In this webinar, the author of State Capture, Alex Hertel-Fernandez, associate professor of public affairs at Columbia University, educates us about the privatizers’ troika that has been riding roughshod over our public institutions and services, including public education, as well as our democratic rights – namely, the American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC] (that factory of reactionary legislation), the State Policy Network [SPN] (the right-wing think tank network), and Americans for Prosperity [AFP] (the Koch-scripted astroturf organization that turns out crowds of reactionary demonstrators to pressure legislators or provide them cover). 

If you want to understand what we progressives are up against, and how we might learn from the successes of our adversaries and defeat them, you need to view this webinar.  Alexander Hertel-Fernandez’s research focuses on the intersection of power and policy in the United States. His most recent book is State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States--and the Nation (Oxford University Press, 2019). You can visit his website at www.hertelfernandez.com.

You can visit the Center for Media And Democracy at https://www.exposedbycmd.org/

This webinar was a collaboration between Kochs Off Campus! and UnKoch My Campus. Recorded on October 28, 2020