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Restoring Government, of, by and for the People
Rescinding corporate personhood is the first step toward a larger vision of reclaiming and reinvigorating democracy around the world.
If We End Corporate Personhood We Can Define the Terms of a New Economy
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the increasingly unrestrained marketplace that Teddy Roosevelt and Louis Brandeis warn of makes it hard for many companies to emphasize community …
The Need to Relocalize Our Economies
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For some people, particularly the young and the old, the local mall or big-box retailer or superstore is an important part of …
End Corporate Personhood
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Arizona changed its law after 1886 so that the word person would include nonliving as well as living legal entities: “‘Person’ includes …
The Story of Broke
TRANSCRIPT These last few years, I’ve had to get a lot more careful about how I spend my paycheck. Everyone has. Like I’m eating out less often, holding back …
Capitalists and Americans Speak Out for Community
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although we have much that we might change about our government and business, it’s clear that we also have a great and …
Occupy Wall Street’s Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism
Within a very short time, Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation to corporate corruption.
Chris Hedges in Times Square, October 15, 2011
On October 15, Occupy TVNY met with Pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges in Times Square, New York City, where tens of thousands of people assembled on a …
Wall Street Greed, Personified
Trader on the BBC says Eurozone market will crash, and he's looking forward to it.
Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street Now!
Class warfare has once again entered the vocabulary of mainstream national politics, but with a strange twist.