"We the corporations" | Move to Amend
With democracy busting out from the Mideast to the Midwest, the issue of corporate control is front and center in American minds. These events make it much easier for us to discuss corporate personhood issues with our friends and neighbors.
To help us in our efforts, the folks at the Story of Stuff Project have launched a new video: The Story of Citizens v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works when People are in Charge
Watch it here.
Drawing from the essence of the work of Move to Amend and our allies, the video explains in easy-to-understand terms why corporations should not be entitled to the same rights people have.
Move to Amend’s short-term goal is to build local groups across the country that will work to amend the Constitution to limit corporate personhood rights by passing local resolutions; there are plentiful resources on our site to help you out.
The Story of Citizens v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works when People are in Charge video is another great tool to help us achieve our goal.
This short cartoon gives a good history of why corporations have so much power and what it does to our democracy.
We do think the solution suggested at the end needs to go further -- unless an amendment campaign sets forth to abolish ALL corporate constitutional rights (they just talk about the 1st Amendment in this video) we won't have made a whole ton of progress.
But this video is a great way to start the discussion...
To start that discussion with your friends, you can post the link on your facebook page and twitter account, send it to your lists and ask others to send it to theirs, and even throw a watch party to help recruit your friends and neighbors.
If you'd like more info about why and how ALL constitutional rights for corporations should be addressed, see Why Abolish All Corporate Constitutional Rights and Not All Responses to Citizens United Are The Same.
Move to Amend thanks the folks at The Story of Stuff Project for this timely video, and we hope you’ll find it interesting and of great use.