TrueMajority
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TrueMajority is an organization which advocates certain changes to U. S. Government policy (summarized by 10 principles listed below); these changes are called liberal or progressive in the U. S., and would constitute a large divergence from U. S. policy to date, but TrueMajority holds that many if not most U. S. citizens would actually favor making such changes. The organization's basic strategy is that people register for free as TrueMajority members; then, when TrueMajority decides it is important to send a message to the government (usually specifically to the U.S. Congress), TrueMajority will send emails to all its members, containing a brief policy statement; members may ignore each statement, or may approve it by sending a reply email. Whenever a member approves a statement, that statement will be faxed to that member's Congressional representatives in that member's name. Members may also modify the statement or replace it with another to be faxed. The whole process is automated and is advertised to take members two minutes per month (assuming they don't want to write their own statements).
TrueMajority was founded by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's.
TrueMajorityACTION is a separate but closely related organization, which has a different status under U. S. law so that it can campaign for specific parties and politicians.
As of July 2005, TrueMajority claims 435,000 members; TrueMajorityACTION claims 150,000.
True Majority was mentioned on The Colbert Report on Monday March 5, 2007 when Ben and Jerry made a guest appearance.
[edit] TrueMajority Principles
- Attack poverty and world hunger as if our life depends on it. It does.
- Champion the rights of every child, woman & man.
- End our obstructionism to the world's treaties.
- Reduce our dependence on oil and lead the world to an age of renewable energy.
- Close the book on the Cold War and ease the nuclear nightmare.
- Renounce Star Wars and the militarization of space.
- Make globalization work for, not against, working people.
- Ensure equal treatment under law for all.
- Get money out of politics.
- Close the gap between rich and poor kids at home.
