To: all Contract for the American Dream signatory organizations
1-day General Strike for Campaign Finance Reform
Whereas our corporate-owned Congress will not concede power to the American electorate, be it resolved that citizen organizations in favor of genuine democracy (e.g., Contract for the American Dream signatories, such as Common Cause, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, US PIRGs, MoveOn, PDA, Jobs With Justice, AFL-CIO, all trade unions, People For the American Way, MoveToAmend, Working Families Party, Green Party, 350.org, PNHP, NNU) will coordinate and pledge to stage 1-day general strikes, monthly, until Congress enacts constitutional amendments reversing Citizens United v. FEC and enacting public financing for campaigns.
Why is this important?
Whereas our corporate-owned Congress will not concede power to the American electorate, be it resolved that citizen organizations in favor of genuine democracy (e.g., Contract for the American Dream signatories, all unions public and private) will coordinate and pledge to stage 1-day general strikes, monthly, until Congress enacts constitutional amendments reversing Citizens United v. FEC and enacting public financing for campaigns.