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Corporations v. Democracy
Email this pageRESOLUTION of the New Hampshire Democratic Party Declaring that Corporations Shall Not Be Considered “Persons”
Whereas: Interpretation of the US Constitution by federal judges to include corporations in the term "persons" has long enabled corporate directors, managers, agents and attorneys to act to nullify the fundamental and constitutional rights of human persons;
The illegitimate judicial and legislative designation of corporations as "persons" and the bestowal of constitutional power and aut
Challenge Corporate Power Conference a Huge Success!
The Des Moines branch has found a way to Challenge Corporate Power and Assert People's Rights in front of a large, enthusiastic audience--an example that might inspire other branches to follow suit. Over the past two or three years the branch has conducted the ten-session WILPF course fifteen to twenty times for groups of six or seven participants.
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Challenge Corporate Power Conference a Huge Success!
Abolish Corporate Personhood planks adopted in 2004 Democratic Party Platforms in Maine and New Hampshire
Statement concerning American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Corporations v. Democracy - Leadership Team
Nancy Abbey (Santa Cruz, CA)
(831)465-8272
nabbey(at)cruzio.com
Marybeth Gardam (Des Moines, IA)
(515)210-7928
mbgardam(at)gmail.com
Links to Collaborative Organizations and to Resources for the Campaign
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's Corporations v.
Corporate Power Resources and Readings
Articles and Other Readings from the CCP, APR Campaign
Single Payer Is Coming
by Mary Zepernick, May 2009.
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Abolish Corporate Personhood Organizing Packet
This organizing packet is designed to help you join with others to Abolish Corporate Personhood. This is an opportune time to build coalitions and public support in communities all over the country around the notion that only human beings should govern. Corporations have no “business” impersonating us!
The goals of this effort are to:
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