Resources to "Corporate Personhood"
Reclaim Democracy on "Corporate Personhood"
Wikipedia page on the "Corporate Personhood" debate
Information on the upcoming Citizens United versus FEC case: http://www.democracy21.org/ Contains a FULL LIST of the more than 40 briefs filed in this case as well as the cases filed by public officials including Massachusetts State Attorney General Martha Coakley together with 25 other States Attorneys General
Amicus Brief representing 5 citizens groups concerned about corporations and democracy filed in U.S. Supreme Court to uphold restrictions on corporate political campaign expenditures filed by Attorney Jeffrey Clements.
Press Release for the Amicus Brief
Articles & Books
Articles
U.S. Supreme Court v Democracy: Crucial Battle Underway
Century-old precedent barring direct corporate spending to control election outcomes is under attack by the Court's radicals
by Reclaim Democracy
Supreme Court to Revisit 'Hillary' Documentary
By ADAM LIPTAK, New York Times, published August 29, 2009
A Century-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections
By ADAM COHEN, New York Times, published: August 10, 2009
Chief Justice Roberts: Judicial Activist for Corporate Power
The Citizens United Case: Will the Supreme Court Return America to the 19th Century?
Pure Overreach
New York Times editorial July 5, 2009
Intel's Human Rights
New York Times, August 16, 2009
POCLAD open letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Elections for Radicals: A Call to Democratize U.S. Elections
by David Cobb
By What Authority
The regular newsletter of POCLAD
Corporations and the Bill of Rights
Books on Corporations and Democracy
Defying Corporations, Defining Democracy
Links
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS and THE APEX PRESS
The Council on International and Public Affairs is a non-profit research, education, and publishing group. Its publishing arm, the Apex Press, publishes much of POCLAD's material.
POCLAD
The Program on Corporations, Law And Democracy is the first national democracy group to introduce the concept of "corporate personhood" and challenge corporate to usurpation the rights of citizens to govern.
Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
Working to control corporate power in California.
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
"Challenging Corporate Power, Asserting the People's Rights" Campaign
WILPF produces a superb study guide, "Challenging Corporate Power, Asserting the People's Rights," available free (pdf) online.
Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law and Democracy
Reclaim Democracy
A nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring democratic authority over corporations and revitalizing grassroots democracy.
Common Cause
A national network of active citizens who fight to ensure that powerful institutions in society — including government, corporations, and the news media — serve the public interest, not narrow special interests.
Democracy 21
Democracy 21 is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to making democracy work for all Americans and working to eliminate the undue influence of big money in American politics and to ensure the integrity and fairness of government decisions and elections. The organization promotes campaign finance reform and other political reforms to accomplish these goals.
Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
Liberty Tree collaborates with organizations and individuals to build strategic pro-democracy campaigns that directly challenge illegitimate power, dismantle oppression, and develop the skills necessary to lay the foundation for a democratic revolution.
National Lawyers Guild: Committee on Corporations, the Constitution & Human Rights
Endgame
Corporate research website by George Draffan, author of Elite Consensus. Click "Primer" then "A Little History" for a 13 page listing of corporate history.
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)
Provides support for grassroots efforts that attempt to reassert citizen sovereignty over the corporation...
The 180 Movement for Democracy and Education
The 180 Movement for Democracy and Education is dedicated to helping build a campus and community based movement for political empowerment and participatory democracy...
100Fires.com
Thousands of titles on creating an ecologically sustainable, socially just and democratic world. Dozens of independent, non-corporate publishers and non-profit groups (including POCLAD).
Redwood Coast Alliance for Democracy
Resolution on Corporate Personhood in the City of Point Arena, CA. Original resolution text and the one finally passed. Declaration to End Corporate Personhood and Santa Clara Blues.
Thom Hartmann's book, Unequal Protection on Corporate Personhood and good resources.
Nancho.net
Big Medicine website on corporate personhood. Many articles collected and items found nowhere else.
AbolishCorporatePersonhood.org
Green Party of Arizona (with others) working on a ballot initiative abolishing corporate personhood.
San Francisco Personhood
San Francisco group working to pass a resolution through the SF Board of Supervisors. This is an unmoderated list serve on Yahoo that is quite lively. It also has meetings and events listed.
New Rules Project
Working on legislation in Minnesota including overturning corporate personhood. Offers models for rules encouraging community empowerment.
Essential Action
Has a section on commercial free speech and other issues covered by Multinational Monitor (a group founded by Ralph Nader).
Free Press
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to reform the media.