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Posted Sat Mar 5 2011: from The Nation:
The Story of 'Citizens United' vs. the FEC http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1299339111
This is the best short history of the growth of corporate power I've ever read, heard or seen. It's also a primer on exactly why the Supreme Court's closely divided Citizens United decision is incompatible with basic notions of democratic governance. Created by the good folks at The Story of Stuff project, founded by Annie Leonard to creatively amplify public discourse on environmental, social and economic concerns, The Story of Citizens United v FEC explores the crisis in American democracy sparked by the Court decision that gave corporations the right to spend unlimited funds to influence elections... The ultimate solution is the Free Speech for People Amendment to the US Constitution. Corporations are not people, they do not vote, and they should not be able to influence election outcomes.
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Annie Leonard has done it again; through plain speak and simple animation, she tells the key story of our time, and creates a glimpse of the path necessary to take our planet back from destructive consumerism.

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