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
Groups petition Del. attorney general to revoke Massey charter Posted on September 16, 2011 (July 28, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Manuel Quinones, E&E reporterPublished: Friday, September 16, 2011E&E News PM Advocacy groups petitioned Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (D) today to revoke Massey Energy Co.’s corporate charter. The groups — Free Speech for People, Appalachian Voices and the Rainforest Action Network — said 35,000 people signed the petition, which cites Massey’s environmental record and its role in the Upper Big Branch explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia last year. Read More
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden Asked to Revoke Massey Energy’s Corporate Charter Posted on September 16, 2011 (July 28, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Daniel Kessler, 510-501-1779 DATE: Sept. 16, 2011 FOR RELEASE: Immediate DELAWARE ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKED TO REVOKE MASSEY ENERGY’S CORPORATE CHARTER FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE, APPALACHIAN VOICES, AND RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK SAY MOVE CAUSED BY ‘A SHOCKING CORPORATE CULTURE OF ILLEGALITY’ (1) Read More