Campaign to Legalize Democracy: David Cobb and Riki Ott Discuss the Best Way to Abolish Corporate Personhood

Feb 25, 2010 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm UTC-08
Location: Bellview Grange Hall
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David Cobb & Riki OttCampaign to Legalize DemocracyMovetoAmend.orgCAMPAIGN TO LEGALIZE DEMOCRACY CALLS FORCONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTAbolish Corporate Personhood &Reestablish a Government OF, BY, and FOR the PeopleThu, Feb 25, 7pm - 9pmBellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, AshlandFree Admission! / Contributions WelcomeDavid Cobb, Riki Ott To Discuss Abolishment Of Corporate Personhood In Pacific Northwest Speaking TourLocal Sponsors: Alliance For Democracy, Jobs With Justice, Pacific Green Party, and Peace Village FestivalOn Thursday, Feb. 25 from 7 to 9 pm David Cobb and Riki Ott will be visiting Ashland's Bellview Grange to lead a community dialogue about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United that gives corporations individual's rights, and how our community can join the movement to abolish corporate "personhood."After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case to open the floodgates to unlimited corporate spending on elections, a new national coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business organizations responded with a bold call to overrule the decision and amend the Constitution to restore the power of people over corporations. David Cobb and Riki Ott, coalition organizers in the Campaign to Legalize Democracy, will appear at Ashland’s Bellview Grange on Thursday, February 25th to help local citizens learn how they can work to abolish corporate personhood and reestablish a government of, by, and for the people."Corporate personhood" commonly refers to court-created precedent that gives corporations constitutional rights intended solely for human beings. Corporate personhood is not an inconsequential legal technicality. The Supreme Court ruled that a corporation was a "legal person" with 14th Amendment protections before they granted full personhood to African-Americans, immigrants, Native Americans, or women."We are inspired by historic social movements that recognized the necessity of altering fundamental power relationships," said Riki Ott, the Director of Ultimate Civics and a marine toxicologist whose activism was galvanized by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. "America has progressed through ordinary people joining together -- from the Revolutionaries to Abolitionists, Suffragists, Trade Unionists, and Civil Rights activists through to today.""The movement we are launching is a long-term effort to make the U.S. Constitution more democratic," notes David Cobb, the Director of the Program on Corporations Law & Democracy and an attorney helping to lead the coalition. "We are a diverse coalition with deep roots in communities nationwide. We recognize that amending the Constitution to restore the power of the people over corporations will not be easy, but we know correcting the Supreme Court is imperative to the progress of our nation."Over 60,000 people have signed an online petition supporting a constitutional amendment at www.MoveToAmend.org. Move to Amend is a project of The Campaign to Legalize Democracy.You can view their recent articles in Sentient Times in the February/Match issue of the magazine, in print at locations all around southern Oregon and Northern California, and also online at:http://www.sentienttimes.com/10/feb_mar_10/motion.htmlhttp://www.sentienttimes.com/10/feb_mar_10/abolish.htmlhttp://www.sentienttimes.com/10/feb_mar_10/patriot.html

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Campaign to Legalize Democracy: David Cobb and Riki Ott Discuss the Best Way to Abolish Corporate Personhood

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