Push for a constitutional amendment that would abolish corporate personhood; firmly establish that money is not speech; that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights; guarantees the right to vote and to participate, and to have our vote and participation count; and to protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate "preemption" actions by global, national, and state governments.
Why is this important?
The doctrine of corporate personhood that has been enacted and supported by the Supreme Court, most recently through their ruling in the Citizens United case, has allowed small groups of people (i.e. corporate boards of directors, CEOs, etc) with access to large amounts of cash to have an outsized influence on our governmental policies. This influence was a direct cause of the Financial Crisis of 2007-8, and time and again has brought this country and the world ever closer to true economic, ecological and social catastrophe.
