At 11:30 pm (EST) he will be appearing on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to talk about his constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s absurd Citizens United decision. His simple point: our democracy is seriously threatened when corporations can spend un[...]
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August 31st, 2011 - 8:59 am § in America
U.S. Government Sues to Block AT&T T-Mobile Merger Lenin made a powerful argument against capitalism. The Russian predicted that corporate self interest would dictate a concewntration of the media … not justn intgo one monoploy but nto an oligopoly of shared interests that would snake de[...]
China: Ai Weiwei tells his tale of two cities, both are Beijing
I am frustrated by the lack of attention by academe to the plight of Ai Weiwei. His courage is shown here by his decision to defy China’s corporate oligarchs by writing while under house arrest. While Ai’s courage is amazing, we should not just blame his fate on China. To a lesser de[...]
The Story of Citizens United: New Video Lays Out the Case
New animated short shows how corporate power has eroded our rights and corrupted our democracy. Animations parody the political process we all know and love. 9-min video goes a long way toward explaining why the people's expressed desires are thwarted over and over by special interests.[...]