A reminder, first, to join us in Point Reyes (or host your own) for the March 1st screening of Annie Leonard’s new short film, “The Story of Citizens United v. FEC.” This film (plus a talk from Public Citizen’s Moira Brennan and state-level actions from me and MMOB’s Cathleen Dorinson) will spotlight the Supreme Court’s lawless decision to dismantle 100-years of campaign finance rule. And what communities are doing in response.

Then let’s all take a morning moment to cheer the return of Russ Feingold to lead in the big struggle of our time, that infernal scrap between corporate cash and democracy. Here is a good 8-minute clip from Rachel Maddow. It not only covers the people’s uprising in Wisconsin and Feingold’s good take on that sign of life, but announces his formation this week of Progressives United. I hope that as a mainstreaming catalyst, Progressives United becomes the Inconvenient Truth of corporate personhood:

P.S. Get happy! Go read this Nation story on UK Uncut, really. Thanks to Cathleen Dorinson: http://www.thenation.com/article/158282/how-build-progressive-tea-party

It’s the spontaneous, spectacular corporate sit-in movement against tax cheats and tax haven hideouts. Premise? If corporations paid their taxes like people do, instead of stashing it all in the Caymans, we wouldn’t be cutting ourselves to the bone in the UK, in DC, in Sacramento. Truly worth reading.

There are communities in America doing something against the bone dumb farce that money is speech and corporations are people, and ours should be one of them. With corporate cash blasts such a key impediment to progress on climate in California, be sure to put “Tuesday March 1 Point Reyes” on your calendar.

On the tail of the news last week that PG&E spent $4M just in our county trying to beat down Marin Clean Energy ($250,000 a year to Joe Nation alone say some, proving PG&E can’t even spend bad money smart), MMOB is putting on a power hour evening of short film, good talk and easy action two short weeks from now.

It’s time to get all state and local against the Supreme Court’s miserable cooked-up decision in Citizens United v. FEC. If you liked Annie Leonard’s exquisite 20-minute film The Story of Stuff as much as we did, you’ll be eager to see the first screening of her new short The Story of Citizens United too.

Annie Leonard and Jim Hightower are on the board of Public Citizen, whose own Moira Brennan will be giving us latest news on the movement to FIX the idiocy of the Citizens United decision. So come! We’re not cooking soup this round, just so your tummy knows and can plan accordingly:

7pm-8:15pm • Tuesday, March 1st • The Dance Palace • Point Reyes Station

IT’S THE NATIONAL SCREENING OF ANNIE LEONARD’S NEW SHORT FILM,

“THE STORY OF CITIZENS UNITED”

•••With an excellent talk from Public Citizen’s own Moira Brennan

•••And bite-size action against corporate stupid personhood with the MMOB