Another related tactic of civil disobedience is the Sit-in, which Wikipedia says Mohandas Gandhi may have borrowed from the Indian principle of Dharma where a person fasted outside the home of someone who owed them a debt.
While the Occupy movement has generally chosen to demonstrate in public spaces, the Sit-in tactic has often been employed in semi-public spaces (segregated restaurants in the past, but banks might be ideal today). Individuals across the country might consider employing other tactics in conjunction and support of the ongoing Occupy efforts.
Bailouts:
- 1970 – Penn Central Railroad
- 1971 – Lockheed Corporation
- 1980 – Chrysler Corporation
- 1984 – Continental Illinois[3]
- 1991 – Executive Life Insurance Company, by states assessing other insurers
- 1998 – Long-Term Capital Management, by banks and investment houses, not government (see LTCM page).
- 2003 – Parmalat
- 2008 – The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.
- 2008 – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
- 2008 – The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. bailed out by the federal government and Berkshire Hathaway
- 2008 – Morgan Stanley bailed out by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
- 2008-2009 – American International Group, Inc. multiple times
- 2008 – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008[15]
- 2008 – 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package
- 2008 – Citigroup Inc.
- 2008 – General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC– though not technically a bailout, a bridge loan was given to the auto manufacturers by the U.S. government, this is referred to by most as a bailout
- 2009 – Bank of America to help it absorb known losses that were much greater than revealed to shareholders incurred by its buyout of Merrill Lynch
- 2009 – CIT Group $3 billion by its bondholders in a failed attempt to avoid a bankruptcy. This bailout only delayed the bankruptcy.
- 2009 – Dubai and Dubai World bailed out by Abu Dhabi