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| == Overview ==
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| Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group pursuing the goal of getting corporate money out of politics. We focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but also extend our efforts to nationwide politics. This wiki page serves to collect information and discuss ideas before bringing proposals to Occupy Boston General Assembly. Everything here should be considered a draft, unless conspicuously labeled otherwise. To participate, come to one of our scheduled meetings or comment on the discussion tab for a page. You can also edit a page, but we'd like to know who's involved, so please introduce yourself.
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| *Contact us at [mailto:citizensunited@occupyboston.org citizensunited@occupyboston.org]
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| *Sign up to join our email list by clicking [https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/citizensunited here].
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| *Visit our [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/ website] for a list of [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/groups/national groups], [http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/calendar-of-events events], and actions.
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| == Main Events on January 20-21 ==
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| On the January 20–21 anniversary of the Citizens United decision, a wide coalition of groups will stand together for GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS! Here is a list of events taking place on those dates
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| *'''[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDo0MjlkYmU1NjA0ZDY4Nzk1 January 20 | Occupy the Courts | Federal Courthouse | 12:30pm - 1:30pm] '''
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| *'''[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjYW1wYWlnbmZpbmFuY2VyZWZvcm11c3xneDoxYjg1MjY1OWRjYzFhZjNi January 20 | Operation WOOF | Fan Pier | 1 Courthouse Way, Boston | 12:30pm - 1:30pm]'''
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| *'''[http://www.campaignfinancereform.us/take-action/rally-summit January 20 & 21 | Rally and Summit to Unite Citizens for Democracy | Boston]'''
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| == Organizational Details for Rally/Summit ==
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| == Meetings:<br/> ==
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| === Agenda for Jan 23 Discussion Conference Call at 5:30 pm in E5 (218-844-3377, access code 735433#)<br/> ===
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| Note, it will be impossible to get through all of this. Fortunately, the . Some of it will have to be carried over to a future meeting.
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| '''Congratulate ourselves on being awesome! The event was a huge success. Go around and tell success stories or good things we heard from others.'''
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| '''Do we have email addresses for Ellen Fine, Harmony Wu, and Jess Shuman?'''
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| *We should send out a thank you email to all speakers and breakout leaders and I'm missing those 3 emails. Also, I thought we might tell them about next steps including plans for Feb 28 (?) and the CU Boston Resolution Task Force. Also, some of them have livestreams online. We should ask for people to respond and tell us if they object to this as they weren't told this could happen ahead of time. You can see the livestreams following links on the rally-summit page.
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| '''Talk about what went well and what to improve (or make sure to do) for next time'''
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| *Be prepared on the day of event bringing markers, paper, tape, swiss army knife, ...
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| *Have big signs ready pointing out where meeting is
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| *Figure out what the heck to do about political candidates ''' '''
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| '''Discuss next actions around Feb. 28 hearing for S772. '''
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| *In particular, who will take point on this and how to organize with Sunday Occupy Action meeting
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| '''Mention the CU Task Force for passing a Boston Resolution. '''
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| '''Discuss options for keeping track of members''' (Google group may not be ideal)
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| '''Brainstorm other next activities''' (if time is available).
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| *'''Feb 28! (See above)'''
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| *'''O''''''ne idea is a 6-part-education-series every two months throughout the year'''
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| **''''''Lecture/debate/panel, breakout groups, and end with outline of what we're planning next. We already have established contacts at MIT, Harvard, and Suffolk. There's potential at Northeastern. Community Church was also suggested (other ideas?). While rotating is more work, it gives us access to a wider audience.
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| *'''6-part coalition building meeting '''
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| **''''''On the months when we don't have a series, we could (maybe) try and arrange a coalition exploration meeting, inviting 1-2 members of each group we've engaged.
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| *'''Other Ideas?'''
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| *'''Write Grant Proposal to [http://unitedrepublic.org/grants/ United Republic].'''
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| '''Division of Labor - '''each task below can involve multiple people, but we should start assigning people
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| *'''EVENT JOBS'''
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| **''''''Media (coordinate live streamer, press releases)
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| **Recruiting (OB info tent table and keep track of sign in sheets)
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| **Food
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| **Event coordinator (MC event, make sure things are ok with room and know how to work AV equipment)
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| **Recording - Minute taker and time keeper
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| **...
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| *'''ORGANIZATION'''
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| **''''''Recruiting (maintaining member list(s))
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| **Event planning
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| **Coalition building
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| **Maintaining website
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| **Donations / Grant Writing
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| **...
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| === Minutes from Previous Meetings ===
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0116_ConferenceCall 2012, Jan 16 Rally and Summit Organizational Conference Call]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_2012_0111_Meeting 2012, Jan 11 Rally and Summit Organizational Meeting]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Dec._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Dec 22 CUEPB]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._30_BAAC_Meeting 2011, Nov 30 BAAC]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._22_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 22 CUEPB]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._16_CUEPB_Meeting 2011, Nov 16 CUEPB]
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| *[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Notes_from_Nov._12_Open_Discussion:_SJR29 2011, Nov 12 Open Discussion of Udall Amendment]
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| == Background Information: ==
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| === Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Opinion ===
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| *The minority dissenting opinion quoted at this link gives arguments against the Supreme Court's majority opinion. After a summary, the opinion continues (not quoted here,) describing in detail the laws and rulings related to corporate personhood.
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| *Under U.S. law, a corporation is a "corporate veil," protecting individuals inside a company from being prosecuted for the actions of the business. In 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations are entitled to many rights accorded to citizens, in its decision of ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Rail Road Co.''
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| *In 1907 Congress passed the Tillman Act, prohibiting corporations from donating money directly to national political campaigns. This still holds, but in January 2010 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 (in ''Citizens United v. FEC'') that corporations can spend unlimited amounts on political advertisements as long as they don't directly coordinate that spending with an actual candidate.
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| *The ''Citizens United v. FEC'' decision invalidated protections that had existed in Massachusetts General Law, according to a March, 2010 ruling of the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Many bills are now being introduced in Massachusetts and at the federal level to counteract the wide effects of last year's Supreme Court decision by restricting corporate money from influencing politics.
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| === Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending) ===
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| *Click [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Campaign_Finance_Legislation here] for a list of legislation
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| === Additional Resources ===
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| *[http://www.cfinst.org/data.aspx The Campaign Finance Institute]
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| *[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67460.html How to End Corruption] (according to Jack Abramoff)
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| <br/>[[Category:Working groups|Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)]] <br/> <br/>
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