Online Petition to “Put Bankers Behind Bars”

Posted by clnews _Featured_, Awake and Aware Saturday, July 14th, 2012

(Avaaz.org) Big banks have been caught in a massive scam to rig global interest rates, ripping off millions of people on their mortgages, student loans and more! (See “Sex, Lies, and Interest Rates: LIBOR Round-Up.“)  We’d go to jail for this, but Barclays bank has only been fined, and just a fraction of their profits! Outrage is mounting — this is our chance to finally turn the tide of the banks’ reign over our democracies.

The EU finance regulator, Michel Barnier is standing up to the powerful bank lobby and championing reform that would put bankers behind bars for fraud like this. If the EU goes first, accountability could quickly spread across the globe. But the banks are lobbying hard against it, and we need a massive surge of people power to drive these reforms through.

If we can get 1 million people to stand with Barnier in the next few days, it will give him momentum to face down the banking lobby and push governments to bring reform. Sign the petition, and our growing numbers will be represented by adding mock bankers to a jail right in front of the EU Parliament.

Click here to sign the online petition at Avaaz.org.