Citizens United to End Political Bribery (Working Group)
Citizens United to End Political Bribery (CUEPB) is a Working Group formed to pursue goals related to getting corporate money out of politics. We will focus on realistic actions in Massachusetts, but will also extend our efforts to nationwide politics when we can. This wiki page and its subsidiary pages will be our place 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 somewhere in some fashion.
Meetings:
Next Meeting will be: TBD
Next Steps Agreed on:
Gather interested people - People are invited to participate here and/or email sandersh6000@gmail.com to identify themselves as part of this Working Group.
Collect and summarize information on the wiki - Edit the Background Information pages below to add links and/or summarize what's in a link.
Other Ideas Not Endorsed in a Meeting:
Decide if we support proposed state legislation Bill S.305 “Massachusetts Corporate Accountability Act of 2011." If so, the next step might be to have Brookline/Brighton residents find outMichael Moran's plans for calling a committee vote on the bill.
Attend outside (not Occupy Boston) meeting against Citizens United, to be held at 7:00 Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Arlington St. Church (near intersection with Boylston St.)
Attend (or watch livestream) Northeastern's Teach In on Sunday, Nov. 13 about the state of the economy, especially the afternoon sessions:
- 12:30 – 2:00 Politics and economics: what went wrong?
- 2:15 – 3:45 What can be done? Reclaiming our economy and our democracy.
Get involved in Move to Amend's Occupy the Courts on the anniversary of Citizens United (January 20, 2012).
Get involved in Public Citizen's Democracy is for the People action on the anniversary of Citizens United (January 21, 2012).
Sub-topics:
Background Information:
Campaign Finance Legislation (passed and pending)
References re Money in Politics
Contact:
Honi Sanders: sandersh6000 at gmail dot com