Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It

by Jeffrey D. Clements

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NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDSince the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things-money and corporations-matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. He includes a new chapter, "Do Something!," showing how-state by state and community by community-Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporat… (more)

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NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDSince the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things-money and corporations-matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. He includes a new chapter, "Do Something!," showing how-state by state and community by community-Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporat

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ntroduction: what's at stake --American democracy works, and corporations fight back --Corporations are not people; and they make lousy parents --If corporations are not people, what are they? --Corporations don't vote; they don't have to --Did corporate power destroy the working American economy? --Corporations can't love --Restoring democracy and republican government.

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