Democracy Awakens in Washington DC

FEATURING ZOE CARPENTER – Thousands of activists from all over the United States gathered in Washington DC last week and over the weekend in a massive multi-day action for strengthening American democracy. But you might not have heard about it at all, if you were only reading the mainstream corporate media.

Despite the fact that a staggering number of people were arrested – on the order of a thousand – there was disproportionately little coverage. The purpose of the gathering was to draw attention to two major issues – campaign finance reform, and voting rights.

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Zoe Carpenter, Associate Washington editor for the Nation magazine.