"The issue is not the issues, the issue is the system."
Ronnie Dugger, founder, Alliance for Democracy


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Information and resources for organizing against the Trans-Pacific Partnership are here.

Trans-Pacific Partnership
  In this edition of Populist Dialogues, Arthur Stamoulis of Citizens Trade Campaign warns about the proposed pact.
Watch shows online.






"A Declaration of Indignation"
Speaking out in Pennsylvania

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We are convening the Earth Democracy Conference at the 2013 Democracy Convention.
Click here for more info.


 
See our "Tools for Organizing" page for the following:
•  "Corporate Bribery: Our Democracy is for Sale." Learn how big donations corrupt policymaking, politics, and elections here.
•  "Corporations are not People" explains corporate personhood and how we can take back our rights.
•  How-to's for street theater and visibility actions
•  Download and print a one-page flyer: "Political Bribery is Illegal"

We're an executive committee member of Move to Amend.

What's New:

AfD signs on to letter upholding right to water and sanitation as debate opens before UN Human Rights council.

The Story of Bottled Water



Watch on the video section of our water page

To find out more about the Alliance's "Defending Water for Life" campaigns, visit our new campaign page and these local campaign websites:


With water protection in mind, another Maine town says No to corporate personhood. More here.

Alliance and Barnstead NH make history
Ordinance protects water, rights of nature and local democracy; bars corporate personhood


Justice Rising: AfD's Quarterly Journal

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Some great writers have published in Justice Rising. See the Author Index here.


After the American Revolution successfully overthrew both corporate power and imperial British rule, corporations could only be chartered if their works promoted the common good. But since then, elite policy makers have redesigned the for-profit corporation from an institution to enhance public welfare to one that enriches private investors. The latest issue of Justice Rising: Money in Democracy Part 3: Policy Makers—Committed to Public Values or Corporate Agendas? makes the case for putting  our concentrated corporate public and private wealth to work to serve the public good again. Learn about proposals to block the revolving door between corporate America and other policies and campaigns to promote a strict separation of corporation and state. 

This issue is available online now as a complete issue or single articles, and will be mailed to members.

Extra copies available! Call us at 781-894-1179 or email afd@thealliancefordemocracy.org.

Back issues of Justice Rising are online here.


Building Democracy, Fighting Corporate Rule:
Democratizing the Grid, Media, Globalization, Water, Elections, Education

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Democratizing the Grid:
Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy (OREP)

• First in the nation statewide Feed-in Tariff program will boost local production of solar energy. Read OREP Brochure here




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Media Democracy
•  "Alliance for Democracy--Populist Dialogues"
Hosted by AfD co-chair David Delk, and featuring interviews with people involved in the fight to oppose corporate rule.





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Tapestry of the Commons

•  Listen to the Tapestry of the Commons radio program
•  Read Elinor Ostrom's thoughts on managing the commons on the AfD blog
•  For a teacher workshop, or school or community group presentation contact the AfD office




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On our way to a 28th Amendment!
Build momentum for the "We the People Amendment"


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AfD speaks out!
We've joined a global effort to support an open debate on the Rights of Nature at the United Nations. Read more here.


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