Corporate Personhood
Public Group active 1 month, 3 weeks ago agoGroup around educating and doing actions around ending the role of ‘corporate personhood’ in our elections and government.
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aaron black posted an update in the group
Corporate Personhood 2 months, 4 weeks agoIt seems like the number one political issue that comes up in any Occupy related discussion around the country is ending corporate personhood. This is certainly the case at Occupy Wall Street, where we have consensus through our General Assembly that corporations are not people. Occupy Los Angeles, and Boston have done the same thing, and I hope…[Read more]
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Elaine S started the forum topic Spring or summer action? in the group
Corporate Personhood 3 months, 2 weeks agoHi Corporate Personhood group! I think we had a very successful action on January 20 in front of the courthouse and I thank everyone for their participation. My question now is: where do we go from here?
What […]
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Brandon replied to the forum topic Signs. Banners, etc. for Outreach about Corp Personhood in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 2 weeks agoThe Corporation Not Equal People stencil pdf.
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Brandon started the forum topic What is corp personhood & why is it a prob? in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 3 weeks agoCorporate personhood is the idea that under the law, corporations are people and therefore have protection under the Bill of Rights. This means that any laws that congress wants to pass related to limiting […]
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Brandon posted an update in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 3 weeks agoFrom the meeting last night:
First Night: a few people will be walking around as ‘mystery’ people with signs or sandwich boards asking for a person who has committed a certain crime (bribery, tax evasion, etc.).Jan 20th: Rally at the Fed Court House on marconi from 3-5pm. Mostly being put together by Move to Ammend central ohio.
Jan 21st: A…[Read more]
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Steve Steinmetz replied to the forum topic Amendment to Overturn Citizen's United in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 3 weeks agoThe Rights and Privileges enumerated in the Constitution are reserved for the individual Citizens and shall not be held or enjoyed by any organization, company, corporation or other organized body which includes […]
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Steve Steinmetz posted an update in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 3 weeks agoThe Rights and Privileges enumerated in the Constitution are reserved for the individual Citizens and shall not be held or enjoyed by any organization, company, corporation or other organized body which includes in its membership, boards or holders of shares, those who are not naturalized Citizens of The United States or who are foreign…[Read more]
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Brandon posted an update in the group
Campaign Reform 4 months, 4 weeks agoLawrence Lesig author of Republic Lost: how money corrupts Congress–and a plan to stop it was a guest on The Daily Show. He brought up an interesting voucher system. $50 of all taxes come back as democracy vouchers to be given to candidates who enter the voucher system. Above that campaign contributions are limited to $100. Issue? Must be…[Read more]
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Elaine S started the forum topic Citizens United anniversary action in the group
Campaign Reform 5 months agoHi OC’ers, just wanted to get everybody following this working group on the same page in terms of the Jan 20 action. As of now there are some speakers and musicians lined up. We are still looking for some […]
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Brandon replied to the forum topic Amendment to Overturn Citizen's United in the group
Campaign Reform 5 months, 1 week agoMove to Amend Proposed Amendment
Section 1 [Corporations are not people and can be regulated]
The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only. […]
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Brandon replied to the forum topic Amendment to Overturn Citizen's United in the group
Campaign Reform 5 months, 1 week agoBernie Sanders – 12/12/2012
‘‘SECTION 1.
The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, […] -
Brandon started the forum topic Thurs, 12/15 7pm – End Citizens United Teleconference in the group
Campaign Reform 5 months, 1 week agoCampaign Finance Reform Working Group in conjunction with our friends at Public Citizen, Common Cause, Free Speech for People, Move to Amend and People For the American Way to host a teleconference with others […]
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jdorn posted an update in the group
Campaign Reform 5 months, 1 week agoWe should add ’lobbying’ to this list
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Because monetary lobbying of officials leads to disenfranchised voters/constituents.