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Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch? Parts 1 & 2

[youtube=http://youtu.be/6ljSr7cqNKg]  democracynow  Published on May 30, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS broadcast of another film critical of him, "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream," by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney. More

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Robert Jensen on Talking Radical in a Mainstream World

 Click here to see the video. Robert Jensen gives a teach-in on Talking Radical in a Mainstream World for Occupy Austin's Independence Day gathering. Occupy Austin (7/4/12) describes the goal of the gathering: “We are coming together to write a new declaration. A Declaration that reminds us of the uncertain road that those who founded More

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Video> Flashmob: Citizens Unite to Oppose Citizens United (with Marisa Tomei)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzitUSTFRko&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by StopCitizensUnited on Apr 2, 2012 Hundreds of Angelenos unite to oppose "Citizens United vs FEC" - the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations to make unlimited/undisclosed political contributions. Join our call for real campaign finance reform. Please share this video and Like "Stop Citizens United" on fb to help spread the word: http://facebook.com/StopCitizensUnited Join More

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Rob Kall> Is The USA The Only Nation in the World With Corporate Personhood?

Is The USA The Only Nation in the World With Corporate Personhood? By Rob Kall   Posted: 02/ 8/2012    Huffington Post It’s not surprising to learn that no nation on earth enshrines in its constitution the right of corporate personhood. Mila Versteeg, associate law professor at the University of Virginia, is probably the only More

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Video> How to Reverse the Corporate Coup d’Etat> A Conversation with Lawrence Lessig and Chris Hedges

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLFPN-XFGk0&w=560&h=315] How to Reverse the Corporate Coup d’Etat A Conversation With Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig Monday 30 January 2012  TruthOut Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig, Yes! Magazine | Interview and Video  Protesters against Citizens United demonstrate outside the Sacramento Capitol, California, January 21, 2012. (Photo: Public Citizen) "We've undergone a corporate coup d'etat in slow motion. More

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Video> Democracy Now> As States Take on Citizens United, Lawrence Lessig Offers Bold Plan to Get Money Out of Politics

As States Take on Citizens United, Lawrence Lessig Offers Bold Plan to Get Money Out of Politics January 4, 2012    Democracy Now   Amy Goodman    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4XLW7SCD4o&w=560&h=315] California and New York City lawmakers are introducing measures today calling for a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United, the controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling that characterizes More

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Video> Thom Hartmann> David Cobb – ‘Citizens united’ Doesn’t Fly in Big Sky State

David Cobb - 'Citizens united' Doesn't Fly in Big Sky State [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5CuvMNFnsc&w=420&h=315] Thom Hartmann talks with David Cobb, Spokesperson-Move to Amend / Attorney / National Projects Director-Democracy Unlimited, about Montana's Supreme Court issuing a stunning rebuke to the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 that infamously decreed corporations had constitutional rights to More

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How the Oligarchs Took America by Andy Kroll

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, How the Oligarchs Took America Posted by Andy Kroll    December 2, 2010.  (Editor’s note:  An older article, but still applicable now.) Tomgram:  We already know that it’s party time for the financial elite who gave real meaning to the phrase “economic meltdown” in 2008, that bonuses are soaring, that corporate profits for the third quarter of 2010 More

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