This week on Democracy Matters: Non-binding resolutions, temporary moratoria, study commissions - they don't change law or policy, so why do activists continue to celebrate them? And Rick Dubrow of Bellingham, WA's, Living Democracy group.

On this week's program, we debate why non-binding resolutions, temporary moratoria, study commissions, etc. are celebrated by activists when they don't make any real change in law or policy. Is it an opening to real change, or a way for legislatures and Congress to avoid doing anything real? And we talk with Rick Dubrow of Bellingham, WA, where a local group is organizing for change that puts the rights of residents before that of corporations. 

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