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Publications & Talks VIDEO: March to Overrule the Court(February 16, 2010)This video footage is from the March to Overrule the Court, a protest march that occurred on February 16, 2010, from the State Capitol Building to the federal courthouse in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. John Bonifaz and Laura Flanders on the Corporate Supreme Court(April 15, 2010)GRIT tv host Laura Flanders takes up the topic of the Supreme Court, corporate power, and the Citizens United ruling. Guest John Bonifaz, the director of Free Speech for People discusses the results we're already seeing from that ruling, how it impacts corporations, unions, and real flesh-and-blood people, (including how it has already impacted our thinking) and what needs to be done. Bonifaz explains how we can amend the Constitution to reclaim our first amendment, and the kind of popular movement that will be required to do it. He describes what people are doing at the local level in their free time to advance this agenda. (Discussion begins at 10:22) Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform introduce new film on 1901 constitutional convention(February 28, 2010)Open Secret is a filmed re-enactment of Alabama's 1901 constitutional convention, which produced the constitution which Alabama currently operates under. Delegates to the convention openly discussed ways to disenfranchise black and poor white voters, and dismiss women's right to vote. FRIEDMAN: Democracy's Gold Standard(September 14, 2009)VIDEO: Manski, Farsetta, Alexander Gray on Extending Democracy(May 1, 2009)Progressive Magazine's Panel Discussion: EXTENDING DEMOCRACY Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution La FOLLETTE: July 4, 1897 on the Dangers Threatening Representative GovernmentConsidered among the several most significant speeches of the great radical reformer, Fighting Bob La Follette, we offer these excerpts to you 112 years later. Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States." NICHOLS: Special Report on the 2008 Elections(November 5, 2008)"A great democracy that is home to a very busy people ought not ask citizens to wait up to eight hours to cast their ballots, But that is precisely what America has done during the course of this most volatile and critical of election seasons." MANSKI: The New U.S. Democracy Movement(October 9, 2008)If the people are generally progressive, and the system is the problem, then a movement to establish rule by the people – a democracy movement – could be the solution. Measure T Bans Corporate Campaign Financing(September 3, 2007)The Fall 2007 issue of Yes Magazine features an article by Liberty Tree Fellow Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap. Kaitlin writes about Measure T, the groundbreaking campaign passed in Humboldt County, California that bans outside corporate money in elections and challenges the doctrine of corporate constitutional rights. Advancement Project: Several Battleground States Not Prepared for Voter Turnout(October 9, 2008)A look at the Advancement Project report that lies as the imputes for our recent Action Alert on polling place capacity. Brennan Center for Justice: Voter Purges(September 30, 2008)Making Voting Work: An Analysis of Military and Overseas Citzen Voting(September 15, 2008)The Pew Center on the States launched their Making Voting Work project after the 2006 elections in an effort to look into the extensive controversies regarding voting irregularities. The project has released several informative publications, usually a little cautious in their proposed reforms, but always comprehensive in data presentation. Liberty Tree Panel at Claim Democracy ConferencePanel Discussion with Liberty Tree's Patrick Barrett, David Cobb and Brandon Lacy Campos on Democratizing Elections The 2006 Mid-term Elections: Change or Continuity?But how significant is this change? Have the results confirmed that a major realignment has occurred, and that momentous change is in on the way? And, perhaps even more fundamentally, is this election a demonstration of the power of voters, and a clear reflection of their true concerns and aspirations? |
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