Jeff Clements Talks with The Nation: How Can We Defeat 'Citizens United'?

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Where did the notion of corporate speech originate? How bi-partisan is the movement to overturn Citizens United? And how can we build effective opposition to corporate personhood? George Zornick, Washington reporter for The Nation, and Jeff Clements of Free Speech for People address those questions and more in this episode of Nation Conversations.

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