Over 1,000 people protested at the Bank of America’s annual shareholders meeting Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, challenging the mega-banks practices on foreclosures and its support for the dirty coal industry. Six people were arrested. The protest is one of a series of actions at the headquarters of major corporations organized by a coalition of unions, community organizing groups, faith-based organizations, and others, catalyzed by the changing public mood created by the Occupy Wall Street movement. Read Amy Goodman’s article in Truthdig about the BofA protest and the wider movement of which it is a part – and which is gaining momentum.
