Not Your Father's Chamber of Commerce: National Organization Is Now a Tool of the Radical Right

AlterNet by Joshua Holland | Oct. 16, 2009 (Opinion)
Once a sane advocate and even community-minded organization, the Chamber of Commerce has been captured by the Republican Party.

under the leadership of Thomas J. Donahue, it has become increasingly partisan, even reactionary, in its steadfast opposition to even modestly progressive proposals in Congress, including those that are in the apparent interests of some of its member firms. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 16, 2009

Holland tells the story of the radical right shift of the Chamber of Commerce. The shady history of it's leader, and it's minority opposition to climate change legislation are part of the story. The story provides a focused reframing of the nature of the organization.

The Chamber, which spends more on lobbying than any other organization in the country, has become a kind of unelected brake on the engine of progressive change — the head of a massively influential network of deep-pocketed organizations whose essential purpose is preventing the creation of a more just society.

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