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in Chi Newkirk is on the line with the season organizer an activist with 99
arrives 99
I as he .org is the website Chi welcome to the program
great to be here thanks for having me out thanks for joining us for so what
study I rise
we're a grassroots organization that your progressive change in we're focused
on
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and we're going after now passed poses and nineteen I'm I'm assuming is
referring to the 99 percent of us yes exactly I love sports bar
Occupy Wall Street much you care I chorus I will focus on R&D crushing
and I'm getting money out artist first
chill out shamelessly that's great and it seems that the
from from where I am saddened that looks like the number one thing that has been
corrupt in politics is money and go reason why money has been clocked in
politics is because the Supreme Court
then a series of decisions arguably going back to the early 19th century but
the really getting aggressive about it once a
once lost paul was put on the court on in the seventies
is a.m. particular with the buckley case where they found
that money was protected by the First Amendment and in the First National Bank
case where they found that
I corporations were protected by the Fourteenth Amendment none in Citizens
United where they brought these two together
and amplify both of them and said yes definitely money is protected by the
First Amendment
I and although the founders didn't see fit to write the word money into that
and definitely corporations are protected by the 14th amendment although
the
people who fought the Civil War two free the slaves didn't see fit to write that
in the hard to the right
so pleasing you you had something to say about this the other day
yesterday's bride has a long history as
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we're talkin guy Newkirk is an activist and organizer at 99 rise .org
99 arianna C-dot org is the website
and Kye R you for the work that moved to amend is doing
David Cobb in Kate London all day that that whole bunch that a
more your thoughts on it I think it's great
there's a lot there's a lot of great a or the organization veteran
think picture I'm we hope that there's more
them are just perfect and play right now we're trying to our best are
you know and and played a role are of you do not want direct action
baseball a single action taken the first-ever
such a really prophesied I issue
present the ballers deal out of it exchange
mothered millions of Americans previous correct outing
athletically contacted taking action act like that
the national such as the wedding but now
yeah it seems like you it's almost like you know different roles within a
movement if you look at the
abolition movement if you look at the suffrage movement I
now or if you look at the civil rights more what you find is that they're worth
there were there were groups people who were just very clearly the educators
and and and and the piano kinda
on a call establishment survey movement building but you know just be careful
quiet movement builders
and then there are the troublemakers they were the people got out in the
streets you know
and and who put their bodies in front of the tanks metaphorically have
do well in tiananmen square was literal and
a Move to Amend folks are the are the educators and
I mean obviously you're doing a fair amount of education but your putting
your i mean
standing up in the Supreme Court you're putting your body on the line you're
putting your Sears safety years your freedom on the line
um what provoked you to do that what
what brought you into 99 rise
well you know I'm just another American guerrillas country
are I've been a community organizer ombre can suggest
service answer backer should work for everybody for years
on well over a decade or so and I'll conscience the that
I you and many others its post-nineteen arrived at
we are going on issue of not addressed the question
democracy suck Russian on really put
of our of governing pact hand
people now the hands-on are more Cheetos
very well we're not really important role the urgent stuff
problems that we have country and make progress arms
so enough to put my fault cheery of inspired along with other national
on you're really she cited are
you know if you got respondents Youth Action happen
on sharing it with me of walkability officially launched last thing you want
is fine I think and Paul
arm you know could it be 30 we ninety-six percent
inquiry all basically are on our side say
emergency no fraction buying parts and
already mom but does your also delicious
tax what do you see as the best as the best way to end
the influence I love money as a as a cropped in influence on politics what
if you could just we get everybody to say yes I will do that
it all support that our wave a magic wand order it what what is the
what what what would it take in your mind
well we think that we need a constitutional amendment and federal
legislation
undiscovered under and I don't recall are great
our proposals which are the last question we should for all that
on testing fish in to make sure that your for me
at are establishment was a or quality
making sure that I well armpit up to trample
are of al what of
the most votes but they aren't forgotten and I think that you can
prize money out of other collections carrot on
but beat Dr as not much legislative experts but thats posts were really
gonna help drive is changed by
taking action during campaign traumatized issue representing baller
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of both especially on a medical form that we need
adults question of her for up there is fractured
yeah yeah a totally with you what
a I is as a 99 rise endorsed a particular constitutional amendment to
to take money out of politics or are you just generally supportive of that
movement
um whether it be you know
the ralph nader's group Common Cause but public citizen
I believe it is or or would move to a man's or whatever
are we having taken a stand really offers your members biker
as on you know we for on in other ranches
them 8mb a life on that later
ornament will need to bring folks together chin really
arcola that this high when he had our queue
Thompson that and then somebody somebody called earlier and said how long is it
going to be before we hit that critical mass
a year the David Cobb things is gonna be 10 years what do you what do you think
well here's the thing a at I might be dramatic it
already I'll and I actually tango
yeah I absolutely Chi Newkirk and is a compact
this is the Thom Hartmann program hai Newkirk the website is 99
99 rise rase .org I thanks for being with us today
so great to be here thank you so much thanks