The Story of Citizens United v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works When People Are in Charge
March 1, 2011
Annie Leonard is at it again. The creator of the animated series the Story of Stuff just completed her newest short film, which takes a critical look at what is now known as Citizens United v FEC.
Citizens United v FEC was a Supreme Court decisions that essentially gave corporation (or any other entity) the ability to influence electoral politics with no real limited to campaign donations.
In the animated video The Story of Citizens United v FEC Leonard provides us with a fundamental understanding of the growth of corporate power and why this Supreme Court decision was anti-democratic and even provides us with ideas about how to challenge it.
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Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy 
Been pretty quiet regarding the condo fire incident. I thought you guys loved this stuff?
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