Rootstrikers at UTPA

Rootstrikers at UTPA Rootstrikers is a network of activists fighting the corrupting influence of money in politics. Mission. University of Texas Pan-American Chapter

As Henry David Thoreau wrote — "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." — so will we practice. Our aim is to recruit teachers — citizens from every part of society who will work with us to spread the recognition of the corrupting influence of money, and help us build the movement to reform it.

08/20/2016

How are my followers doing???

05/03/2013

The top CEOs from the finance industry in the United States make 400% more income than the average worker in the United States.

05/03/2013

Special Interest groups can influence policy, a clear indication democracy no longer exists on the federal level.

Money is not the issue. Its the influence it gives towards government officials.
04/15/2013

Money is not the issue. Its the influence it gives towards government officials.

Protestesters argue that the implementation of the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S will be devastating for the envir...
04/12/2013

Protestesters argue that the implementation of the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S will be devastating for the environment while supporters argue that it will create thousands of jobs. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE-xfZ6yIcc

The Keystone XL pipeline is an ambitious 7-billion dollar project aimed at transporting tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast, at 800,000 barr...

Our goal is to engage and empower citizens to combat the new influence-money world of super PACs, millionaires and corpo...
04/11/2013

Our goal is to engage and empower citizens to combat the new influence-money world of super PACs, millionaires and corporate treasuries. Watch!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM&feature=player_embedded

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actua...

04/11/2013

Our government is corrupt. Not corrupt in any criminal sense, but corrupt in a perfectly legal sense: Special interests bend the levers of power to benefit them at the expense of the rest of us. Join the Movement!! Lets get rid of the problem from the root.

In the 2010 general elections, 132 Americans donated 60% of all Super Pac money.
04/11/2013

In the 2010 general elections, 132 Americans donated 60% of all Super Pac money.

04/09/2013

This organization will be for students wanting to engage in political activism within the community as well as raising awarness of corruption at federal level. If all goes well, it will be ready to run fall 13'.,

http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html There exists corruption in ...
04/09/2013

http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html There exists corruption in the USA. A perfectly legal corruption rather than a criminal act. Must see

There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That's the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. With rapid-fire visuals, he shows how the fundin...

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