Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power, World News & Events on 5th September, 2012 | No Comments
While protestors demand an end to money in politics, lavish lobbyist-sponsored parties abound aimed at strengthening Wall Street’s ties to both major parties.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Elect Democracy, People Power, Not Corporate Power on 15th August, 2012 | 1 Comment
Guess how often Paul Ryan’s legislative votes matched Wall Street’s lobby position in the bills examined by Global Exchange’s Elect Democracy campaign in our recent report…
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Posted by Kirsten Moller in Community Rights, Featured, For Our Members, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, Mexico, Reality Tours on 1st August, 2012 | No Comments
Our GEMS (Global Exchange Monthly Sustainers) drive is heating up, and we’re inching closer to our end of August goal to reach the 100 new GEMS mark. Now through end of August, all new GEMS will receive the brand new report “Meet the Fire Sector: How Wall Street is Burning our Democracy.”
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Elect Democracy, Featured, Global Exchange News & Events on 30th July, 2012 | 1 Comment
Wall Street has spent $1,331 dollars every minute since 2006 to buy political influence. Our nonpartisan report tracks this investment in political power, and also contains a legislative scorecard making Congressional votes, campaign contributions, and calculates an ‘industry-loyalty rate’… the percentage that legislator’s votes matched Wall Street’s lobby.
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Posted by Hillary V Lehr in Community Rights, Elect Democracy, End Dirty Energy, Global Exchange Community, Global Exchange News & Events, Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Stop Funding War on 17th July, 2012 | No Comments
Three speakers from Code Pink, Oil Change International, and Public Citizen joined Global Exchange in Washington DC, to compare notes on how undue corporate influence negatively impacts the ability of these groups to carry out their positive missions, and share inspiration about how people are standing up to protect and reclaim democracy.
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