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A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an ANTI-WALMART AND PRO-WALMART GROUPS AND WEBSITES ⋆ RECLAIM While we periodically remove dead links, many sites may not be current and groups may have disbanded. For a current list and map of dedicated pro-local/independent business advocacy groups — which are crucial to any long-term success — see AMIBA. Arizona. Flagstaff: Friends of Flagstaff’s Future. California. Atascadero: Oppose Wal-Mart. ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE FACTS OF HEALTH CARE: THE UNINSURED ARE BILLED SHARPLY The hospital where Ms. Nix was treated, New York Methodist in Brooklyn, typically bills HMOs about $2,500 for an appendectomy with a two-day stay, compared with the $14,000 — plus doctors’ fees — that Ms. Nix was billed. The hospital gets paid about $5,000 from Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, and about$7,800
THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH WAL-MART ⋆ RECLAIM The Dangers of Doing Business with Wal-Mart. Forbes’ analysis shows suppliers’ profit margins drop as percentage of business done with Wal-Mart rises. A bottom feeding investor might be intrigued by an electronic games maker called Handheld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based company that’s trading at about a third of its52-week high of
WAL-MART, THE ABUSE OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND CORPORATE Wal-Mart, the Abuse of Eminent Domain and Corporate Welfare. December 16, 2003 by staff. By Stacy Mitchell. Published December 2003. Typical of shopping centers built decades ago, Alameda Square in Denver is a cheap, single-story strip of stores. It’s ugly and rundown. RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!ISSUESDONATEABOUTCONTACTCITIZENS UNITEDINDEPENDENTBUSINESS
A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an ANTI-WALMART AND PRO-WALMART GROUPS AND WEBSITES ⋆ RECLAIM While we periodically remove dead links, many sites may not be current and groups may have disbanded. For a current list and map of dedicated pro-local/independent business advocacy groups — which are crucial to any long-term success — see AMIBA. Arizona. Flagstaff: Friends of Flagstaff’s Future. California. Atascadero: Oppose Wal-Mart. ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE FACTS OF HEALTH CARE: THE UNINSURED ARE BILLED SHARPLY The hospital where Ms. Nix was treated, New York Methodist in Brooklyn, typically bills HMOs about $2,500 for an appendectomy with a two-day stay, compared with the $14,000 — plus doctors’ fees — that Ms. Nix was billed. The hospital gets paid about $5,000 from Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, and about$7,800
THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH WAL-MART ⋆ RECLAIM The Dangers of Doing Business with Wal-Mart. Forbes’ analysis shows suppliers’ profit margins drop as percentage of business done with Wal-Mart rises. A bottom feeding investor might be intrigued by an electronic games maker called Handheld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based company that’s trading at about a third of its52-week high of
WAL-MART, THE ABUSE OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND CORPORATE Wal-Mart, the Abuse of Eminent Domain and Corporate Welfare. December 16, 2003 by staff. By Stacy Mitchell. Published December 2003. Typical of shopping centers built decades ago, Alameda Square in Denver is a cheap, single-story strip of stores. It’s ugly and rundown. RECLAIM DEMOCRACY MISSION, VISION, GOALS, AND VALUES Vision To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry is sovereign. Mission To build democracy through activism, education and collaboration Goals Democratize Politics – Change the law to ensure that political processes, including elections, are controlled by citizens Enact public financing for elections Enact an affirmative right to vote (and have it WRITING EFFECTIVE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Be sure to follow the publication’s guidelines and word count limit (up to 250 words is common for local papers, but some larger publications demand more concise letters). Maximize your chance of being published by removing every non-essential word. For example, don’t say, “I think”. It’s obvious. This also minimizes thechance of
THE FACTS OF HEALTH CARE: THE UNINSURED ARE BILLED SHARPLY The hospital where Ms. Nix was treated, New York Methodist in Brooklyn, typically bills HMOs about $2,500 for an appendectomy with a two-day stay, compared with the $14,000 — plus doctors’ fees — that Ms. Nix was billed. The hospital gets paid about $5,000 from Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, and about$7,800
THE POWELL MEMO (AKA THE POWELL MANIFESTO) ⋆ RECLAIM The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971 . Introduction. In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court. CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Move to Amend has developed a network of more than 100 chapters across the U.S. working toward a constitutional Amendment to revoke corporate personhood. Free Speech for People. The Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy -helped inspire the work of HOW TO ARRANGE AN EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Role play the meeting. Ask your group to brainstorm the toughest questions you may be asked on the subject, and challenge the meeting participants until they can provide concise, confident, and accurate answers. In advance, identify who will tackle which topics. Bring two or three people. Or more, if warranted. OUR HIDDEN HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S. ⋆ RECLAIM Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S. February 1, 2000 by staff. When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country’s founders retaineda
ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WAL-MART'S STATE TAX EVASION PLOY: PAYING RENT TO ITSELF As the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pays billions of dollars a year in rent for its stores. Luckily for Wal-Mart, in about 25 states it has been paying most of that rent to itself -- and then deducting that amount from its state taxes. THE STORY OF WAL-MART AND CHILEAN SALMON ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon. February 1, 2006 by staff. By Charles Fishman. First published by Salon.com, January 23, 2006. The glass seafood display case in Wal-Mart Supercenter #2641 near Allentown, Pennsylvania, is small, but it is a mouthwatering testament to the power of global sourcing. From Thailand — sea scallops and RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!ISSUESDONATEABOUTCONTACTCITIZENS UNITEDINDEPENDENTBUSINESS
A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, THE POWELL MEMO (AKA THE POWELL MANIFESTO) ⋆ RECLAIMABOUTTWITTERPRIMERSMERCHANDISEDONATEARCHIVE The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971 . Introduction. In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court. BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an OUR HIDDEN HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S. ⋆ RECLAIM Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S. February 1, 2000 by staff. When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country’s founders retaineda
PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE STORY OF WAL-MART AND CHILEAN SALMON ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon. February 1, 2006 by staff. By Charles Fishman. First published by Salon.com, January 23, 2006. The glass seafood display case in Wal-Mart Supercenter #2641 near Allentown, Pennsylvania, is small, but it is a mouthwatering testament to the power of global sourcing. From Thailand — sea scallops and ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WALMART FAILS TO BENEFIT MINORITY CONTRACTORS ⋆ RECLAIM A Crain’s investigation shows benefits were less than suggested by the national hype. By Brigid Sweeney and Eddie Baeb First published by ChicagoBusiness.com, April 11, 2011. When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hired Margaret Garner in 2005 as the first black woman contractor to build one of its stores, she was hailed as a symbol of the benefits local businesses and minority communities would reap RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!ISSUESDONATEABOUTCONTACTCITIZENS UNITEDINDEPENDENTBUSINESS
A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, THE POWELL MEMO (AKA THE POWELL MANIFESTO) ⋆ RECLAIMABOUTTWITTERPRIMERSMERCHANDISEDONATEARCHIVE The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971 . Introduction. In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court. BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an OUR HIDDEN HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S. ⋆ RECLAIM Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S. February 1, 2000 by staff. When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country’s founders retaineda
PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE STORY OF WAL-MART AND CHILEAN SALMON ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon. February 1, 2006 by staff. By Charles Fishman. First published by Salon.com, January 23, 2006. The glass seafood display case in Wal-Mart Supercenter #2641 near Allentown, Pennsylvania, is small, but it is a mouthwatering testament to the power of global sourcing. From Thailand — sea scallops and ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WALMART FAILS TO BENEFIT MINORITY CONTRACTORS ⋆ RECLAIM A Crain’s investigation shows benefits were less than suggested by the national hype. By Brigid Sweeney and Eddie Baeb First published by ChicagoBusiness.com, April 11, 2011. When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hired Margaret Garner in 2005 as the first black woman contractor to build one of its stores, she was hailed as a symbol of the benefits local businesses and minority communities would reap RECLAIM DEMOCRACY MISSION, VISION, GOALS, AND VALUES Vision To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry is sovereign. Mission To build democracy through activism, education and collaboration Goals Democratize Politics – Change the law to ensure that political processes, including elections, are controlled by citizens Enact public financing for elections Enact an affirmative right to vote (and have it WHY WE NEED AN AFFIRMATIVE RIGHT TO VOTE AMENDMENT Reclaim Democracy believes fundamental rights cannot be left to the temporal majorities in Congress or the Supreme Court and that citizens advance democracy most effectively by driving fundamental rights into the text of the Constitution. Accordingly, we work toward amending the Constitution with an affirmative right to vote and to ensure each THE FACTS OF HEALTH CARE: THE UNINSURED ARE BILLED SHARPLY The hospital where Ms. Nix was treated, New York Methodist in Brooklyn, typically bills HMOs about $2,500 for an appendectomy with a two-day stay, compared with the $14,000 — plus doctors’ fees — that Ms. Nix was billed. The hospital gets paid about $5,000 from Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, and about$7,800
CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Move to Amend has developed a network of more than 100 chapters across the U.S. working toward a constitutional Amendment to revoke corporate personhood. Free Speech for People. The Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy -helped inspire the work of ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WHAT IS CITIZENS UNITED? What is Citizens United? The short answer is it’s two different but related things: a Political Action Committee (PAC) in Washington, D.C., and a Supreme Court case about election spending in which the aforementioned PAC was the plaintiff. Both lie at the center of WAL-MART'S STATE TAX EVASION PLOY: PAYING RENT TO ITSELF As the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pays billions of dollars a year in rent for its stores. Luckily for Wal-Mart, in about 25 states it has been paying most of that rent to itself -- and then deducting that amount from its state taxes. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: THEY LIE THEY CHEAT THEY STEAL AND THEY The U.S. regulatory and judiciary systems, do little if anything to deter the most damaging Wall Street crimes. Interviews with some six dozen current and former federal prosecutors, regulatory officials, defense lawyers, criminologists, and high-ranking corporate executivespaint
WALMART THREATENS SUPPLIERS TO GAIN THEIR PROMOTION Walmart Threatens Suppliers to Gain Their Promotion Dollars. Batavia, Ohio — Walmart has launched an aggressive push to have marketers divert their consumer media and marketing budgets into the giant retailer’s growing ad budget and in-store marketing programs, using a simultaneous push to clear underperforming brands off its shelves as THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH WAL-MART ⋆ RECLAIM Forbes’ analysis shows suppliers’ profit margins drop as percentage of business done with Wal-Mart rises. By Tom Van Riper First published by Forbes.com, April 23, 2007 A bottom feeding investor might be intrigued by an electronic games maker called Handheld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based company that’s trading at about a third of its 52-week high of $7.78 a share. RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!ISSUESDONATEABOUTCONTACTCITIZENS UNITEDINDEPENDENTBUSINESS
A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, THE POWELL MEMO (AKA THE POWELL MANIFESTO) ⋆ RECLAIMABOUTTWITTERPRIMERSMERCHANDISEDONATEARCHIVE The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971 . Introduction. In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court. BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an OUR HIDDEN HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S. ⋆ RECLAIM Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S. February 1, 2000 by staff. When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country’s founders retaineda
PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE STORY OF WAL-MART AND CHILEAN SALMON ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon. February 1, 2006 by staff. By Charles Fishman. First published by Salon.com, January 23, 2006. The glass seafood display case in Wal-Mart Supercenter #2641 near Allentown, Pennsylvania, is small, but it is a mouthwatering testament to the power of global sourcing. From Thailand — sea scallops and ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WALMART FAILS TO BENEFIT MINORITY CONTRACTORS ⋆ RECLAIM A Crain’s investigation shows benefits were less than suggested by the national hype. By Brigid Sweeney and Eddie Baeb First published by ChicagoBusiness.com, April 11, 2011. When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hired Margaret Garner in 2005 as the first black woman contractor to build one of its stores, she was hailed as a symbol of the benefits local businesses and minority communities would reap RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!ISSUESDONATEABOUTCONTACTCITIZENS UNITEDINDEPENDENTBUSINESS
A Leap Forward for Democracy Is Within Our Grasp. March 30, 2021 by Brittany Trushel. The For the People Act would be the greatest forward leap for democracy in generations. While voting rights are central to the bill, it also helps modernize and secure elections, THE POWELL MEMO (AKA THE POWELL MANIFESTO) ⋆ RECLAIMABOUTTWITTERPRIMERSMERCHANDISEDONATEARCHIVE The Powell Memo was first published August 23, 1971 . Introduction. In 1971, Lewis Powell, then a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of 11 corporations, wrote a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor, Jr., the Director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The memorandum was dated August 23, 1971, two months prior to Powell’s nomination by President Nixon to the U.S. Supreme Court. BRANDED: CORPORATIONS AND OUR SCHOOLS ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Branded: Corporations and our Schools. February 14, 2002 by staff. by Jennifer Rockne. February 2002. “If you own this child at an early age, you can own this child for years to come.” –Mike Searles, former president of Kids-R-Us children’s clothing store, on marketing to kids. Competition in the corporate marketing arena isfierce.
