On AlterNet: corporate personhood

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "corporate personhood"

Signs of Change? How Americans Turned Disaster and Outrage Into Upheaval

Greg Guma, Maverick Media. January 25, 2012.

Who could ignore the signs of change last year as the Tea Party’s no-nothing rejectionism gave way to a global outcry against economic unfairness and corporate exploitation?

Is Reversing Citizens United or Corporate Personhood Enough?

Shannon Biggs, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

It's time to ask ourselves: What are we truly prepared to do to put government in the hands of the people?

The Uphill Battle Against Citizens United: Tricky Legal Terrain and No Easy Fixes

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. January 19, 2012.

Is there anything in the years to come that can lead to a victory against the notorious Supreme Court decision?

Moyers: Why 'We The People' Must Triumph Over Corporate Power

Bill Moyers, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. December 11, 2011.

Bill Moyers reminds us that repairing American democracy begins with reasserting that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens.

City of L.A. and Occupy L.A. Working to End Corporate Personhood

Brooke Jarvis, YES! Magazine. December 8, 2011.

When L.A. and Occupy L.A. are making the same unanimous demand, it’s clear that the desire to take on corporate power in politics is gaining traction.

The Real History of 'Corporate Personhood': Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You

Jeffrey Clements, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. December 6, 2011.

The real history of today's excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court.

'We the People' versus 'We the Corporation': Sentiment Builds for Banning Corporate Personhood, But Tough Road Ahead.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

How far should a constitutional amendment go to roll back corporate rights? And is it possible?

The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1%

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 23, 2011.

Occupiers could direct their energy not only at Wall Street, but also at its enablers, in Congress, and ultimately, at the high court.

Thom Hartmann: As World Population Reaches 7 Billion, What Will Save Us From Ourselves?

Thom Hartmann, AlterNet. November 1, 2011.

There is a way to heal our broken world -- but it won't come from new technologies, a new leader or political party, the Rapture, or space aliens.

Can Communities Reclaim the Right to Say "No" to Corporations?

Mari Margil, YES! Magazine. August 24, 2011.

Many communities trying to stop fracking, drilling, or big box stores out are finding they don't have the legal right to say no. So they are trying to change the structure of law.

Banning Corporate Personhood: How Communities Are Taking the Law Back from Big Companies

Sabrina Artel, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

Ben Price of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund explains how communities can fight corporate power with a new legal weapon.

Wal-Mart -- It's Alive! How the Company Is Terrorizing the Country With its Corporate 'Personhood'

Barbara Ehrenreich, The American Prospect. April 29, 2011.

If Wal-Mart is a person, as per the Supreme Court, it's a behemoth terrorizing the countryside. But when it comes to workers' rights, it remains curiously immune from lawsuits.

Vision: How Small, Mostly Conservative Towns Have Found the Trick to Defeating Corporations

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 4, 2011.

As the Right pushes privatization as a solution to the economic collapse, one organization is teaching communities how to defeat corporations.

Corporations Ain't People, So Why Do They Have the Power of Citizens?

Adrienne Maree Brown, Dani McClain, AlterNet. January 29, 2011.

Two anti-corporate activists discuss the abuses of corporate personhood and how we can shake their grip of power off of our democratic process.

Resolution Calling to Amend the Constitution Banning Corporate Personhood Introduced in Vermont

Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet. January 22, 2011.

On the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, Vermont politicians are moving to deny corporations the rights that humans enjoy.

The Supreme Court Sold Out Our Democracy -- How to Fight the Corporate Takeover of Our Elections

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 25, 2010.

Historian Thom Hartmann discusses the history of corruption that led up to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

Corporate Hijacking of Our Elections Is Well Under Way, with Foreign Companies Chipping in to Destroy Our Democracy

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 7, 2010.

The Supreme Court's ill-fated decision to allow unlimited corporate expenditure in our elections is already causing huge problems.

What If BP Were A Human Being?

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. May 12, 2010.

If BP were a person it would be a career criminal, a pathological liar and an international serial killer with a rap sheet several times the size of the Chicago Yellow Pages.

The Bush-Packed Supreme Court Thinks Corporations Are People Too

Scott Klinger, AlterNet. January 22, 2010.

Corporations now have all the privileges of citizenship, without any of the responsibilities.

Really Simple: We Need to Get Rid of the Perverse Notion of "Corporate Personhood"

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2010.

Corporations are not people too.

Enjoyed the Health-Care Debate? We'll Keep Chasing Our Tails Until We Start Taking American Democracy Seriously

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. December 1, 2009.

The debates over health-care, financial reform and everything else ring hollow as long as we ignore what lies at the root of Washington's dysfunction.

Challenging Corporate Power: California Community Says Companies Are Not People; Bans Campaign Donations

Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, YES! Magazine. September 5, 2007.

Humboldt County, California, became the latest, and largest, jurisdiction to abolish the disastrous legal doctrine known as â€œcorporate personhood.â€