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Monthly Archives: April 2012
At the Conventions with Coffee Party Austin
On April 21st Coffee Party Austin invested in our mission to reach out to a broader audience by renting and staffing information tables at the Travis County Democratic and Republican Conventions. Special thanks to Gaye Kopas, Joanne Richards, Stewart Snider, … Continue reading
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Ending Corporate Rule with 9 Strategies
In the latest issue of Yes! Doug Pibel, its managing editor, wrote “9 Best Strategies to End Corporate Rule” to put people back in charge. Here are his 9 strategies: Amend the constitution to end corporate personhood. Dive into grassroots campaigns. … Continue reading
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Anti-immigrant Law Pushed by Private Prison Industry
In a stunning article in In These Times on “Corporate Con Game: How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law”, Beau Hodai shines a bright light on the behind-the-scenes effort to write and pass Arizona’s S.B. 1070 – … Continue reading
Taking Back Our Republic
TAKING BACK OUR REPUBLIC Pizza and PRICELE$$ View PRICELE$$, a new 25-minute documentary on the effect of money in politics. For a 4-minute trailer of the film, click here. Local activists to give more information on the subject, and Discussion … Continue reading
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“Take the Money and Run For Office”
NPR’s Planet Money has teamed up again with WBEZ’s This American Life to produce an extraordinary audio show on money in politics. Perhaps you heard the show when it was aired by KUT last Sunday. If you missed it, or … Continue reading
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Report from Americans Elect panel discussion
In late February, representatives from AMERICANS•ELECT 2012 held a presentation at the LBJ Auditorium. This organization is touting a new way to nominate the president, so we see it as a potentially important political development. In mid-February, we sent our … Continue reading
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Lessig: Overturning Citizens United Necessary But Not Sufficient
Lawrence Lessig’s open letter to the citizens against Citizens United v. FEC gives ample credit to groups such as MovetoAmend.org, Public Citizen, the Coffee Party, United Republic, and Common Cause for pushing to get cities and towns to pass resolutions demanding that … Continue reading
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