"Corporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons"

In "Corporate Personhood Cannot Withstand Organized Persons," David Swanson provides a rundown of congressional resolutions and proposed amendments designed to address the Citizens United decision and the power of big money in politics, and picks out the loopholes in some that would allow "business as usual" for deep-pocketed funders. Importantly, he also cites some additional "to-dos"--and the organizations that are working on them--that would make our government truly representative of the popular will. These include a variety of election reforms from same-day voter registration to hand-counted ballots, public funding, and establishing a legal right to vote. Worth reading!

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Today's the day to check out War is a Lie

David Swanson's new book, War is a Lie, is out today and there is a campaign to bump it up the Amazon sales lists to #1.Why not support a worthy author and the common wealth by buying a copy for your local library? You can read all about it at www.warisalie.org.

From the website: War is a Lie is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars, with a focus on those wars that have been most widely defended as just and good. This is a handbook of sorts, a manual to be used in debunking future lies before future wars have a chance to begin.

“David Swanson despises war and lying, and unmasks them both with rare intelligence. I learn something new on every page.” — Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR and author of Cable News Confidential.

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