The Party System in America is a corrupt vehicle used by the wealthy and socially connected Elite to discourage and placate the Mass into inaction and acceptance of the status quo. Reform, or the political revolution if you will, is not going to happen by engaging in party politics alone.

Party politics won't even figure prominently: playing party politics is a distraction of the "rearranging deck chairs" variety. That isn't to say Party politics isn't useful, or that engagement on that front is not necessary. On the contrary it must be seen as an important part of the larger campaign for political reform.

Nor is it to say that we will ever be rid of political parties. That isn't the goal I have in mind. What will actually do more for more people is a legislative agenda, via referendums, initiatives, or similar mechanisms provided for in most states to the reduce the power and influence of party powers in governments.

This is an outline of items that can be made into campaigns on a state by state basis. I will put my money where my mouth is here: I will provide hosting and programming for campaign organizing websites (in any/all states) and, for California initiatives, I will put up the money ($2000, last I looked) to get one of them in the SoS vetting process. If anybody knows someone who has gone through this process and is interested in organizing a campaign, that's welcome, too.

Now to the agenda. These items are intended to each be useful on their own: enacting any one of them should be seen as progress, even if none of the others is enacted in a given cycle. In fact, some might not even be necessary (or might take a substantially different form) if others are enacted.

These proposals are in some respects reflected in organizations that already exist (e.g. fairvote.org), but I'd like to see more concerted and concrete state-wide and per-state action.