Corporations Are Not People, Money is Not Speech: Repealing Corporate Personhood Throughout America

 In Boulder, CO “Measure 2H” is a call for reclaiming democracy from the corrupting effects of corporate control. It’s a show of support for the Move to Amend initiative, which wants to change the U.S. Constitution so that it overrides the Supreme Courts Citizens United decision that essentially granted personhood to corporations. The January 2010 …

Reference: The Privatization [Corruption] of Democracy – Honoring & Documenting the Work of Eva Waskell

I am honored that Eva Waskell has entrusted me to present The Privatization of Our Democracy, a work that I regard as her Profile in Courage. For 25 years she has labored to correct what is possibly the most significant public policy failure of the computer age—the privatization of vote counting carried out under the …

John Steiner: Bob Burnett – New Declaration of Independence

A New Declaration of Independence Bob Burnett Berkeley writer, retired Silicon Valley executive The preamble of the United States Declaration of Independence declares: “…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter and abolish it, and to institute new Government.” Occupy Wall Street is an …

Event: 8-11 Sep Toronto World Hearings on 9/11 + RECAP

International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 Posted on February 20, 2011 by torontohearings Sponsored by The International Center for 9/11 Studies Objectives of the Hearings: (1) To present evidence that the U.S. government’s official investigation into the events of September 11, 2001, as pursued by various government and government-appointed agencies, is seriously flawed …