Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Story of Human Rights

Human Rights Video Education

Take Back the Land- Movement

Housing is a Human Right

The Take Back the Land- Movement advances the cause of the human right to housing through "positive action" campaigns.


Take Back the Land on CNN 12-06-08
Max Rameau of Take Back the Land talks to Richard Lui of CNN about Liberating foreclosed homes by moving in homeless families.


Take Back the Land and Max Rameau are featured on Democracy NOW! with Amy Goodman.

Mortgage paperwork mess: Next housing shock?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/01/60minutes/main20049646.shtml


As more and more Americans face mortgage foreclosure, banks' crucial ownership documents for the properties are often unclear and are sometimes even bogus, a condition that's causing lawsuits and hampering an already weak housing market. Scott Pelley reports.



Do you know who really owns your mortgage? As Scott Pelley reports on "60 Minutes" this week, that question has become a nightmare for many homeowners since the invention of mortgage-backed securities. Yes, those were the exotic investments that sparked the financial collapse in this country. And the're still causing problems.



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The next housing shock

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Extra: "Save the Dream" events
Bruce Marks, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America talks to Scott Pelley about his "Save the Dream" events and how foreclosures are causing a crisis in America.


Extra: Eviction reprieve
Florida residents AJ and Brenda Boyd spent more than a year trying to renegotiate their mortgage and save their home. At the last moment, questions about who owns their mortgage saved them from eviction



The foreclosure mess isn’t going away


Take Back the Land- Rochester engages in an eviction defense of the Lennon-Griffin family home. Rochester, NY sends 25 police cars, including the SWAT team, to execute the eviction.

6 Take Back the Land- Rochester members are arrested, as is an elderly neighbor who dared complain about the police overkill

Monday, April 4, 2011

Which Markets Will Emerge?

Parag Khanna, Dambisa Moyo, Daniel Altman and Anand Giridharadas discuss which countries have reached the same stage of advanced economic development as the Big Four-Brazil, Russia, India and China.




Friday, April 1, 2011

An Irishman abroad tells it like it is !!

We at xfm Dublin, Ireland, WANT this man to return home and run the country :-) Even if this man was in a fucking coma, he could do a better job than Fianna Fail and their wanker banker and developer mates. It will be a cold day in Hell, when another Banker / Builder / Property Developer / Speculator or 'Fianna Failure Lizard' wipes the eye of the Irish People. They should stick to shovelling shit ! That is what they are used to, that's what they are good at