Vision
To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry is sovereign.
Mission
To build democracy through activism, education and collaboration
Goals
- Democratize Politics – Change the law to ensure that political processes, including elections, are controlled by citizens
- Enact public financing for elections
- Enact an affirmative right to vote (and have it count equally) for all citizens
- Reverse Supreme Court dicta that equates election spending with constitutionally protected speech (e.g., Buckley v. Valeo and First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti)
- Reverse Supreme Court precedent applying Bill of Rights protections to corporations
- Change laws, policies, and structures that allow current officeholders/parties to interfere with open and fair competition
- Ensure that all citizens retain the ability to protect our democracy with their vigilance and to create change where necessary to ensure its vibrancy
- Protect citizen rights from usurpation
- Democratize the Economy – Change the law to create economic decentralization
- Strengthen and vigorously enforce anti-trust law
- Eliminate laws that prevent communities, states, and countries from governing businesses operating within their jurisdictions
- Strengthen and enforce corporate crime laws
- Enact legislation redefining corporations to be legal constructs with enforced obligations and revocable privileges rather than “persons” with inherent rights
- Democratize Information Creation and Dissemination – through working to ensure diverse political and policy viewpoints are available via popular channels
- Protect internet freedom and neutrality
- Eliminate media oligopolies
- Create opportunity for independent and public media
Values
Inclusiveness – We welcome all and oppose discrimination based on race, color, spiritual belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, and national origin
Nonpartisanship – We believe that strengthening of democracy transcends political party affiliation
Quality – We strive to ensure that our work meets the highest standards of accuracy and thoroughness
Originality – We believe that our mission calls for non-traditional approaches that address the root causes of societal problems
Integrity – We subscribe to the highest ethical standards in all of our dealings
Transparency – We will open our operations and decision making processes to scrutiny by our members