This morning we released The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, an exploration of the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy.
Watch our new, 8-minute movie at here, at storyofcitizensunited.org.
To support the folks flexing their citizen muscle in Wisconsin and celebrate the launch, we ran a full-page ad in the Wisconsin State Journal this morning to highlight Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's relationship with the Koch brothers-the union-busting, climate-denying poster children for everything that's wrong with Citizens United.
Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to the governor's election campaign and gave over $1 million to support candidates during the 2010 elections.
That probably helps to explain why Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute and other Koch-funded organizations were among the biggest boosters of "corporate free speech" when the Supreme Court was considering Citizens United v. FEC.
You can help offset the cost of the full page ad -- and the entire movie release -- by making a secure, tax-deductible contribution to The Story of Stuff Project here.
Then make sure to sign Public Citizen's petition for a constitutional amendment to undo the Citizens United decision. Its time to get the corporations out of our democracy and get the people back in!
Thank you for your support. And please, pass it on!
Sincerely,
Annie Leonard
