January, 2011

On Jan. 21, 2011 the Backbone Campaign and Coffee Party hosted a satirical rally on the lawn of the US Capitol. It was the anniversary of the Citizens United decision enshrining the obscene legal doctrine of "corporate personhood" and their claims to inalienable rights - in particular, corporate persons' "right" to freedom of "speech," i.e. $MONEY$ Thus - $1=1 Vote, the corruption of representative democracy.

For more on this event please check out this article by James M. Russel on Huffington Post, "At 'Summit for People,' Cautious Optimism About Ending Citizens United" and visit www.movementforthepeople.org.