A Responsible and Upstanding Washing Machine
There are many possibilities for reining in corporations. But perhaps simply banning corporations beyond a certain size would be best.
corporate personhood
Living Ecologically Is Illegal
How do we live together, on this planet, in a way that is good for all? This is a question that has driven our work as storytellers for the past six years and inspired our coverage of the Rights of Nature movement.
Ethical Disconnection and Re-connection – Corporations as “People” and NGOs
There is a great irony that Adam Smith, a professor of Moral Philosophy, should become the apostle of an economic order that degraded people’s inclination to take moral decisions in their economic arrangements. Further, an economic order which has helped “externalities” to multiply until the point where we have a veritable social and ecological crisis.
“Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards”: The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements
Fast-track authority is being sought in the Senate this week for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), along with the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and any other such trade agreements coming down the pike in the next six years.
Agribusiness and Food Corporations Are not People
Five years ago today, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating setback to those working to reform our food and farm system.
Review: “Corporations are not People”
The title says it all: Corporations Are Not People.
Political Analysis – America In Revolt
As the nation awaits President Obama’s State of the Union address, Sandy LeonVest hosts an inspiring program on the essential nature of activism in our (failing) democracy and what is rapidly becoming the second “American Revolution.” She’s joined in this endeavor by Move to Amend founder David Cobb, and human rights activist and single-payer advocate Dr. Margaret Flowers (Physicians for a National Health Program or PNHP).