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</span><div class="gmail_quote"><br><b style="font-weight:normal"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">It’s finally time to talk about an exciting new initiative from Strike Debt, called</span><a href="http://www.rollingjubilee.org/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The Rolling Jubilee”</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">. The Rolling Jubilee is</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> a bailout of the people by the people - we buy defaulted debt for pennies on the dollar, but instead of collecting it, we abolish it. </span></b><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial">We're writing to ask the </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial">national Occupy network</span><span style="font-weight:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial"> for help to spread the word about it's launch. Using social media, we hope to harness the collective voice of Occupies against the predatory debt industry, in the same way that the StopKony campaign marshaled southern churches against an African warlord. </span></b><div>
<b style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></font></b></div><div><b style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="Arial" style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap">Here's are the details.<br>
</span></font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">THE PEOPLE’S BAILOUT</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Our launch will be on November 15th, with a</span><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jeff-mangum-plans-occupy-wall-street-fundraiser-20121024" style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"telethon" called THE PEOPLE'S BAILOUT</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. There will be roughly three hours of music, comedy, education, magic. Confirmed guests include: comedian Janeane Garofalo, Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, actor/director John Cameron Mitchell, Hari Kondabolu, David Rees, Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, and more. The telethon will be at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and will be streamed live at</span><a href="http://www.rollingjubilee.org/" style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.rollingjubilee.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. Tickets will go on sale on November 2nd at 10am.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Our goal is to raise $50,000, which will allow us to abolish more than $1,000,000 dollars worth of medical debt. 100% of the funds go to buying debt. If we raise more, we’ll buy more debt. Donations can be made online at</span><a href="http://www.rollingjubilee.org/" style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rollingjubilee.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">HOW YOU CAN HELP</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">We're hoping you can help us spread the word about our launch via social media. We can't afford billboards or TV ads (especially during election season!) but we can harness our global people power network to spread the word about the Rolling Jubilee. Let’s get the message out far and wide. Here’s how:</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">RIGHT NOW</span><br>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The most important thing right now is to help us build the network for our big push days. There are a few simple things you can do, that will take just a few minutes:</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">1. Forward this message to your friends and family.</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">2. Like our Facebook page: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RollingJubilee?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.facebook.com/RollingJubilee?fref=ts</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> and share the event page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/394920527248194/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.facebook.com/events/394920527248194/</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;text-indent:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">3. Follow @StrikeDebt on Twitter.</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">4. Post and tweet using the hashtags #PeoplesBailout and #RollingJubilee, referring to our website (</span><a href="http://www.rollingjubilee.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.rollingjubilee.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">) and twitter handle (@StrikeDebt). </span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Some sample posts can be found here: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/RJSampleTweets" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/RJSampleTweets</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Feel free to copy-and-paste those, or make your own!</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">5. Donate your Twitter or Facebook account for one daily re-post or re-tweet:</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://donateyouraccount.com/StrikeDebt" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://donateyouraccount.com/StrikeDebt</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. This is a safe and easy way to help us keep spreading the message.</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">HELP US PROMOTE ON NOVEMBER 8TH and 15TH</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><br>
<div style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">We’re going to try two big coordinated social media pushes to promote #PeoplesBailout: one when our donation site opens, and the other on the day of the telethon itself. In order to maximize the impact of a sudden spike in social media buzz, we won’t announce the details of the campaign content until the day before the push. WE NEED </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"><i>YOU</i></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> TO MAKE THIS WORK. To get the latest on our campaigns, sign up for our </span><a href="http://www.rollingjubilee.org/" style="font-style:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">announcement list</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">, or follow @StrikeDebt on Twitter. Or just reply to this email and let me know you can help out with the big push, and I’ll put you on my private list.</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">HOST A VIEWING PARTY FOR THE TELETHON</span><br>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;margin-left:36pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Invite your friends over to watch the telethon on the HQ stream. Direct everyone to send donations via the website: </span><a href="http://rollingjubilee.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://rollingjubilee.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. If you’d like tips about how to do this effectively, email </span><a href="mailto:rollingjubilee@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rollingjubilee@gmail.com</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> for more information, or get on </span><a href="http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/G4GWX72KCWJ8OP0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">our weekly InterOccupy conference call</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">, Thursdays at 8:30pm.</span></div>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Please forward this request to all of your friends and family you think would be interested.</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">We're happy to answer any questions you have about the Rolling Jubilee. Just email </span><a href="mailto:rollingjubilee@gmail.com" style="font-style:normal" target="_blank">rollingjubilee@gmail.com</a>.<br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Three out of four Americans are in debt, many of whom are in default or nearing it. </span><a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/02/matt-stoller-towards-a-creditor-state-%E2%80%93-one-in-seven-americans-pursued-by-debt-collectors.html" style="font-style:normal;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One in seven are already being pursued by debt collectors</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">. People shouldn’t have to be forever haunted by debt that they accrued for an education, because they needed medical care, or because they had to put food on the table during hard times. No politician is going to fix this. Millions of people will be excited to hear that something is finally being done. </span></b></div>
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</span></b></div><div><b style="line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;font-variant:normal;text-transform:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Thanks for your help!</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></font><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">~ Strike Debt / Rolling Jubilee</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PS - To head off one common question, we cannot buy specific individual's debt - instead, we help liberate debtors at random through a campaign of mutual support, good will, and collective refusal.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> As a trial run, we spent $466 and successfully bought and abolished $14,000 of medical debt. </span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Here are some articles about Strike Debt and The People’s Bailout:</span><br>
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jeff-mangum-plans-occupy-wall-street-fundraiser-20121024" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jeff-mangum-plans-occupy-wall-street-fundraiser-20121024</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jeff-mangum-plans-occupy-wall-street-fundraiser-20121024" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/48326-jeff-mangum-members-of-sonic-youth-fugazi-tv-on-the-radio-to-perform-at-occupy-wall-street-telethon/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://pitchfork.com/news/48326-jeff-mangum-members-of-sonic-youth-fugazi-tv-on-the-radio-to-perform-at-occupy-wall-street-telethon/</span></a><br>
<a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/48326-jeff-mangum-members-of-sonic-youth-fugazi-tv-on-the-radio-to-perform-at-occupy-wall-street-telethon/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/27/occupy-movement-rallies-for-debt-strike-worldwide/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/27/occupy-movement-rallies-for-debt-strike-worldwide/</span></a><br>
<a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/10/27/occupy-movement-rallies-for-debt-strike-worldwide/" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/ows-debtors-coming-out-first-step-toward-resistance" style="font-family:Times;font-size:medium;white-space:normal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/ows-debtors-coming-out-first-step-toward-resistance</span></a></b></div>
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