The Alliance for Democracy is a

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organization of United States citizens with the stated goal of "free ngall people from corporate domination of politics, economics, the environment, culture and information...establish ngtrue democracy; and...creat nga just society with a sustainable, equitable economy."About Alliance for Democracy
at official website

History

The organization's founding convention was held at Mo Ranch conference center, in Hunt,

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, United States in 1996 by

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, founding editor of the Texas Observer, whose article "A Call to Citizens: Will Real Populists Please Stand Up" was published in

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in August 1995.Dugger R
"A Call to Citizens: Will Real Populists Please Stand Up"
at official website He was assisted by Ohio lawyer

Cliff Arnebeck Clifford O. "Cliff" Arnebeck, Jr. (born 15 January 1945 in Washington, D.C., USA; died 28 December 2022 in Northport, Michigan) was a national co-chair and attorney for the Alliance for Democracy. Early life and education The son of an office ...

. The Alliance's current campaigns focus on public banking, local food and self-governance, fighting the privatization of water and municipal water and sanitation systems, and working to pass local resolutions against the

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. The Alliance for Democracy's national office is located in

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References

Political and economic think tanks in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Massachusetts Organizations established in 1996 {{US-org-stub