Corporate power and great wealth must not
be allowed to hijack our democracy. Read on

Friends of Washington Public Campaigns:
A direct appeal from the board members
of WPC for urgent financial support

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Senators introduce Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United  ruling. Read on

• OCCUPY SEATTLE Rally:
  "Something is very wrong in America. And the Occupy movement is about fundamental change — to fix that, and to fix it permanently."
• A proposed Financial Transactions Tax could generate upward of $300 Billion per year in federal revenues — while putting a brake on speculative trading on Wall Street.
• We need a NEW "New Deal" - We need to bust a "Big Lie" — that a revived economy can be achieved by cutting jobs, cutting budgets and shrinking government.
• WPC—Fighting for authentic democracy - Citizens United vs. FEC ruling has been a wake-up call nationwide.
• FAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT- in U.S. Congress.
• SMOKING GUN: Wall Street lobbying leads to an economic crash.
• Health care is about profits and power - We have to curb the influence of the health care industry — influence which flows from their immense profits, reinvested as campaign contributions and lobbying.
• Public financing: Central to every issue