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Unequal Protection: Jefferson Versus the Corporate Aristocracy
Thomas Jefferson. (Image: Gilbert Stuart / cliff1066™; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the first shots were fired in 1775 and the Declaration was signed in 1776, …
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Unequal Protection: The Boston Tea Party Revealed
The battle between the small businessmen of America and the huge multinational East India Company actually began in Pennsylvania, according to Hewes.
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Unequal Protection: The Corporate Conquest of America
While corporations can live forever, exist in several different places at the same time, change their identities at will, and even chop off parts of themselves or sprout new …
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Unequal Protection: The Deciding Moment?
Part of the American Revolution was about to be lost a century after it had been fought.
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Unequal Protection: Banding Together for the Common Good
This new corporate entity was, of course, not something that was physically real; it was an agreement, a so-called legal fiction authorized by a government.
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Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became ‘People’ and How You Can Fight Back
Truthout is proud to bring you an exclusive series from America's No. 1 progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. We'll be publishing weekly installments of Hartmann's much-lauded book, "Unequal Protection: …
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Banding Together for the Common Good
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout) A corporation has no rights except those given it by law. It can exercise no power except that conferred upon it by …
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Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacation Became a Quest to Protect Nepal’s Children
About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn …
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Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy
Over the past century, corporations have repeatedly asserted that they are, in fact, “persons” and therefore eligible for the human rights protections of the Bill of Rights -- while …
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Saboteur: An Interview With a Domestic Insurgent
(Image: Trine Day) I first met the man we'll call Trucker in 1970 at a rally against the Vietnam War. Our demo was going to start on …