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Success! How Progressives Stalled the Deregulation Agenda of Greedy Telecoms and ALEC

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 27, 2012.

A coalition of unions, national and community groups managed to hit the trifecta--beating ALEC-backed deregulation bills in three states.

Conservative Think Tanks Launch Campaign to Turn Americans Against Wind Energy

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian. May 9, 2012.

Documents show for the first time that local anti-wind groups are co-ordinating and working with national fossil-fuel funded advocacy groups to wreck the wind industry.

How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC

Sarah Pavlus, American Independent News Network. May 4, 2012.

ALEC has worked with the energy industry to create loophole-filled water protections and opposes federal oversight of fracking.

What You Need To Know About ALEC

Diane Ravitch, Bridging Differences. May 3, 2012.

The now embattled organization has been working to destroy public ed for the past forty years. Here's what you need to know about how they're doing it.

Rightwing ALEC Puts Wisconsin Anti-Labor Laws On May Agenda

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. May 1, 2012.

Michigan's Koch-Funded Mackinac Center Is Bringing Wisconsin Act 10 Provisions to ALEC's spring meeting.

How You End up Paying for Religious Schools Without Knowing It

Katherine Stewart, Comment Is Free. April 30, 2012.

Using the language of "choice," school voucher proponents are pushing hard to destroy the separation of church and state in public schools. Here's how they're doing it.

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

Cora Currier, ProPublica. April 27, 2012.

In many states, the chemical make-up of fluid pumped into the ground while fracking is shielded from the public, thanks to laws promoted by ALEC and Exxon Mobil.

Right-Wing ALEC in Damage Control, While Activists Launch Campaign to Expose 'ALEC Democrats'

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. April 20, 2012.

ALEC has made some concessions, but activists are keeping the pressure on, expanding their focus beyond corporations to target elected officials who align themselves with ALEC.

ALEC Wants You To Pay 750 Percent More For High-Speed Internet

Zaid Jilani, Republic Report. April 18, 2012.

The corporate front group may change its social policy stance, but it still plans on robbing you blind.

Right-Wing ALEC Retreats on Most Controversial Issues

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. April 17, 2012.

ALEC disbands task force responsible for Stand Your Ground, voter ID, prison privatization, AZ's anti-immigrant law SB 1070.

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools — Is Your State Next?

Katherine Stewart, AlterNet. April 14, 2012.

Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.

Corporations Flee Right-Wing ALEC: Yet Another Win for Progressives

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. April 6, 2012.

Recently there have been several instances in which the public spoke out loud enough that a major organization or company had to back down, David and Goliath-style.

How Right-Wing ALEC Teamed Up With The NRA To Get Copycat, "Stand Your Ground" Laws In 21 States

Bill Berkowitz, Huffington Post. March 25, 2012.

The Florida 'stand-your-ground' law "is the template for an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 'model bill' that has been pushed in other states."

How ALEC is Destroying the Teaching of Climate Change Science, One State at a Time

Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog. March 22, 2012.

Tennessee just became the fourth state in the nation to include climate change denial in their science education curriculum. Who's behind this crafty legislation? You guessed it.

The ALEC Connection to Trayvon Martin Slaying

Matt Gertz, Media Matters for America. March 21, 2012.

The law preventing Florida lawmakers from arresting Martin's killer was taken from model legislation pushed by the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council.

Bobby Jindal vs. Public Education

Diane Ravitch, AlterNet. March 8, 2012.

The governor of Louisiana is on a mission to dismantle public education. A former Assistant Secretary of Education explains why this spells disaster -- for our nation as a whole.

The Wealthy One Percent That’s Behind Minnesota’s Racist Voter ID Push

Brentin Mock, ColorLines. February 12, 2012.

A new report details how Minnesota's wealthiest are pooling funds to shape state-level politics where basic civil rights issues like the right to vote are at stake.

Corporate Education Reformers Plot Next Steps at Secretive Meeting

Dustin Beilke, PR Watch. February 5, 2012.

Hundreds of state legislators from across the nation went to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by ALEC.

South Carolina GOP Eyes Citizenship Proof For New Voters

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. January 30, 2012.

The latest effort to police voting in South Carolina comes after the Justice Department rejected the state's new voter ID law.

Out-of-State Corporate Money Floods Ohio Battle Over Anti-Collective Bargaining Bill

Mike Ludwig, TruthOut.org. October 25, 2011.

Private interests silently support the legislation through corporate cash that promotes an agenda focused on weakening public-sector unions and privatizing state services.

Journalists Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest

Eric Carlson, PR Watch. August 5, 2011.

At the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, only corporate media are allowed, it seems.

Save Democracy: Tell Corporations to Dump ALEC

Mary Bottari, AlterNet. July 19, 2011.

The Center for Media and Democracy discovered ALEC is behind corporate political control, and now is the time to fight against the sale of our democracy.

The Conservatives' ALEC Philosophy: Everything Related to Government Should Be Demonized, Starved or Privatized

Joel Rogers, Laura Dresser, The Nation. July 15, 2011.

Any force in civil society that contests the right of business to grab all social surplus, and to treat people like roadkill and the earth like a sewer, should be crushed.

Inside ALEC, The Koch-Funded Group Behind Right-Wing State Laws

Beau Hodai, In These Times. July 13, 2011.

How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies plan to privatize government.

DeVos, Koch, Scaife, Walton, ALEC, AFC: The Corporate Royalists and Right-Wing Groups Propelling the GOP's Assault on the Middle Class

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. June 6, 2011.

A handful of rich, right-wing families and corporate chieftains are dedicated to returning America to the days when robber barons ruled.

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