Links

Democracy & Media Reform

FreePress.net is a prominent website promoting media reform.

Lawrence Lessig's blog, now focused on reducing corruption in democracy.

StudentUnion.ca is Titus Gregory's blog of "news & views for student union activists in Canada". Includes Canadian Student Union Database.

Corporate Governance

Proxy Democracy helps you vote your stock according to your goals - financial, social, environmental etc. It lets you compare the voting records of various mutual and pension funds (e.g. on climate change). So you can choose funds with voting records you respect. It also offers a free service, emailing you voting decisions by your preferred funds on stocks you both own, before the voting deadline. So you can conveniently piggyback your stock voting decisions on those of funds you trust. This was inspired by Mark Latham's writings (e.g. "Proxy Voting Brand Competition") and is directed by Andrew Eggers, a Harvard government PhD student. See 2008-05-07 article at SocialFunds.com; also the ProxyDemocracy Blog.

Corporate Governance site corpgov.net is a great source of news and insight on this field, including a comprehensive links page.

Fund Votes -- in-depth analysis of investment fund proxy voting.

Governance Map
"A window onto the network of corporate decision makers"
Provides critical insight and analysis of shareowner proxy voting issues and trends.

Investor Suffrage Movement -- Published in the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of Financial Analysts Journal, this article by Glyn Holton proposes to enhance shareowner power and oversight of management by creating a proxy voting rights exchange. This strategy has much in common with that of MyProxyAdvisor.com, and with the ideas in Latham's articles "Vote Your Stock" and "Proxy Voting Brand Competition".

Northwest Corporate Accountability Project has a helpful how-to guide for shareowner resolutions and a corporate governance links page.