Article: Supreme Court Removes Another Barrier to Corporate Ownership of Elections Posted on June 30, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Defending Key Reforms John Nichols The Nation June 27, 2011 The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority continued its project of bartering off American democracy to the highest bidder with a decision Monday that will make it dramatically harder to counter free-spending attack campaigns funded by billionaire donors and corporate spin machines. Read More
Resolution Passed by Unitarian Universalist Association in Charlotte, North Carolina Posted on June 28, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Democracy Amendments On June 26, 2011, at the General Assembly meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, an Action of Immediate Witness opposing the Citizens United decision was passed. The resolution, "Oppose Citizens United–Support Free Speech For People" stated that "Unitarian Unviersalists believe in the the ‘inherent worth and dignity of every person’, and in the ‘use of the democratic process’ in society at large". Read More
29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes Posted on June 27, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation June 26, 2011 It was Easter Weekend 2010 when 33-year-old Gary Quarles—a skilled miner with 14 years experience and a father of two— and an “up and coming” miner, Nicolas McCroskey, 26, were having dinner with a friend. They said that “something bad was going to happen” at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine where they worked. That Sunday, Quarles also confided in a close friend he’d known since childhood. Read More
Perspectives: How to Stop Pay-to-Play Politics Posted on June 24, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power by Shreya Barot, American Sustainable Business Council The American democratic principles of “government of the people, by the people, for the people” are now being endangered by an overreaching Supreme Court ruling – Citizens United v. FEC. The Story of Citizens United, by the famous maker of The Story of Stuff, illustrates beautifully how the ruling enables corporations to spend unlimited money on public elections. Read More
FSFP, American Sustainable Business Council Join Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield for Business for Democracy Webinar Posted on June 13, 2011 (October 13, 2020) Democracy Amendments On Tuesday, June 7, Free Speech For People and the American Sustainable Business Council joined Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (Ben & Jerry’s) for a webinar offering a business perspective on Citizens United and challenging the notion that corporations are people with constitutional rights. Read More
Massey Energy: Groups Call On Beau Biden To Revoke Coal Company’s Corporate Charter Posted on June 10, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Huffington Post Lucia Graves June 6, 2011 WASHINGTON — Two public interest organizations are calling on Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden to revoke the corporate charter of Massey Energy in the wake of a report on the company’s Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia that killed 29 coal miners. Read More
Attorney General, Delaware Courts Asked to Revoke Massey Energy’s Corporate Charter Posted on June 8, 2011 (June 16, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power ATTORNEY GENERAL, DELAWARE COURTS ASKED TO REVOKE MASSEY ENERGY’S CORPORATE CHARTER LETTER TO DELAWARE ATTORNEY GENERAL BEAU BIDEN FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF INDEPENDENT REPORT ON THE UPPER BIG BRANCH MINE DISASTER FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE AND APPALACHIAN VOICES CITE REPORT FOR DESCRIBING ‘A SHOCKING CORPORATE CULTURE OF ILLEGALITY’ WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — In the wake ofRead More
Questions and Answers for America’s Businesspeople About the People’s Rights Amendment Posted on June 7, 2011 (October 13, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Podcast: Do corporations and unions have Constitutional rights? Posted on June 1, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Transpartisan Innovations with Michael Ostrolenk May 23, 2011 Read More
Give Us Our Law Back: Montana Fights to Stop Corporate Corruption Posted on May 24, 2011 (July 15, 2020) Defending Key Reforms For nearly 100 years, Montana law prohibited corporate money in politics. Then came the Citizens United decision. by Gwen Stowe, Jeff Clementsposted May 24, 2011 In Montana, corporations claim that the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission overturned a century-old anti-corruption law. Now state residents are fighting, all over again, to take their democracy back from corporations. 100 Years of Regulation, Gone Read More