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...Campaign Finance Reform Discusses the Struggle to Revive Democracy. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Haddock at the Grassroots Radio Conference in August.
Activist Granny D, 92, Who Walked Across America to Fight for Campaign Finance Reform Discusses the Struggle to Revive Democracy
Interview conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus.
Campaign finance reform is an issue at the heart of contemporary U.S. politics and American democracy -- or the lack of it. Yet the subject makes most people's eyes glaze over. That was also true of Doris Haddock, a self-described little old lady from a small town in New Hampshire, until she heard something a few years ago that changed her life. She was outraged to learn that lobbyists had tried to sneak a $50 billion credit for the tobacco industry into an unrelated piece of legislation. Although she had been active in other grassroots efforts, Haddock had not known of the abuses of the campaign finance system.
That incident helped transform Haddock into "Granny D.," the 92-year-old who walked across the country in 1999 and 2000 to promote campaign finance reform. Her remarkable journey and the people she encountered in cities and small towns across America are recounted in her book titled "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year."
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Haddock at the Grassroots Radio Conference in August, where she was a keynote speaker. She describes her transformation and the impact her walk had on the fight for campaign finance reform.
For more information, visit Granny D's Web site at www.grannyd.com. Her book, "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year." is published by Villard Books.
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Interview conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus.
Campaign finance reform is an issue at the heart of contemporary U.S. politics and American democracy -- or the lack of it. Yet the subject makes most people's eyes glaze over. That was also true of Doris Haddock, a self-described little old lady from a small town in New Hampshire, until she heard something a few years ago that changed her life. She was outraged to learn that lobbyists had tried to sneak a $50 billion credit for the tobacco industry into an unrelated piece of legislation. Although she had been active in other grassroots efforts, Haddock had not known of the abuses of the campaign finance system.
That incident helped transform Haddock into "Granny D.," the 92-year-old who walked across the country in 1999 and 2000 to promote campaign finance reform. Her remarkable journey and the people she encountered in cities and small towns across America are recounted in her book titled "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year."
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Haddock at the Grassroots Radio Conference in August, where she was a keynote speaker. She describes her transformation and the impact her walk had on the fight for campaign finance reform.
For more information, visit Granny D's Web site at www.grannyd.com. Her book, "Granny D: Walking Across American in My 90th Year." is published by Villard Books.
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www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/btl090602.html
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"Between the Lines," WPKN 89.5 FM's weekly radio news magazine can be
heard Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. ET; Wednesdays at 8 a.m. ET and Saturdays
at 2 p.m. ET (Wednesday's show airs at 7:30 a.m. ET during fundraising
months of April and October)
*
Between The Lines is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a CD, "News &
Views That Corporate Media Exclude". See BTL's website for promotional
announcement at:
www.btlonline.org
*
For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Q&A," which features a
weekly "Between The Lines" interview excerpt, write btlsummary-subscribe-AT-topica.email-publisher.com
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betweenthelines-AT-snet.net
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© 2002 Between the Lines C/O WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, Connecticut USA.
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