We discuss how the SpeechNow v. FEC decision in 2010 created Super PACs and how combating corruption in American politics starts with getting rid of Super PACs.
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Future Hindsight Episodes
A show that takes big ideas in civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for everyday citizens.
We discuss how the SpeechNow v. FEC decision in 2010 created Super PACs and how combating corruption in American politics starts with getting rid of Super PACs.
We discuss the basics of organizing and the fruits of that work. Michael reminds us that “organizers organize organizations.”
We discuss Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World—a guide for a new generation of activists seeking not just to understand power, but to build it.
We discuss why now is the time for a third political party to really take center stage in American democracy.
We discuss the intersection of policymaking on economics and democracy, the harm of intense concentration of wealth, and the need for building durable civil society.
We discuss the enthusiasm for civic engagement by right-wing women, which translates to power and victory at the ballot box.
We discuss the overlooked and insidious complications from gerontocracy in American democracy.
We discuss the balance of influence between activists and the majority in local politics and how we can reinvigorate democracy at the local level.