HOW WALMART DRIVES DOWN PRODUCT QUALITY AND DURABILITY Since 1994, the consumer price of apparel, in real terms, has fallen by 39 percent. “It is now possible to buy clothing, long a high-priced and valuable commodity, by the pound, for prices comparable to cheap agricultural products,” notes Juliet Schor . Cheapness — and the decline in durability that has accompanied it — has triggered an OUR HIDDEN HISTORY OF CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S. ⋆ RECLAIM Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S. February 1, 2000 by staff. When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English corporations that extracted their wealth and dominated trade. After fighting a revolution to end this exploitation, our country’s founders retaineda
PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VIEW ON IMMIGRATION President Reagan’s View on Immigration. February 17, 2019 by staff. From his final speech as President. The entire transcript from the Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony is posted at the Reagan Library. January 19, 1989: Now, tomorrow is a special day for me. I’m going to receive my gold watch. THE APPLESEED CITIZENS' TASK FORCE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES The Appleseed Citizens' Task Force on Fair Debates is a project of the Appleseed Electoral Reform Project at American University Washington College of Law. The Appleseed Project addresses the rising dominance of private wealth and corporate soft money in our elections and the corresponding decline in the quantity and quality of political participation by citizens. The Project engages in THE STORY OF WAL-MART AND CHILEAN SALMON ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon. February 1, 2006 by staff. By Charles Fishman. First published by Salon.com, January 23, 2006. The glass seafood display case in Wal-Mart Supercenter #2641 near Allentown, Pennsylvania, is small, but it is a mouthwatering testament to the power of global sourcing. From Thailand — sea scallops and ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WALMART FAILS TO BENEFIT MINORITY CONTRACTORS ⋆ RECLAIM A Crain’s investigation shows benefits were less than suggested by the national hype. By Brigid Sweeney and Eddie Baeb First published by ChicagoBusiness.com, April 11, 2011. When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hired Margaret Garner in 2005 as the first black woman contractor to build one of its stores, she was hailed as a symbol of the benefits local businesses and minority communities would reap RECLAIM DEMOCRACY MISSION, VISION, GOALS, AND VALUES Vision To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry is sovereign. Mission To build democracy through activism, education and collaboration Goals Democratize Politics – Change the law to ensure that political processes, including elections, are controlled by citizens Enact public financing for elections Enact an affirmative right to vote (and have it WHY WE NEED AN AFFIRMATIVE RIGHT TO VOTE AMENDMENT Reclaim Democracy believes fundamental rights cannot be left to the temporal majorities in Congress or the Supreme Court and that citizens advance democracy most effectively by driving fundamental rights into the text of the Constitution. Accordingly, we work toward amending the Constitution with an affirmative right to vote and to ensure each THE FACTS OF HEALTH CARE: THE UNINSURED ARE BILLED SHARPLY The hospital where Ms. Nix was treated, New York Methodist in Brooklyn, typically bills HMOs about $2,500 for an appendectomy with a two-day stay, compared with the $14,000 — plus doctors’ fees — that Ms. Nix was billed. The hospital gets paid about $5,000 from Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, and about$7,800
CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ⋆ RECLAIM DEMOCRACY! Move to Amend has developed a network of more than 100 chapters across the U.S. working toward a constitutional Amendment to revoke corporate personhood. Free Speech for People. The Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy -helped inspire the work of ARE CORPORATIONS PSYCHOPATHIC? A CORPORATE VIEW OF "THE The answer, elicited over two-and-a-half hours of interviews with left-wing intellectuals, right-wing captains of industry, economists, psychologists and philosophers, is that the corporation is a psychopath. Like all psychopaths, the firm is singularly self-interested: its purpose is WHAT IS CITIZENS UNITED? What is Citizens United? The short answer is it’s two different but related things: a Political Action Committee (PAC) in Washington, D.C., and a Supreme Court case about election spending in which the aforementioned PAC was the plaintiff. Both lie at the center of WAL-MART'S STATE TAX EVASION PLOY: PAYING RENT TO ITSELF As the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pays billions of dollars a year in rent for its stores. Luckily for Wal-Mart, in about 25 states it has been paying most of that rent to itself -- and then deducting that amount from its state taxes. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: THEY LIE THEY CHEAT THEY STEAL AND THEY The U.S. regulatory and judiciary systems, do little if anything to deter the most damaging Wall Street crimes. Interviews with some six dozen current and former federal prosecutors, regulatory officials, defense lawyers, criminologists, and high-ranking corporate executivespaint
WALMART THREATENS SUPPLIERS TO GAIN THEIR PROMOTION Walmart Threatens Suppliers to Gain Their Promotion Dollars. Batavia, Ohio — Walmart has launched an aggressive push to have marketers divert their consumer media and marketing budgets into the giant retailer’s growing ad budget and in-store marketing programs, using a simultaneous push to clear underperforming brands off its shelves as THE DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH WAL-MART ⋆ RECLAIM Forbes’ analysis shows suppliers’ profit margins drop as percentage of business done with Wal-Mart rises. By Tom Van Riper First published by Forbes.com, April 23, 2007 A bottom feeding investor might be intrigued by an electronic games maker called Handheld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based company that’s trading at about a third of its 52-week high of $7.78 a share.RECLAIM DEMOCRACY!
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THE SHROUDED WEAPON OF PATRIOTIC CORRECTNESS July 21, 2020 by staff While political correctness is critiqued constantly, patriotic correctness does far more to suppress dissent and wields greater consequences. Learn more. CHEVRON CORPORATION CAUGHT SCHEMING TO PIT MINORITIES AGAINST GREENS June 18, 2020 by staff It was an audacious messaging campaign: White environmentalists are hurting black communities by pushing radical climate policies that would strip them of fossil fuel jobs. But, whoops! Chevron Inc. left their fingerprints on the planted story. DYING TO VOTE (AND A WARNING FOR NOVEMBER) April 7, 2020 by staff Yesterday’s ruling proves the Supreme Court is not a defender of voting rights, but an accomplice to voter suppression. It’s time totake the offensive.
PART-TIME RESEARCH, EDITING, AND WEB ASSISTANCE SOUGHT November 11, 2020 by staff Reclaim Democracy! Is a national Bozeman-based organization that is reemerging after a decade of dormancy. We work to: Create a constitutional right to vote as a means to halt many forms of voter suppression and institutional roadblocks to democracy Strengthen grassroots democracy by revoking the power of corporations and the wealthy to control civic society OHIO’S CHIEF JUSTICE RIPS REPUBLICAN ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE JUDICIARY September 16, 2020 by staff Statement by Justice Maureen O’Connor (Republican), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, on September 16, 2020 I condemn in the strongest possible terms both the statement released by the Ohio Republican Party on September 15, 2020, and its unsigned authors. The statement disparages the integrity of Franklin County Common PleasJudge Richard Frye.
TRUMP KNEW CORONAVIRUS WAS DEADLY AND HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS WHILE INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING AMERICANS September 9, 2020 by staff Trump mocking a reporter with a physical disability at a campaignrally
TIME TO REVERSE CORPORATE “CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS” April 7, 2020 by staff Only by ending all of these corporate constitutional rights and the corrupting influence of political money as “free speech” can we have a government that represents all of us rather than only the interests of the super-wealthy.* 1
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