First is a reaction to the Obama Administration's decision to tax some of the banks that had fed at the public trough a year ago.  Some feel Obama is missing a chance to put the squeeze on these folks, and taking matters into their own hands (by using their feet) are committed to moving their money to local banks and community credit unions.  The founder of this action made the case this morning on Joy Cardine's WPR program, also via Huffington Post and at their website.

Below is another important view--the video presents (at about 5 minutes) a woman recounting her family's bank that was bought (after the father was fired) because they were running it ethically and had quality assets. This suggests a strong case for credit unions, that stay local and are owned by depositors. 

The commentary in the video is provided by Slavoj Zizek, who is not someone to agree with all the time, but he will make you think...

The whole 6-part series with Zizek is presented on Mariborchan website and it loads all the eight minute sections automatically.

And finally Jay Smooth speaking in an inspired and surprising way on Haiti--a country in need of so much from the world right now....