Wells Fargo – PCASC

Portland Tax Dollars Supporting Private Prisons; Group Demands Divestment by Pete Shaw

Immigrants Rights, Wells Fargo / By claire

On Tuesday October 15th about 40 people gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on NW Broadway demanding that the City of Portland divest from the for-profit prison industry, and as well that Sheriff Staton drop the ICE Hold on Oregon Dream Activist Manny Perez. The rally, organized by the Portland Private Prison …

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New Issue of PCASC’s La Lucha Solidaria Newsletter!

El Salvador, environment, Events, human rights, Immigrants Rights, Mexico, Militarization, pcasc general, Security/Intelligence, TAKE ACTION, Trade, volunteers, Wells Fargo, worker's rights / By ezln94appo06

PCASC is proud to release our Spring 2013 issue of La Lucha Solidaria!

How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System

Drug War, human rights, Immigrants Rights, Mexico, Militarization, News & Events Archives, Security/Intelligence, Wells Fargo / By Posts

The private prison industry grew quickly thanks in no small part to its close ties to politicians and its ability to take advantage of right-wing trends, starting with the privatization wave in the eighties and on to the politics of crime, terrorism and immigration.

People’s History Tour of Wells Fargo

pcasc general, Wells Fargo / By Posts

PCASC highlights the darker side of Wells Fargo’s history with our own personal tour and art installation at the Wells Fargo Museum in downtown Portland.

Private Prison Companies Profit Off Laws that Define Immigrants as Criminals

human rights, Immigrants Rights, Militarization, Security/Intelligence, Wells Fargo / By ezln94appo06

How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, class, sexual orientation, age or other inherent characteristics is a form of tyranny.

CORRECTION: Wells Fargo Dumps 33% of Geo Group Stock

Wells Fargo / By ezln94appo06

According to SEC filings recently made public (see below), Wells Fargo has divested nearly 75% of their holdings in Geo Group, the nation’s second largest private prison company.

Wells Fargo Makes Bank On The Big House

Leave a Comment / Security/Intelligence, Wells Fargo / By ezln94appo06

A swelling prison population is money in the bank for Wells Fargo, one of the top shareholders in GEO Group, the second largest prison company in the country.

PCASC and Enlace Insist: Wells Fargo, Divest from Private Prison

Leave a Comment / pcasc general, Wells Fargo / By ezln94appo06

On Monday June 25th, community members and activists from the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC) and Enlace organized a city-wide, synchronized letter drop at eight Wells Fargo branches throughout Portland.

May Day Recap (featuring PCASC’s stop at Wells Fargo)

Leave a Comment / Art, environment, Events, Wells Fargo / By ezln94appo06

Mobilizing around Wells Fargo during the main march, the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee targeted Wells Fargo for investing in GEO Group, a private prison corporation.

Occupy Sports: Corporate Tax Dodgerball

Leave a Comment / human rights, Militarization, Wells Fargo, worker's rights / By ezln94appo06

Armed solely with their cunning, chicanery, deceit, campaign donations/bribes, lobbyists, owned representatives at various levels of government, and general sociopathy, a group of corporate CEOs nearly ran the table in the Tax Day Dodgerball Competition this afternoon at Terry Schrunk Plaza.