Congressman McGovern and FSFP Director John Bonifaz visit the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC Posted on November 23, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Ending corporate personhood via a Constitutional Amendment: we are on our way. Posted on November 22, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Daily Kos John Bonifaz November 22, 2011 The movement to overturn corporate personhood and the Citizens United ruling achieved a major breakthrough last week. Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) introduced a Constitutional Amendment last Tuesday that makes clear that corporations are not people and do not have the rights of people under the US Constitution. Here’s a very short video (1 :57) of Rep. McGovern discussing why this is so important. Read More
Listen now: House amendment to end corporate personhood gains momentum Posted on November 21, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Free Speech Radio News November 18, 2011 Michael Lawson Read More
Call to Action Against Citizens United Posted on November 18, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
US Rep. Jim McGovern: A Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Citizens United, restore “We the People” Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Watch now! The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann featuring FSFP Political Director, Steve Cobble. Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Segment begins at 12:05. Read More
McGovern backs amendment to exclude corporations as ‘people’ Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Bobby Caina Calvan November 16, 2011 Read More
Editorial: Challenging Corporate Personhood Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power MetroWest Daily News November 17, 2011 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney caused a stir when he told a crowd in Iowa that "corporations are people, too." He went on to explain that corporations employ, serve and are owned by people, which is true enough, as far as it goes. In Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court went further, decreeing that, since corporations are people, they are endowed with all the rights under the First Amendment, including the right to spend corporate money on political activities without limits. Read More
Article: Why Do Cigarette Boxes Have More Free Speech Rights Than Protesters? Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Alternet Steven Rosenfeld November 16, 2011 Read More
Congressman McGovern Introduces the People’s Rights Amendment Posted on November 15, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments CONGRESSMAN JIM MCGOVERN INTRODUCES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL TO OVERTURN CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ‘Corporations Are Not People’ ‘PEOPLE’S RIGHTS AMENDMENT’ WOULD REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED RULING AND THE CORPORATE RIGHTS DOCTRINE Read More