Another State Moves to Abolish Corporate Personhood

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“Corporate Personhood is shorthand for the notion that a corporation must be treated as if it were a person with inherent unalienable rights.” — Huffington Post

The Story of Citizens United v. FEC – why we need to look at this situation.

NPR Audio: When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution

Take Action Toolkit

Restoring Citizen Authority Over Corporations

We The People Amendment

How We Got Here

http://www.thomhartmann.com

https://movetoamend.org

Think Corporate Personhood is Bad? The TPP Will Give Us Corporations Nationhood.

More on TPP

Lee Camp: Corporate Personhood is Way, Way Worse Than You Think

Noam Chompsky on Corporate Personhood

Walking Across USA to Bring Awareness on Corporate Personhood Issue

 

New Documentary: Pay To Play

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PAY 2 PLAY trailer from John Wellington Ennis on Vimeo.

Showing in Los Angeles September 12-18
Screening at the LAEMMLE NORTH HOLLYWOOD THEATRE (NoHo7)
Friday September 12th-18th.
Located at: 5240 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
310-478-3836
TICKETS: http://www.laemmle.com/films/38421

Showing in Ojai September 26
Friday, September 26, 2014, 07:30pm – 09:30pm • $10
Film and Discussion
More information: http://www.hopedance.org/events/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/26/769/-/pay2play-film-discussion-ojai

PAY 2 PLAY follows filmmaker John Ennis’ quest to find a way out from under the Pay 2 Play System, where Politicians reward their donors with even larger sums from the public treasury — through contracts, tax cuts, and deregulation. Along the way, he journeys through high drama on the Ohio campaign trail, uncovers the secret history of the game Monopoly, and explores the underworld of L.A. street art on a humorous odyssey that reveals how much of a difference one person can make. PAY 2 PLAY: Democracy’s High Stakes is the layman’s guidebook to taking back our democracy.

It is a very important time in the context of our movement earlier this week David Cobb, also of the Move to Amend National Leadership Team debated Jams Bopp who argued the Citizens United case before the Supreme Court, today the senate failed to pass SJR 19 and Move to Amend’s Pledge to Amend 2014 campaign is in full swing seeking to get elected officials on record as to whether they support the “We The People” amendment.  READ MORE

Monday, July 9 at 6 pm: Tell City Council Corporations Are Not People

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Ventura City Council 
501 Poli Street, Ventura, CA 93001

Monday, July  9, 6 pm

We are telling the city council (again) to pass a resolution rejecting corporate personhood and saying that $ is not speech, and asking congress and CA state government that we DEMAND a Constitutional Amendment for this! Trying to draw a big crowd again like we did at the County B of S meeting. Please try to attend, and ask friends to attend.

Opposition to Citizens United Continues to Spread

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Citizens are waking up across America to the extreme injustice done with the Passing of Citizens United in 2010. This does nothing less than undermine our very democracy. Corporations Are Not People.

It is reported that over a million people have signed online petitions. City councils in over a dozen states have invalidated corporate personhood.

Here’s a Good Explanation of What It Is

Reports

http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/an-open-letter-to-the-citizens-against-i-citizens-united-i/254902/

http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/common-security-clubs/overturning-citizens-united-one-city-at-a-time

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/21/the_hard_truth_of_citizens_united/

http://www.citizensunited.org/cu-in-the-news.aspx

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/24/citizens-united-supreme-court-montana-challenge_n_1313579.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission

More: http://www.storyofstuff.org/

Move to Amend LA Organizing Meeting April 28, 2012: http://movetoamendla.org/?p=380

Dec. 6: LA City Council votes to remove Corporate Personhood

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6
Location: Los Angeles City Hall
9:30-12 NOON

Occupy is having a tangible effect…
The Los Angeles City Council will vote on a resolution which calls on Congress to amend the Constitution to clearly establish that only living persons, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights and that money is not the same as free speech. http://movetoamendla.org/?mid=53

L.A. City Hall
200 North Spring Street ,Los Angeles, CA 90012-3224
Google Map: http://maps.google.com/?q=34.053401+-118.243803+(200+North+Spring+Street++,+Los+Angeles,+CA,+90012-3224,+us)&t=h&z=14&vpsrc=0

http://www.lacity.org/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/index.htm
Agenda: http://www.lacity.org/YourGovernment/CityCouncil/CouncilCalendar/index.htm

You can listen in to the City Council by phone: COUNCILPHONE
A dial-up system which allows the public to listen to live coverage of the Los Angeles City Public Meetings from any phone. The numbers below may be used from any location, not just in Los Angeles. Dial up and listen in. Downtown (213) 621-CITY