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http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/citizens-united-2012 January 21 is the second anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, "Citizens United v. Federal E...
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Citizens Concerned about the proposed Penokee Mine
Citizens Concerned about the proposed Penokee Mine
Crowd gathers before public hearing on mining in Hurley 1/11/12 www.youtube.com
Hundreds of people from around the state came to Hurley on January 11th to participate in the public hearing on AB 426. The hearing room wasn't large enough ...
markcrispinmiller.com/2012/01/um-should-we-challenge-lies-by-top-newsmakers-asks-nytimes-public-editor-and-readers
http://markcrispinmiller.com/2012/01/um-should-we-challenge-lies-by-top-newsmakers-asks-nytimes-public-editor-and-readers-rightly-jump-all-over-him/?utm_source=feedburner&
“Um, should we challenge lies by top newsmakers?” asks NYTimes public editor, and readers—rightly—jump all over him
Filmmaker Seeks Support for "Wisconsin Rising" Film | Center for Media and Democracy
Filmmaker Seeks Support for "Wisconsin Rising" Film | Center for Media and Democracy
Sam Mayfield
Hundreds of thousands surrounded the Wisconsin State Capitol building a year ago in response and protest of Governor Scott Walker's radical agenda, including his proposed "budget repair bill" to balance the budget on the back of state workers. There to document history in the making, was independent filmmaker Sam Mayfield from Burlington, Vermont. Sam was seen everywhere with her high definition camcorder, at Walker press conferences and climbing though Capitol windows with protesters. In the many months she was in Wisconsin, she obtained hundreds of hours of footage -- often at moments when hers was the only camera present. Among her hundreds of interviews with newsmakers and protesters, the Center for Media and Democracy's Mary Bottari was interviewed for the project on the role that ALEC played in shaping the Walker agenda. "People really need to pay attention to this and start bird-dogging these institutions, these legislators and these corporations and taking back their democracy," Bottari said of ALEC. Read More Here | Center for Media and Democracy
Sam MayfieldHundreds of thousands surrounded the Wisconsin State Capitol building a year ago in response and protest of Governor Scott Walker's radical agenda, including his proposed "budget repair bill" to balance the budget on the back of state workers. There to document history in the making, was independent filmmaker Sam Mayfield from Burlington, Vermont. Sam was seen everywhere with her high definition camcorder, at Walker press conferences and climbing though Capitol windows with protesters. In the many months she was in Wisconsin, she obtained hundreds of hours of footage -- often at moments when hers was the only camera present. Among her hundreds of interviews with newsmakers and protesters, the Center for Media and Democracy's Mary Bottari was interviewed for the project on the role that ALEC played in shaping the Walker agenda. "People really need to pay attention to this and start bird-dogging these institutions, these legislators and these corporations and taking back their democracy," Bottari said of ALEC. Read More Here | Center for Media and Democracy
The Sarcastic Liberal: Progressive and Abrasive: What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
The Sarcastic Liberal: Progressive and Abrasive: What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
In their mission statement, ALEC states their core values as “Limited Government”, “Free Markets” and “Federalism”. In order to advocate for its values, ALEC has nine task forces that cover virtually every segment of policy in government. The ALEC task forces consist of industry experts, policy analysts and corporate interests and their goal is to write “model legislation” to present to sitting politicians in the legislature. Read More Here | The Sarcastic Liberal:
What is ALEC? (and why it should scare you)
What Is ALEC?
By Josh Sager
The American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC, is a politically involved non-profit group funded by some of the largest corporations in our country. ALEC's diverse corporate donor list includes large petrochemical companies, such as Koch Industries, and pharmaceutical companies, such as Pfizer. The purpose of ALEC is to give the donor corporations direct input into the lawmaking process, through drafting and suggesting laws to be passed by lawmakers. Recent legislative efforts to repeal labor and environmental regulations as well as privatization of public goods have been traced back to ALEC for their origin.
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