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Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: Labor reporter Mike Elk s new exposé draws on months of reporting and the herosim of three employees who risked their jobs to talk about Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific s practice of trying to siphon off workers' political agency.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12122-koch-brothers-among-us-billionaires-pressuring-thousands-of-employees-to-vote-gop-on-election-day



Koch Social Media Policy May Be Unlawful: Employers Still Have Broad Leeway to Limit Employee Speech

Brendan Fischer, PRWatch: Thanks to Citizens United, private employers can limit their employees' speech, since the First Amendment only protects against government infringement on free speech and expression. Employers also have leeway to fire workers for their political activities.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12150-koch-social-media-policy-may-be-unlawful-employers-still-have-broad-leeway-to-limit-employee-speech



When Bosses Push Their Politics

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers & Co.: Bill shares his thoughts on corporate executives who, enabled by the Citizens United ruling, strong-arm their employees to vote as they say.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12233-when-bosses-push-their-politics

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When Police Spy on Free Speech, Democracy Suffers
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GOP Senate Candidate: Pregnancy from Rape is ''Gift from God''
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/24-0

What s At Stake When Billionaires Try to Buy Our Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/25



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