Issues

What’s Really Going on in South Carolina

Posted by on January 22, 2012 at 11:05 am

Today in South Carolina while Republicans are picking their candidate, they are working behind the scenes to stop thousands of Democrats from voting in November. On Martin Luther King Day the Republicans held a debate where they touted South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s efforts to block African-Americans from voting by requiring a state issued ID [...]

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Fight Citizens United

Posted by on December 28, 2011 at 11:16 am

DFA-MC has affiliated with MovetoAmend.org to fight the  Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision that says Corporations are People and Money is Speech.  We are holding a citizens gathering at the Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Court House on January 20, 2012 from 11am – 5pm.  We want to ensure that Arizonans know about this decision and [...]

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Move to Amend

Posted by on November 29, 2011 at 2:27 pm

Democracy for America-Maricopa County has become an affiliate of Move to Amend.  This group believes in We the People, Not We the Corporations On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run [...]

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GOP TRAMPLES REDISTRICTING!

Posted by on November 3, 2011 at 2:51 pm

Tuesday after colluding with the Republican Congressional delegation, Governor Jan Brewer and the Republican legislature trampled on a process that voters approved in 2000 to take the job of redrawing the political map away from elected officials.  In their effort to make a corporate controlled one-party system in Arizona they removed the Independent chair, Colleen [...]

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OCCUPY PHOENIX

Posted by on October 9, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Saturday, October 15th is the day to Occupy Phoenix starting at 10 AM at Ceasar Chavez Plaza (201 W. Washington Street, Phx, AZ).  Please get your family, friends and neighbors there so that we, the 99%, can show that we  will not take it anymore!   See the website at http://occupyphoenix.net/.  If you can’t make [...]

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Join Our Fight!

Posted by on September 22, 2011 at 2:09 pm

Even if you can’t join any of our actions you can still Join the Fight – support us with your membership.  A single membership costs only $20 per year and a family is $35.  Just click on the  Donate or Pay Dues button on the right. If you are available to join an action, there [...]

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Petition AIRC to Create Competitive Districts

Posted by on August 22, 2011 at 7:50 pm

Please sign today (your zip code is the only info needed in the address field): Thank you for signing:

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Add Current TV to Cox Channels, Sign the Petition Today

Posted by on July 17, 2011 at 6:15 pm

Sign today: Put your full name on the list :

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Activists Learn Techniques

Posted by on July 15, 2011 at 12:56 pm

In two nights a number of activists learned techniques for victory.  Led by Democracy for America’s Jay Henderson, the group learned about developing goals, targets and tactics that will help when working on such issues as Clean Elections, Redistricting, voting rights, getting people to the polls, etc.  Anyone interested in learning about the topics discussed [...]

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As Doctors’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics

Posted by on May 30, 2011 at 1:52 pm

Interesting change in attitude.  Read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/health/policy/30docs.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&hp

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