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Tag Archives: Citizens United
It Didn’t Used To Be Like This: A look back to when a U.S. Senator campaigned on $200 total
It really wasn’t that long ago when campaigns were run without the truly obscene influence of money brought on by the disastrous U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United ruling. We take a look back at the great U.S. Senator Bill Proxmire, who as recently as 1982 (that’s not that long ago) ran his re-election campaign on $200. We don’t have to run our “democracy” as we do today. There are better ways. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy, Fighting Bob LaFollette, Progressive Profiles, Wisconsin Politics
Tagged Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, William Proxmire
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Blue Jeans In High Places: Building A Home For The Politically Homeless
Mike McCabe’s new book, Blue Jeans In High Places: The Coming Makeover Of American Politics, offers ways to break out of the political entrapment of our current two-party system. “I came to the conclusion that this is a moment that cries out for some political game changers.” As he describes, we have one party that’s scary and another that is scared. Read more about the “One Party Movement” as detailed in his new book. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy, Fighting Bob LaFollette, Progressive Profiles, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Wisconsin Politics
Tagged Blue Jeans In High Places, Citizens United, Democray, Fighting Bob La Follette, Mike McCabe, One Party Movement
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Bernie Sanders: His Prophetic Voice Warns of Dangers to Democracy
Senator Bernie Sanders joined Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison to talk about the most important issue facing us today: saving our democracy from the oligarchs who appear poised to buy our government. “There is no end to the amount of money they will spend to create the kind of government and society they want,” Sanders said of the likes of the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy, Democratic Progressive Caucus, Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva
Tagged Bernie Sanders, Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Keith Ellison, Koch Brothers
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January 2013: John Bonifaz
John Bonifaz embodies the spirit of democracy in action. His work with Free Speech For People is helping to pave the way for a 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to turn back the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Citizens United ruling. “This is a non-violent democracy movement that recognizes that despite the odds that are immediately in front of us, that we can and will prevail like people have before us.” Read more in our January Progressive Profile. Continue reading
Posted in Citizens United, Democracy, Progressive Profiles
Tagged Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Free Speech For People, John Bonifaz, This Is What Democracy Looks Like
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September Profile: David Cobb
It was only natural that David Cobb would be one of the leaders/founders of Move To Amend. His work to overturn Citizens United by amending the U.S. Constitution to say corporations are not people and money is not speech is a natural extension of his life dedicated to organizing and activism for social and economic justice. We feature David as our September Progressive Profile. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy, Progressive Profiles, Social Justice
Tagged Citizens United, David Cobb, Green Party, Move To Amend
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Our Movement Moment Of History Is Here: Move To Amend
“We are at a movement moment in history, said David Cobb, National Projects Director of Democracy Unlimited and lead speaker on the Midwest Barnstorming Tour of Move To Amend. Cobb’s stop in Edina, Minnesota, Sunday drew a packed crowd of … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy
Tagged Citizens United, David Cobb, Move To Amend
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July Profile: Wendell Potter
Wendell Potter is one of the few today who have the inside knowledge and understanding of just how the health insurance industry is able to manipulate the messaging and therefore the general public’s lack of understanding to what’s going on within the for-profit health insurance industry. His ‘wisdom voice’ provides great insights for all of us. Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Progressive Profiles, Single Payer-Health Care Reform, Social Justice
Tagged Citizens United, Health care reform, Hope and Change, Progressives, wendell potter
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The Walker Recall: A Win For Democracy And Robert LaFollette
Wisconsin has shown us the way on how to save our democracy with the culmination of the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Long live democracy and the work of Robert LaFollette Continue reading
Posted in Citizens United, Democracy, Fighting Bob LaFollette, Labor, Unions, Wisconsin Politics
Tagged Citizens United, Grassroots Democray, Occupy Wall Street, organized labor, Progressives, Recall Scott Walker, Scott Walker, This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Wisconsin demonstrations, Wisconsin politics, Wisconsin recall elections
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Best of the Best (Quotes) From 2011
The Voice of ‘We The People’ got stronger and stronger in 2011. Take a look at some of the best of the best of our “wisdom voices” that we featured. They will keep you inspired in 2012. Continue reading
Posted in Citizens United, Democracy, Labor, Unions, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Tagged Brad Friedman, Citizens United, Democracy, Free Speech For People, John Bonifaz, Mike McCabe, Parker J. Palmer, Stewart Acuff, We The People
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Too Early To Chill The Champagne? Action to Overturn Citizens United Heats Up
Have you noticed the flurry of activity recently centering on activities to amend the Constitution and overturn the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling? Could this really happen soon? Take a look at all the recent activity. Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Democracy
Tagged Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens United, Free Speech For People, Hope and Change, John Bonifaz, Occupy Wall Street, Progressives, Senator Bernie Sanders
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