Wall Street Journal: Ex-Massey Mine Official Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison Posted on January 18, 2013 (November 20, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power For the past year and a half, we’ve been calling for Massey Energy to lose its corporate charter for its criminal responsibility in the deaths of 29 coal miners when its Upper Big Branch mine in West Vriginia exploded in 2010. The company has paid fines admitting criminal liability in their deaths. Read More
US Court to Big Pharma: “Make any claim you like.” Posted on December 13, 2012 (November 2, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power In America, we have the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) to ensure that the food we buy is safe to eat, and that drugs do for our health what their makers say they do. A U.S. Court recently tossed much of that premise out the window, saying pharmaceutical companies and their employees can not be prevented from making claims about health effects that are un-verified by the F.D.A. In effect, the decision gives drug makers the green light to make up any claim they please, to make the sale. Read More
Major development on Massey: Federal inquiry expands to cover the larger corporate entity. Posted on November 29, 2012 (October 30, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power For the past 18 months, Free Speech For People has called on Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden to revoke Massey’s corporate charter due to the corporation’s acknowledged criminal guilt in the tragic deaths of 29 coal miners at its Upper Big Branch mine. Now, according to the New York Times: Read More
How Corporate Schools Rip Off Taxpayers, Families and Students Posted on May 16, 2012 (September 14, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Original post appeared on Corporations Are Not People By Jeff Clements May 16, 2012 Read More
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Hardball with Chris Matthews, explaining the corrupting impact of Citizens United. Posted on May 7, 2012 (September 14, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Montana Governor Brian Scweitzer (D) and his Lieutenant Governor, John Bohlinger (R) on Thursday became the first two Montanans to sign the petition to put a question calling for a US consitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United on the state’s ballot this November. Read More
Yes! Magazine covers our call to revoke the corporate charter of Massey Energy Posted on March 21, 2012 (September 11, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power "A second tool to discipline corporate wrongdoers is charter revocation…. State governments have the right to revoke charters from companies that do not serve the public interest. Free Speech for People has petitioned Delaware to revoke the charter of Massey Energy. Charter revocation effectively constitutes the death penalty for a corporation. Even occasional use against large corporations would be a major deterrent to corporate wrongdoing." Read More
Article: The Health of Children and Consumers Is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power AlterNet Steven Rosenfeld December 12, 2011 Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels. Read More
The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You Posted on December 8, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power The real history of today’s excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court. December 6, 2011 | Read More Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter! Posted on December 7, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010. The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history. Read More Breaking News: Alpha to pay $200m in Deaths of 29 Mineworkers Posted on December 6, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Mine Owner to Pay $200 Million in Death of 29 Men New York Times By Sabrina Tavernise December 6, 2011 Read More Previous page …5 6 7 8 9 Next page … 11
Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter! Posted on December 7, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010. The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history. Read More
Breaking News: Alpha to pay $200m in Deaths of 29 Mineworkers Posted on December 6, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Mine Owner to Pay $200 Million in Death of 29 Men New York Times By Sabrina Tavernise December 6, 2011 Read More