9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule
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YES! Magazine Issue 61, Spring 2012
Corporate power is behind the politics of climate denial, Wall Street bailouts, union busting, and media consolidation, to name just a few. And policies advocated by the 1 percent are bankrupting the middle class. But real people have power, too. Here are some of their most successful strategies.
1. Amend the constitution to end corporate personhood.
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Where the infamous Citizens United Supreme Court decision came from and how to overturn it.
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For corporations, paying for policy is still the best investment around.
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2. Dive into grassroots campaigns.
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How people power stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Nurses Mobilize For a Dose Before there was Occupy, thousands of nurses were already taking on Wall Street to demand a financial transaction tax. |
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Single-Payer Success: Vermont Shows How to Cover Everyone The state’s progressive health care model has already bolstered campaigns in more than 20 other places. |
3. Hold corporations accountable to our laws.
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... and other legal tools to hold corporations accountable to our laws. |
4. Get Past the Propaganda
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3 Things Everybody Knows—and Why They're Wrong "Social security is broke," and other scare tactics. |
5. Support independent media and keep the Internet free.
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Keeping freedom of speech alive on the Internet.
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6. Protect the Commons
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How Boulder Freed Its Electric Company Citizens take over the power in a bid to kick coal. |
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A People's History of Robin Hood WEB ONLY: For hundreds of years, he's fought tax injustice, tyranny, and the seizure of the commons. Why we still need him today. |
7. Vote. Protect our democracy.
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Four Ways to Flex Our Electoral Muscles What we can do right now to strengthen our democracy.
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8. Make your dollars matter.
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Cities, churches, and universities take their money away from Wall Street. PLUS VIDEO: A Separation of Church and Bank
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8 Ways to De-Corporatize Your Money Debit or credit? How to keep your money out of corporate clutches. WEB ONLY: 5 Ways to Make Your Dollars Make Sense |
9. Get creative to raise awareness.
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How Occupiers, pranksters, and artists speak louder than money.
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Can There Be “Good” Corporations? Instead of fighting corporations, reinvent them. When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes. PLUS PHOTO ESSAY: California's New Triple Bottom Line |
Also in the Spring 2012 Issue ... |
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Think like an ecosystem, and you just might save the world. |
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Rising Sea Levels: The View from a Canoe A traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe will soon circle the Earth, bringing a new generation deep awareness of the climate crisis. |
