Tag Archives: Citizens United

A History Lesson You Won’t Learn From the Corporate Media

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Published on Friday, November 4, 2011 by The Nation How Wall Street Occupied America By Bill Moyers This article is adapted from a speech Bill Moyers gave in October at Public Citizen’s 40th Anniversary Gala.    . During the prairie revolt … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Issue?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

A simple but powerful animated video explaining how corporations have hijacked American democracy, and what can be done to restore it. from storyofstuff.org/citizensunited/

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Why the Wall Street Protestors Can’t Quit

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The Wall Street protests must grow and spread across this country because they are the only realistic hope for change remaining for the 99% of Americans falling behind in this broken economy.                   … Continue reading →

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{Special Report} HOPE AT LAST? THE PATH OUT OF THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

I know I don’t have to tell you that the United States of America economically and politically has been heading downhill for several decades. Anyone who has paid attention knows it and it is beyond denying.  The promise of a … Continue reading →

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BPR Question of the Day: Are Poor Americans People?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The historic, anti-democratic Citizens United Supreme Court ruling in 2010 allowed corporations and the wealthy to give unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. The decision was based on two controversial legal theories: corporations are people, and money is equivalent … Continue reading →

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A Republican Sweep in 2012?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Significant trends point to a Republican Party  sweep of the 2012 elections, bringing with it the most right-wing government in American history. Just as Scott Brown’s upset win in the January 2010 Massachusetts Senate special election foretold the decisive GOP … Continue reading →

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THE WAR BETWEEN THE CLASSES: America’s Second Civil War

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class that’s making war, and we’re winning.”   — Warren Buffett It’s hard to pinpoint when the first shot in America’s Second Civil War was fired. People willing to go … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting Democracy

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Citizens United, the horrendous 2010 Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections crushed what was left of democracy in America. The amount of money that poured in to the 2010 midterm elections, as … Continue reading →

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Democracy R.I.P.

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Thom Hartmann echoes what I’ve been writing, the 2010 Citizens United decision of the conservative Supreme Court has destroyed what was left of our democracy. Hartmann is more generous in saying we are a just a few years from being … Continue reading →

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Bad News From the Badger State

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The failure of Democrats to pick up more than two of the six state senate seats in Wisconsin is immensely discouraging.  As I wrote yesterday: “If the huge amounts of campaign money sent in to sabotage the recall effort can … Continue reading →

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