Occupy London Evicted, While US Occupations Gear Up for Action Against ALEC | AlterNet
"ALEC is one of the most successful mechanisms used by the 1% to control state and federal laws. It is much more than a lobby group. ALEC creates model legislation written to increase the profits of large corporations, and hands it off in secret to lawmakers who then introduce it as their own. ALEC has been responsible for some of the most anti-democratic and repressive legislation to grab headlines in recent history. The anti-union bills which caused massive protests in Wisconsin were written by ALEC, as was the anti-immigrant SB1070 passed in Arizona."
