Abolish
Corporate Personhood Organizing Packet
This
organizing packet is designed to help you join with others
to Abolish Corporate Personhood. This is an opportune time
to build coalitions and public support in communities all
over the country around the notion that only human beings
should govern. Corporations have no “business”
impersonating us!
The
2003-2005 goals of this effort are to:
- insert the
issue of corporate personhood into the 2004 election campaigns;
- pass town/city
resolutions abolishing corporate personhood in 50 communities;
- change the
ACLU position on corporate free speech.
The
leadership
team of WILPF’s campaign to Challenge Corporate
Power, Assert the People’s Rights will serve as a clearinghouse
for activities and a resource for further actions. Check our
actions
and alerts for the latest developments around the country.
Tackle corporate personhood with gusto and let us know what’s
happening!
In
creating our ten-session study
group packet, as well as this packet, we want to acknowledge
the valuable information and analysis provided by the Program
on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD).
In
solidarity,
Campaign
Leadership Team
Abolish
Corporate Personhood Flyer
Abolish Corporate
Personhood flyer (PDF, 1.4Mb, 2 pages)
Organizing packet for WILPF's Campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood
Complete Organizing
Packet (PDF, 716Kb, 36 pages)
Cover Page
Cover Letter
"Abolish
Corporate Personhood," a presentation
Timeline of Personhood Rights and Powers with explantory
notes
Declaration to Abolish
Corporate Personhood
Personhood Song
Quo
Warranto Song (available in hardcopy packets)
Democratic Arts:
What it Takes to Do Democracy
What Could
Change If Corporate Personhood Were Abolished
"Racism and
Global Corporatization," an article from Peace & Freedom
(WILPF's quarterly publication), Fall 2001
“Corporate
Personhood and the ‘Right’ to Harm the Environment,”
an article from Peace & Freedom, Spring 2002
"As the
Country Turns," a short drama
“Interview
with a Corporate Person,” a short skit
Matt
Wuerker cartoon "Corpenstein" (GIF, 149Kb)
Ten Ways to Get Involved
Tips on Passing
a Resolution
Sample
Resolutions
Point
Arena City Council
National
Lawyers Guild
American Academy of Family Physicians
Santa
Clara Blues Booklet
Santa
Clara Blues* (PDF, 138Kb)
*Note:
Our Santa Clara Blues booklet was printed on 8.5"
x 11" paper and then folded in half. This PDF file does not
print that way; it prints each 8.5" x 5.5" booklet page on
one sheet of paper. For distribution purposes, we recommend
that you obtain multiple copies of the printed booklets from
the WILPF office; the price is $2 each.
Flier
for Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance
and the Theft of Human Rights, by Thom Hartmann
Allies
Reclaim Democracy (Web site)
Reclaim Democracy is dedicated to restoring democratic authority over corporations.
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