From The Anti- "Citizens United" Front- The Struggle Against Corporate Personhood- A Call To Class War?

Markin comment:

As I have noted on other occasions many times I will place material in this space that I do not agree with. I will place it here as a matter of historical record or to give a more complete picture of the contemporary liberal-leftist scene "for those who come after". Sometimes I will comment, as here, sometimes not. I feel compelled to comment here because if
those who support this amendment business were really serious about social change rather than "band-aids" they would see that to eliminate corporate personhood would necessitate the need to run to the barricades of revolution. I will stick with my fuddie-duddie old fight for our communist future-thank you. We will get there faster.
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PLEDGE TO AMEND

MAKING CORPORATE PERSONHOOD A CAMPAIGN ISSUE

A PROJECT OF TAKE BACK AMERICA FOR THE PEOPLE AND ABOLISH CORPORATE PERSONHOOD NOW

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To make politicians accountable, we propose the following:

Ask all members of Congress and congressional candidates to pledge their support for constitutional amendment to abolish all corporate "rights" created under the doctrine of corporate personhood.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Approach your members of Congress in public and private to ask if
they will take the pledge.

Circulate paper petitions calling on them to take the pledge. Let
them know they will have your support.

Help educate politicians and voters on the difference between an
amendment to strip corporations of "rights" that should belong
exclusively to We the People and amendments that would only
give Congress the power to regulate what should be illegal:
Corporate campaign donations.

Work with local groups to help people understand that all
progress toward social justice, environmental responsibility and
general prosperity depend on their working to end corporate
influence over the US government.

Pass resolutions in your political, social, church or other groups calling on your members of Congress to take the pledge.

If you receive a written pledge to amend, please notify us at staqqenborq4senate@hotmail.com. As nonprofit organizations, neither TBA nor ACPN endorse or support any candidates.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Wouldn't any amendment be an improvement?

A: NO! Giving Congress the power to regulate will NOT lead them to cut off the source of their campaign funding. Worse, it will implicitly enshrine corporate personhood in the constitution by acknowledging the "right" of corporations to contribute to campaigns.

Q: What other "rights" would be eliminated?

A: Corporations could not claim the right to avoid inspections by the FDA, EPA or other agencies charged with protecting the public, among other things. They would still have the privilege of limited liability.

Q: Why should we expect this amendment to pass?

A: By making support for a proper amendment a campaign issue, we can force incumbents and candidates to tell us whether they are working for us or corporations. If they don't support the amendment we can vote for candidates who will.

Q: Isn't campaign finance reform enough?

A: The Supreme Court gutted Arizona's model public financing law using the same twisted "free speech" argument that Citizens United was decided upon.

The only way to effectively introduce campaign finance reform is to abolish corporate personhood. The same amendment can establish the basis for public financing by abolishing all forms of bundled money and placing restrictions on individual donors.