Granny D Has Died

by btchakir

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:42 PM EST

I am sad to note that “Granny D” (Doris Haddock), the 100-year-old activist from Dublin, NY has died.

Haddock’s efforts to change the system were profiled in the 2007 documentary film “Run Granny Run.” Some of Haddock’s thoughts and speeches were uploaded to the film’s web site, where they remain today.

In an article of hers that I reprinted in January on political ethics and the effect of corporations on our government, I remembered this quote:

The Supreme Court now opens the floodgates to usher in a new tsunami of corporate money into politics. If we are to retain our democracy, we must go a new direction until a more reasonable Supreme Court is in place.

Granny D won’t live to see a more reasonable Supreme Court… but we can certainly carry her hopes ahead of us like a banner.