I have become, sort of, a single-issue voter. In this case the single issue encompasses most everyones main issue(s). I don't think we can get the political power, the judicial power, and the financial power we need until "Citizens United" is rejected. This one, single issue, plays the prominent role in the living wage issue and the environmental issues of fracking, global climate change, sulfide mining, and tar sands refining. The concentration of power into the hands of the agricultural biotechnological, the big oil and energy, pharmaceutical and medical, financial and big banks, and the military industrial complexes, conglomerates, and mega-world corporations, has removed the power from the people. We no longer live in a democracy, nor a representative republic, but we have moved to a "corporatocracy". The biggest impact is probably in the area concerning all of the money that corporations are using to control elections and to control the way we think.
The ability of mega-world corporations to elect who they want, and pass the laws that they want, when they want, has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly since the "Citizens United" Supreme Court ruling of 2010. Move To Amend can be the connection we can all share to move our particular causes forward and get the power back to "We The People……". This is our Duluth Area Move To Amend Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/DuluthAreaMTA/?ref=notif¬if_t=group_r2j
I know...the Academy Awards, and the Oscars, are important too........but you don't get to vote on those! We can highlight at least one Mega-World Corporation even though all of them focus only on profiting from the labors of their workers at a level never seen before, receiving tax breaks from all of us, and are storing those profits in off shore banks that are nothing like your local credit union. That money just gets taken out of our economy!
http://act.stopcorporateabuse.org/content_item/corporate-hall-shame-2013?tag=Koch
This is a good example of how we can work together with people who have similar goals, although we may disagree on how to achieve those goals. Please put this on your calendar and pass the word!
First United Methodist Church, Duluth (The Coppertop)
230 East Skyline Parkway, Duluth, Minnesota 55811
DESCRIPTION OF FORUM
On Saturday, January 11th, we are hosting a forum in Duluth
to explore how we can build a powerful, progressive, electoral
coalition -- powerful enough to make progressives a significant player
on the U.S. political scene at local, state, and federal levels.
This will be a "participatory" forum -- where you and other audience
members will engage with the panelists in forging strategies and
commitment for building such a progressive coalition.
The panelists will propose how we can do this organizing around
three "bread and butter" issues: 1) living wage/minimum wage;
2) single payer health care, and 3) full employment. We want you
as an audience member to contribute to this discussion.
Please come and share your thoughts.
Join us: Saturday, January 11th, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
"Copper Top" Methodist Church at Skyline and Central Entrance
Lower Level. There is ample parking.
Co-sponsoring organizations include the Duluth Move To Amend chapter, and the Twin Ports MoveOn Local Council.
Vern Simula 218-591-5722
Virg Boehland
President - Duluth Area Move To Amend
218-260-0784
First United Methodist Church, Duluth (The Coppertop)
230 East Skyline Parkway, Duluth, Minnesota 55811
DESCRIPTION OF FORUM
On Saturday, January 11th, we are hosting a forum in Duluth
to explore how we can build a powerful, progressive, electoral
coalition -- powerful enough to make progressives a significant player
on the U.S. political scene at local, state, and federal levels.
This will be a "participatory" forum -- where you and other audience
members will engage with the panelists in forging strategies and
commitment for building such a progressive coalition.
The panelists will propose how we can do this organizing around
three "bread and butter" issues: 1) living wage/minimum wage;
2) single payer health care, and 3) full employment. We want you
as an audience member to contribute to this discussion.
Please come and share your thoughts.
Join us: Saturday, January 11th, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
"Copper Top" Methodist Church at Skyline and Central Entrance
Lower Level. There is ample parking.
Co-sponsoring organizations include the Duluth Move To Amend chapter, and the Twin Ports MoveOn Local Council.
Vern Simula 218-591-5722
Virg Boehland
President - Duluth Area Move To Amend
218-260-0784
