Join us for a special screening of The Last Mountain Posted on September 13, 2011 (July 28, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power We are co-hosting a special screening of The Last Mountain, along with a discussion forum afterward, as part of bringing our campaign to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter offline and into the real world. The Last MountainDelaware Art Museum2301 Kentmere ParkwayWilmington, DEFriday, September 167:00p-10:00pFree and open to the public Read More
Ain’t no mountain high enough: Taking down Massey coal Posted on July 20, 2011 (July 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Tim DeChristopher Grist July 15, 2011 It’s not quite as elusive as the ivory-billed woodpecker, but in activism, an effective "inside-outside" strategy shares some of the same attributes as that storied bird: It’s highly sought after and much talked-about, but rarely seen. 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
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
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
From Taxing Railroads to Buying Elections Posted on May 10, 2011 (July 15, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2011 CONTACT:People For the American Way: Justin Greenberg, [email protected], (202) 467-4999Public Citizen: Dorry Samuels, [email protected]Free Speech For People: Jeff Clements, [email protected], (978) 287-4901Center for Media and Democracy: Nikolina Lazic, [email protected], (608) 260-9713 From Taxing Railroads to Buying Elections Read More
Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests Posted on December 20, 2010 (June 16, 2022) Corporate Abuse of Power Almost 40 years ago, a Virginia lawyer named Lewis F. Powell Jr. warned that the nation’s free enterprise system was under attack. He urged the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to assemble “a highly competent staff of lawyers” and retain outside counsel “of national standing and reputation” to appear before the Supreme Court and advance the interests of American business.Read More
After the Campaign Cash, the Backlash Posted on November 15, 2010 (July 6, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yes Magazine Brooke Jarvis November 4, 2010 Read More