Huffington Post
January 10, 2011
By, Pearl Korn
At the end of 2011, Michael Moore announced in an e-mail to his hundreds of thousands of online followers that “… one of my top priorities in 2012 would be to spearhead a drive to remove all money from the electoral process. Period. Nothing — and I mean nothing — we want to accomplish, from creating jobs to protecting the environment to preventing wars, will happen as long as those who hold the purse strings are the ones who own Congress.”
No details followed on how he plans to accomplish this feat. One would almost believe that if anyone could achieve such a lofty goal, it would be Michael Moore, for this is a man who stands up to injustice wherever he finds it. First and foremost, he is a brilliant, multi-award winning documentary filmmaker, and an author who has taken on the major issues of the day that trouble our country – from shipping our jobs overseas to gun control to healthcare. His new autobiographical book title sums him up neatly: Here Comes Trouble. A lifetime lightning rod and fearless voice for the voiceless, he should certainly use his voice and clout to join in on the already vast network engaged in fighting to overturn the Citizens United decision, coming up on the second anniversary since it cast a black veil over our country. Michael will no doubt join one of the over 150 organized protests planned across our nation on January 21st to mark the day.
The Move To Amend coalition, with over 150 member organizations, has been at work, mainly in the states, pushing for resolutions locally and on the state level in support of overturning Citizen’s United, for ultimately the states will have to ratify such an amendment by a 3/4 majority of state legislatures if it is to become the law of the land. So deep grassroots organizing has been under way with considerable success, yet much more work still needs to be done in the trenches on the state level. And, as expected, Public Citizen is playing a major role, increasing its staff to help take on this issue.
