Major legislation to counter Citizens United / Big Money in elections
Political life in the US is being distorted by the hidden big money interventions enabled by the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens …
Must-read article on approaches to money in politics
The debate over corporate power and money in politics is beginning to generate some significant light – good analysis, integral thinking, creativity – as well as heat – passion, slogans, quick response. If both of these forces of nature can synerg…
Can Congress overturn Citizens United without addressing corporate personhood?
This is a critical development: See http://bit.ly/xiMvYM. This article claims that Citizens United and other such recent decisions were NOT, in fact, based on a corporate personhood argument (see the pretty decisive excerpts below and other excerp…
Exploring #Occupy 2.0 – Part 4 – Model Community Bill of Rights and the Simultaneous Policy
Here is another example of the potential of the Occupy movement. A major focus of Occupy is the need to radically reduce the toxic impact of corporations in our society and on our shared environment. Although corporations have a very valuable role…
Corporate election financing is more about power than free speech
The ACLU is considering reversing its support of the Supreme Court Ruling allowing unlimited campaign contributions by corporations. It has long maintained that government regulation of campaign contributions violates the free speech guarantees of…
Democracy in Crisis: Breakdown and Breakthrough
I’ll talk about democracy in a minute. But first a note about crises and evolution.Evolutionary science tells us that crises and catastrophes are cauldrons of co-creativity, generating new forms.Perhaps the most dramatic example is how the 70 heav…