Fight Back! News reports on people's victory in New Jersey where, through coordinated popular mobilizations and legal action, sufficient pressure was put on the state government and the bank that the bank finally conceded that it did not own the mortgage and that its default foreclosure was illegitimate and should not go forward. See http://www.fightbacknews.org/2012/5/11/people-s-power-nabs-banksters-their-attempted-nj-home-heist.
This is some truly inspiring organizing and one hopes to see more of it in this economy. During the Great Depression, of course, we had troops of armed farmers showing up at Sheriff's sales and ensuring that nobody bid against the current owner, or showing up at evictions and moving the evictee's stuff back into their house. Illegitimate bank action brought, in response, sharp community solidarity. There is some of this out there today. We need more.
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