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BREAKING: Progressive Movement Compels Coca-Cola To Pull Support From ALEC Over Voter Suppression Efforts
By Faiz Shakir
Prompted by a petition campaign by the progressive advocacy group Color of Change, Coca-Cola has pulled its support from ALEC, a right-wing corporate-funded front group which has been pushing voter restriction efforts around the country. The company released this statement moments ago:
Impressively, Cokes retreat came just five hours after Color of Change announced its petition, which read: ALEC has pushed voter ID laws which disenfranchise large numbers of Black voters. Along with the NRA, ALEC also pushed a bill based on Floridas shoot first law which has shielded Trayvon Martins killer from justice into two dozen states across the country.
Just this morning, the Center for American Progress released a report highlighting ALECs role in voter suppression:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/04/458591/progressive-movement-compels-coca-cola-to-pull-support-from-alec-over-voter-suppression-efforts/
By Faiz Shakir
Prompted by a petition campaign by the progressive advocacy group Color of Change, Coca-Cola has pulled its support from ALEC, a right-wing corporate-funded front group which has been pushing voter restriction efforts around the country. The company released this statement moments ago:
The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business. We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry.
Impressively, Cokes retreat came just five hours after Color of Change announced its petition, which read: ALEC has pushed voter ID laws which disenfranchise large numbers of Black voters. Along with the NRA, ALEC also pushed a bill based on Floridas shoot first law which has shielded Trayvon Martins killer from justice into two dozen states across the country.
Just this morning, the Center for American Progress released a report highlighting ALECs role in voter suppression:
ALEC charges corporations such as Koch Industries Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and The Coca-Cola Co. a fee and gives them access to members of state legislatures. Under ALECs auspices, legislators, corporate representatives, and ALEC officials work together to draft model legislation. As ALEC spokesperson Michael Bowman told NPR, this system is especially effective because you have legislators who will ask questions much more freely at our meetings because they are not under the eyes of the press, the eyes of the voters.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/04/458591/progressive-movement-compels-coca-cola-to-pull-support-from-alec-over-voter-suppression-efforts/
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...Progressive Movement Compels Coca-Cola To Pull Support From ALEC Over Voter Suppression Efforts (Original Post)
ProSense
Apr 2012
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Spazito
(50,480 posts)1. Excellent!
Kudos to Color of Change, great work.
highplainsdem
(49,041 posts)2. Good news! K&R
drm604
(16,230 posts)3. PepsiCo also
WillyT
(72,631 posts)4. K & R !!!
Raine
(30,540 posts)5. Almost 40 years and FINALLY this has become an issue
WHY has it taken so long?