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
Article: Efforts build to curb corporate political spending Posted on November 28, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Thatcher Moats Vermont Today November 27, 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
Charter Revocation Update: Mineworkers charge Massey with “Industrial Homicide” Posted on October 28, 2011 (August 6, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Jeff Clements October 28, 2011 Read More
The Huffington Post: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Targets Massey Coal Company Posted on September 21, 2011 (August 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power James Gerken The Huffington Post 9/21/11 Read More
Dear Big Coal: You’re Not Above the Law Posted on September 21, 2011 (August 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power How many times can a corporation break the law and continue to exist? Inside the fight to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter. by Sarah van Gelder posted Sep 20, 2011 Yes! Magazine Read More
In These Times: Corporations Are Not People Posted on September 19, 2011 (August 3, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Joel Bleifuss In These Times September 19, 2011 Read More
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Joins Call to Decharter Massey Energy– Listen Here Posted on September 19, 2011 (June 16, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Read More