Corporatism

Open Governance Framework: Getting Things Done Without the Bureaucratic BS

May 31, 2013 Darin Lawson Hosking, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Corporatism, Education

I have been observing and participating in the overall movement since inception in New York both physically and virtually via the internet. I have visited several camps, been to many GA’s, went to the Occupy the Midwest gathering. All the time documenting either with a video camera, gathering printed materials, or taking notes and what I have found is that Occupy does have a message. I started seeing the message appear while copying and pasting chants and comments from various livestreams, I started to see a theme emerge of its own accord. Today's technology allows anyone to voice their opinions about any subject on any web site, this basic ability must be leveraged by our democratic process.

Get Apocalyptic: Why Radical is the New Normal

May 31, 2013 Robert Jensen, www.yesmagazine.org Resist! Corporatism, Environment

We are staring down multiple cascading ecological crises, struggling with political and economic institutions that are unable even to acknowledge, let alone cope with, the threats to the human family and the larger living world. We are intensifying an assault on the ecosystems in which we live, undermining the ability of that living world to sustain a large-scale human presence into the future. When all the world darkens, looking on the bright side is not a virtue but a sign of irrationality. Anxiety is rational and anguish is healthy, signs not of weakness but of courage. Once we’ve sorted through those reactions, we can get apocalyptic and get down to our real work.

Corporate and Law Enforcement Spying on Environmentalists

May 30, 2013 Adam Federman, www.earthisland.org Educate! Corporatism, Environment

Since the group had never engaged in any kind of illegal activity or particularly radical forms of protest, it came as a shock when GDAC members learned that their organization had been featured in intelligence bulletins compiled by a private security firm, The Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR). Equally shocking was the revelation that the Pennsylvania Department of Homeland Security had distributed those bulletins to local police chiefs, state, federal, and private intelligence agencies, and the security directors of the natural gas companies, as well as industry groups and PR firms.

How the Ford Motor Company Won a Battle and Lost Ground

May 30, 2013 Staff, www.smithsonianmag.com Educate! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy, Human Rights, Worker Rights and Jobs

In 1937, Walter Reuther and his United Autoworkers Union had brought General Motors and Chrysler to their knees by staging massive sit-down strikes in pursuit of higher pay, shorter hours and other improvements in workers’ lives. But when Reuther and the UAW set their sights on the Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford made it clear that he’d never give in to the union. Like that, what would become infamous as the Battle of the Overpass was on. Forty of Bennett’s men charged the union organizers. Kilpatrick called out a warning, but the security men pounced, beating the union leaders while reporters and clergy looked on. Kilpatrick and the other photographers began snapping away.

The Metropolitan Education Problem: Why High School Students Are Walking Out

May 30, 2013 Jon Shelton, www.dissentmagazine.org Educate! Corporatism, Education, Finance and the Economy

Philadelphia is far from the only American city with major fiscal problems in the school system at the moment. There have been similar student walkouts in Newark and Chicago. These are not mere coincidences; indeed, both Newark and Chicago have demographic and economic trajectories that are similar to Philly. We need to reconsider bold solutions to these problems—like integrating city and suburbs or legislating counter-cyclical revenue sharing that would pump up urban budgets during times of economic difficulty.

Los Angeles Votes Overwhelmingly Against Corporate Personhood

May 24, 2013 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Create! Corporatism

In city-wide elections Tuesday, an astounding 76.6 percent of Los Angeles voters "emphatically endorsed" the growing national call for a constitutional amendment, declaring “Only People Are People.” The resolution, Proposition C, calls for a constitutional amendment that would overturn the 2010 Supreme Court ruling and limit the rights of corporations so that spending money on campaigns is not constitutionally protected speech. Further, Proposition C demands that Los Angeles elected officials and area legislative representatives promote this mandate and push for a constitutional amendment in Sacramento and Washington D.C.

Using Local Governance to Challenge Corporate Power: Democracy School

May 19, 2013 Caitlin Burchill, www.wabi.tv Organize! Corporatism, Democracy, Government

The Democracy School: An effective training for communities to exercise local governance by passing ordinances to protect their environments from being destroyed by outside corporations. This schooling has helped hundreds of towns and municipalities to take control of their communities to successfully resist corporate "personhood" by educating and uniting people into true democratic action. A tool for powerful activism.

Buycott: New App to Avoid Corporations You Don’t Like

May 16, 2013 Clare O'Connor, www.forbes.com Resist! Corporatism

Pardo’s handiwork is available for download on iPhone or Android, making its debut in iTunes and Google Play in early May. You can scan the barcode on any product and the free app will trace its ownership all the way to its top corporate parent company, including conglomerates like Koch Industries. Once you’ve scanned an item, Buycott will show you its corporate family tree on your phone screen. Scan a box of Splenda sweetener, for instance, and you’ll see its parent, McNeil Nutritionals, is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Even more impressively, you can join user-created campaigns to boycott business practices that violate your principles rather than single companies.

World’s Richest Man Carlos Slim Taunted by Audience Laughter, Kazoos

May 11, 2013 Crayton Harrison, www.bloomberg.com Resist! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy

The 73-year-old, whose telecommunications empire spansLatin America, the U.S. and Europe, has been increasingly targeted by demonstrators over the past two years. In addition to the event this week at the New York Public Library, marchers hoisted signs during his commencement speech last year at George Washington University. Picketers have also shown up at a New York store owned by Saks Inc. (SKS)-- his biggest U.S. investment -- and called for California lawmakers to investigate him. The protests are loosely organized by a group of Latino political organizations that say they’re self-funded and unconnected with Slim’s competitors in Mexico.

Congress: Still Corporate. Still Criminal. Still Captured.

May 7, 2013 Staff, www.occupywallstreet.org Educate! Corporatism

Today, nine deregulatory bills were considered, and nine were passed. The most egregious, HR 992, which we wrote about on Monday, passed 53-6. This bill is named "Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act", but it should be called, "If Banks Get Bailed Out, We'll Get Sold Out. Again." This is the bill that makes the cost of doing business for Wall Street lower by exploiting the implicit backing of the Federal Government. It allows banks to hold risky derivatives in the insured depository--that part of the bank that is insured by the FDIC. As we wrote yesterday, this is dangerous because derivatives are senior in bankruptcy--derivatives counterparties get paid out first.

May 10, Day of Action Against Corporate Personhood

May 2, 2013 Kevin Zeese Resist! Corporatism

When the Supreme Court decided for corporations in the Citizens United v. FEC case, it elevated knowledge of the doctrine of "corporate personhood" to new heights. Hundreds of thousands of people now know what those words mean. But as awful as Citizens United is, corporate personhood wasn't created with that case.Corporate Personhood was concocted by corporate lawyers 127 years ago. On May 10, 1886 in the Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad case, the Court is said to have given corporations their first foothold in the Constitution.

Amendment to Abolish Corporate Personhood Introduced

February 14, 2013 Create! Corporatism

Yesterday in DC, Move to Amend held a press conference in Washington, DC to announce the introduction of an amendment

Dr. Margaret Flowers Confronts Wall Street Investors

October 12, 2011 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Health Care, Wall Street

We need Wall Street, the health insurance industry and investors out of health care; replaced by a publicly financed single payer improved Medicare for all system. Doctors, health providers and patients should decide health care -- not Wall Street. Dr. Flowers explains why Wall Street should be ashamed of themselves for putting profits before people's necessities.

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