Frances Moore Lappé: Why I’m Facing Arrest to Get Money Out of Politics

To raise awareness about the corruption of our political system, thousands have pledged to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience during Democracy Spring, happening April 2-11 between Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

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The Graveyard of the Elites

The revolt may be right-wing, it may have heavy overtones of fascism, it may cement into place a frightening police state. But that a revolt is coming is incontrovertible. The absurdity of the election proves it.

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Merchandised Consumer Democracy: The Cause of the Economic Cancer in the United States

A socially democratic citizens’ revolution to secure a new and just government and economy is an immediate necessity.

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Republicrat Cartel: America's Two Major Parties And the Chokehold On Democracy

The two dominant machines steering the U.S. electorate have consistently diminished the potential for a freer America – forming a political cartel with the purpose of maintaining concentrated power and restricting or repressing competition.

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Thomas Piketty On the Rise of Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Enters A New Political Era

The Vermont senator’s success demonstrates the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan in the 1980 elections.

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Purchasing A President: Nearing $1 Billion, White House Race Eclipses Anything Previous

The presidential campaign is now a super PAC-fueled arms race where almost everyone has a money bomb – half the cash raised so far came from those groups, which have no contribution limits.

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Trade Groups to Top Corporations: Resist Political Disclosure

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which spent $35 million on the 2014 midterm elections, "has a deep investment in secrecy," says Bruce Freed, president of the Center for Political Accountability.

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Citizens United Anniversary: How Anthony Kennedy Turned American Democracy Into an "Open Sewer"

Once billed as a “moderate conservative,” Kennedy is a libertarian former corporate attorney from Sacramento who toiled in his father’s scandal-ridden lobbying law firm “influencing” California legislators before Ronald Reagan helped him reach the bench.

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Nader: The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections

You outnumber the politicos and their entourages everywhere – yet you are the ones who keep paying the price for letting politics remain a deadly form of distracting entertainment with a media obsessed with the horse race rather than the human race.

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Wealthy Cabals Run America: This Is What Our Democracy Looks Like

Oligarchs aren’t even trying to hide their influence any more, as groups of millionaires determine education policy, communications policy, agriculture policy, monetary policy, and whatever other policy you can think of.

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