President Obama's weekly address today blasted the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in the Citizens United case that struck down the McCain-Feingold restrictions on corporate spending in elections. In overruling the Austin v. Michigan Chamber … [Read more...]
Call to Arms! Eight Reps call for return to democracy on Beacon Hill!
To begin this process, we are focusing on five areas that we believe will begin to restore the balance of power in the membership and insure that issues will receive both proper consideration and debate. We have developed specific proposals … [Read more...]
Why Beacon Hill should support Senator Kennedy’s request: a vacancy of weeks, not months
Today, we are rolling out our support for Senator Edward Kennedy's request that state leaders change the succession law to guarantee that Massachusetts will not lack a senator if his seat becomes vacant. We call upon state legislators to … [Read more...]
Help Save Democracy in Lowell
OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR PATRICK by Clifford Krieger and Lynne Lupien, Move Lowell Forward PAC Co-Chairs (For additional signatories, see below.) Recently, a majority of Lowell's City Council voted to cancel the city's preliminary election. … [Read more...]
Second Draft for replacing Article VIII of the Draft Platform regarding access to justice, etc.
This is still a work in progress; this draft shadows the format of the Draft Platform better and is, I hope clearer. The Amendment would seek to strike out what is currently in the Draft Platform as Aritcle VIII and insert the … [Read more...]
Democracy and the Mass. House of Reps
The discussion here earlier today about taxes, the state budget, and new House Speaker Robert DeLeo was really about the workings of the House and the state of democracy in it. That is the focus of a story in the new issue of CommonWealth … [Read more...]
Do More On Cuba, Barack
Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. Now, a less impulsive and probably much brighter President is patching the Cuba wounds. His first one-eighth measures aren't going to heal much if anything. Moreover, as … [Read more...]
Colonel Sanders or Dr. King?
He includes the important observation that there is a growing recognition that state-sponsored casino gambling is incompatible with constitutional democracy itself. This argument is being championed by eminent historian of the civil … [Read more...]
Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act
"Management constantly threatened our livelihood and our retirement security if we were to form a union," said Kevin Simoneau, a former Comcast field technician who experienced employer intimidation. "Giving us a choice about how to … [Read more...]
Caroline Kennedy for Senator?
Am I the only one who's unhappy about the idea of Caroline Kennedy being appointed to fill Senator Hillary Clinton's seat? Certainly, I can agree that she is very bright, well-spoken, accomplished, attractive; she's probably even capable of … [Read more...]