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Thomas Linzey: Challenging Corporations through Direct Democracy

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Posted by Films For Action on Nov. 15, 2007

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On February 10, 2005, Thomas Linzey lectured in Seattle on the history of community organizing against corporations in Pennsylvania and his work on the Democracy School program with Richard Grossman. Provides some excellent ideas for activist strategies that will cut right to the root of so many problems local communities are dealing with.

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