Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money and Global Corporations - Couverture souple

Clements, Jeffrey D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1626562105 ISBN 13 : 9781626562103

Editeur : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

The Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that corporations are people eliminated campaign finance restrictions and dramatically increased corporate power. Attorney and activist Jeffrey Clements shows how you can fight back. In this new edition, he describes the growing movement to reverse the ruling - since the first edition 16 states, 160 Congress people, and 500 cities and towns have called for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. But at the same time he shows the ongoing destructive effects of the ruling - for example, 5 per cent of the population contributed $7 billion in the 2012 Presidential election, and Chevron spent 1.2 million to influence a single local election in a city of 100,000 people. Clements explains the strange history of how the Supreme Court came to embrace a concept that flies in the face of, not only all common sense, but most of American legal history as well. He shows how unfettered corporate rights will impact public health, energy policy, the environment, and the justice system. And, even more importantly, he provides solutions: the text of a Constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United, and a new chapter, Do Something!, that tells stories of the people leading the movement.His book provides tools every American can use to overturn corporate personhood state by state and community by community.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The new, updated edition of Corporations Are Not People is needed now more than ever. Americans are deeply troubled by the growing influence of corporations and big money in our political discourse and government. Read this book, and join the work to save our democracy."
--Congressman Jim McGovern, lead sponsor of constitutional amendments to overturn Citizens United

"More relevant than ever, this updated edition of Corporations Are Not People chronicles the remarkably vibrant, nationwide grassroots movement to 'get money out and voters in.'"
--Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The Nation

"Jeff Clements, in this remarkably clear-eyed historical and contemporary analysis of stifling corporate supremacy, shows how 'we the people' can make 'a more perfect union' by subordinating giant corporate entities to the constitutional sovereignty of the people."
--Ralph Nader

Présentation de l'éditeur :

NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED
Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that the rights of things—money and corporations—matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. He includes a new chapter, “Do Something!,” showing how—state by state and community by community—Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate power. Since the first edition, 16 states, 160 members of Congress, and 500 cities and towns have called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and the list is growing. This is a fight we can win!

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1626562105
• ISBN 13: 9781626562103
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 272