the state and country arrived in buses and ...