#F29 Shut Down the Corporations
On February 29th, Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action challenge society's obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations.
We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction.
We call on people to target corporations that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a prime example of the way corporations buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves the interests of corporations and not people. They used it to create the anti-labor legislation in Wisconsin and the racist bill SB 1070 in Arizona among so many others. They use ALEC to spread pro big business laws around the country.
For more information visit:
SourceWatch.org has the answers.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC
Here's the list of corporate members:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AL...
To see which of your state legislators is a member of ALEC follow this link & scroll down to your state:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AL...
On that same page you'll find a list of International Members - including members of the legislatures of several European nations, Australia, Georgia and Pakistan.
I was amazed at the number of corporate members - I always thought the Chamber of Commerce were the corporations behind the curtain. They may be there too, but ALEC is massive.
But the list of politicians was even more shocking.
Thirty of 100 in the Virginia House of Delegates are ALEC members. Seven of the 40 Senators are too.
Imagine if all those politicians were populist progressives instead.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
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