The Backbone Campaign, Progressive Government, and a coalition of grassroots organizations have initiated a process to empower citizens to nominate, comment on, and rate progressive leaders to serve as a virtual Progressive Parallel Administration. We want to demonstrate that the progressive movement is not merely an oppositional, but also propositional movement, and that we are not content running campaigns, but preparing to run the country.
Phase II of this project is Conversations with the Cabinet a weekly webcast conference call and podcast, designed to create links between grassroots activists and our most effective policy and movement leaders. Join the email list to be notified of opportunities to participate in these calls.
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Strengthening Local Economies Through Alternative Currencies
Featuring Paul Glover and Susan Witt
For the second Conversation in our Economic Democracy series, we spoke with two of our country's outstanding alternative currency pioneers, Paul Glover of Ithaca Hours and Susan Witt of Berkshares.
Listen to this amazing conversation with two veteran and visionary activists leading with expansive ideas that make a real difference in lives of individuals and their communities.
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Corporate Personhood & Amending the Constitution
Featuring David Cobb
On February 22, David Cobb, a long time Backbone Campaign collaborator and progressive movement champion, joined us to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on "Corporate Personhood" and the opportunities it provides for movement building.
David is part of an exciting new effort underway that is uniting organized labor, environmentalists, peace and social justice activists, and yes, Greens, progressive Democrats, Independents and principled conservatives.
The coalition is called The Campaign to Legalize Democracy and the initial campaign is a call to amend the U.S. Constitution to strip corporations of their illegitimate claims to any constitutional rights. movetoamend.org We are very proud that Backbone Campaign is participating as a Key Partner on this effort.
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Web of Debt - Financial Industry & the Potential of State Banks
Featuring Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D.
Ellen Brown, author of Web of Debt, opened our
Economic Democracy series on Thursday, Feb. 11.
- How did we get into this
current mess, and what
are possible paths forward?
- Once we "Move
Our Money," how can
we reclaim authority over what that money
does?
- Should we "End the
Fed?" How?
- What is the role of alternative
currencies?
- How can progressives use this
opportunity to make sure that we
are building a movement that makes a real
difference in peoples lives?
See: the financial glossary provided by Ellen Brown (PDF format) AND her Huffington Post Article: Growing Number of Candidates Campaign for State-Owned Banks
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