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MOVE TO AMEND (MTA)
Peter, you're invited to a NYC gathering tomorrow of MTA supporters
MOVE TO AMEND (MTA)
Peter, you're invited to a NYC gathering tomorrow of MTA supporters
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
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Peter
Ending Corporate Rule and the Corrupting Influence of Big Money in Elections
You’re invited to a New York City Gathering of Move to Amend Supporters
Thursday, May 22 | 7:30 pm ET
The 2024 election of Donald Trump and the subsequent Congressional proposals to cut taxes on the rich, slash basic services to everyone else, weaken government’s ability to regulate corporate power, work to privatize/corporatize federal agencies (led in many cases by billionaire Elon Musk), nullifying basic civil rights for minority groups, and ignore or defy the Constitution (including First Amendment free speech rights) are simply payback to the billionaires and corporate entities that invested in Trump’s campaign… as well as the inauguration.
Our voices are not being heard, nor are our needs met nor our communities receiving the support they need.
Resistance to the tyranny is growing as people are agitating, lobbying and organizing – all good.
Resistance, however, needs to be coupled with educating, advocating and long-term organizing for fundamental alternatives – what we want and need – that is proportional to the magnitude of the crises we’re facing.
Join fellow Move to Amend supporters in the City to learn more about the We the People Amendment, which calls for abolishing legalized bribery (i.e. the constitutional right that defines money as free speech, which has resulted in on onslaught of billionaire and corporate cash in elections) and abolishing all corporate constitutional rights (more commonly known as “corporate personhood”).
There will be ample time for sharing what participants are already doing and discussion about possible collective actions (including outreach to labor, environmental, community and other groups) to link current resistance to the need for systemic change.
We need to link what we oppose to what we propose. The We the People Amendment is one of several systemic changes required to help create authentic democracy in this country – for the very first time.
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\ What Could Change if Corporate Personhood Were Abolished?
If We the People are sovereign, we must control the government. Corporations are created and chartered by the government which, acting on behalf of We the People, gives corporations privileges, not rights. Neither the government, without the consent of the governed, nor corporations have the right to rule over the people. Since corporations have gained the legal status of persons, corporations have accumulated rights and become rulers — in other words, they can tell the government what to do.
Corporate legal personhood was wrongly given — not by We the People, but by nine Supreme Court judges in 1886. Corporate Personhood is bad for democracy, people, and the planet because it has allowed an artificial entity to legally relegate people to subhuman status. We the People have the sovereign right — indeed, duty — to abolish Corporate Personhood.
When Corporate Personhood is abolished, here are some actions We the People can take that are currently “beyond our authority”:
- 1. Prohibit all political activity by corporations — stop all corporate political donations and all corporate lobbying. These activities are currently legal because “corporate persons” are protected under the First Amendment.
- 2. Prevent corporate mergers and prohibit corporations from owning stock in other corporations. Regulation of these activities was overturned because “corporate persons” are protected under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- 3. Inspect for environmental or health violations without a warrant or prior notice. The Fourth Amendment protects “corporate persons” from search without a warrant, protecting corporate polluters from concerned citizens and regulatory agencies.
- 4. Revoke corporate charters by popular referendum. This is now illegal because “corporate persons” are entitled to equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
- 5. Prohibit the erection of cell phone towers and chain stores from doing business in your town, county, and state. Civil rights legislation and the Fourteenth Amendment are used to ensure that “corporate persons” have an equal opportunity to be part of our communities.
- 6. Stop advertising for tobacco, guns, and other dangerous products. “Corporate persons” are entitled to free speech under the First Amendment, with “commercial speech” increasingly protected by the federal courts.
- 7. Levy differential taxes for corporations and restrict their size. The Fourteenth Amendment protects “corporate persons” from unfair discrimination (although they don’t complain when they get big tax breaks).
- 8. Require labeling of genetically modified foods. This is currently prevented because the First Amendment protects the right of “corporate persons” NOT to speak.
- If Corporate Personhood were abolished, none of these things would change automatically. New laws could be written and old laws could be challenged in court to eliminate the kinds of protections that have enabled “corporate persons” to amass so much wealth and power.
This list was compiled by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, a coalition partner with MoveToAmend.org.
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