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Candidate Survey on
Democracy and Corporate Rights (pdf)
See the responses of Candidates who returned our surveys.
Ohio
History Quiz
Excerpted from Citizens over Corporations: A Brief History of Democracy
in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom in the Future
By Greg Coleridge
Those who rule based on the dominant culture, regardless of country or
political persuasion, have always written the “mainstream”
version of history. By definition, this means people, ideas and actions
fundamentally challenging the dominant culture are barely mentioned, if
so rarely analyzed, distorted or omitted altogether. It’s the responsibility
of those not part of the dominant culture (always has been, always will
be) to (re)claim the people, ideas and actions from the past – to
be inspired, to learn the lessons and to assess what may be useful in
the present. Ohio’s history is not just a description of its past
Presidents, where and when its wartime battles took place, or which Ohioans
flew into space. Another part, its hidden part, is the story of the successes,
struggles and failures of the many people who sought to establish a state
where they could make the basic decisions affecting their own lives free
from external control. It’s also the story of the few who imposed
control over Ohio’s majority of people and resources using the business
corporation as their primary vehicle. These stories are enormously relevant
today. The questions and answers below are excerpted from Citizens over
Corporations: A Brief History of Democracy in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom
in the Future, available from the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service
Committee [330-928-2301].
Closing The Circle - The Corporatization of Elections (pdf) - Article by Greg Coleridge from the Summer 2006, Vol.8, No.1, Edition of By What Authority
By
What Authority - Vol.1 No3 - 2000 - POCLAD
Reflections
on Elections, Corporations, Democracy & Beyond - by Greg Coleridge
AFSC
Response to Bush regarding Corporate Accountability by Greg Coleridge
A Fraction of Democracy by Greg Coleridge (pdf)
Survery
on Democracy and Corporate Power (pdf)
CORPORATE RIGHTS...CORPORATE POWER...CORPORATE
RULE...
Download a flyer that reveals the
TRUTH about Corporations, as well as resource information to learn more.
What
You Can Do in the Battle Against "Corporate Authority"... Follow the actions suggested on "How to Challenge Corporate Authority
in Ohio"
Sign and distribute the Resolution
to Abolish Corporate Personhood in Ohio
See our Resources
page for more...
Citizens
Over Corporations
A Brief History of
Democracy in Ohio
and Challenges to Freedom
in the Future
Second Edition Third Printing
By Greg Coleridge
CorpOrNation
The Story of Citizens and Corporations in Ohio
Video Documentary produced by the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service
Committee in 2003
(Click on PhotoCover above to see a
brief trailer for this documentary)
Read the reviews...
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Ohio
Committee on Corporations, Law and Democracy Archives
Corporatization of Everything Local - By Greg Coleridge (re: Ohio Senate Bill 117) Download a PDF version of this article.
Employee Free Choice Act - By Greg Coleridge - Talk at Akron-Summit Co AFL-CIO sponsored forum, 2/26/07 - Download a PDF version of this article.
Nature not the only source of closings
by Greg Coleridge, Director, Economic Justice & Empowerment Program - Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee - Download a PDF version of this article.
December 4, 2006 - Text Version of Greg Coleridge's speech at the USLAW National Conference in Cleveland (pdf)
November 20, 2006 - Letter to the Editor, Akron Beacon Journal - Globalization is a Choice by Greg Coleridge (pdf document)
Will changed faces result in changed policies? (read now - pdf)
by Greg Coleridge, November 8, 2006
This article was published in the Cleveland Free Times on November 15, 2006 - View it on their website HERE.
June
27, 2003 - Corporate Ohio is calling the shots - by Plain Dealer reporter
Tom Feran who states, "...the film is an eye-opener that deserves
attention as lawmakers deal with matters affecting insurance, health care,
education, the environment and countless other areas."
June
26, 2003 - THE COMPANY WAY - A people's history of corporate power
by Michael Gill, Cleveland Free Times, writes, "...it's a film every
Ohioan should see - especially those who believe we live in a democracy
where people make the decisions."
Upcoming Events (For more events CLICK
HERE)
Cleveland
Corporations, Law & Democracy Study Group Click on this link
to find out about study group dates, times, and topics.
Other News:
January 23, 2007 - OCCUPYING BUSH’S STATE OF THE UNION By Greg Coleridge - Drafts are out of George Bush’s State of the Union address. Here’s what should have occupied most of the space. (Download in pdf format)
JANUARY 11, 2007--Northeast Ohio AFSC's Statement on President Bush's Plan to Escalate the War. (Download in pdf format)
June 10, 2006 - See
photos from our Annual Peace & Justice Brunch - The Drumbeat
of Peace!
June 5, 2006 - Voice
of the People (Akron Beacon Journal) letter from Greg Coleridge
regarding elections and the questions we should be asking candidates.
April 8, 2006 - Read
this interesting article from the Canton Repository about Quakers and
Northeast Ohio AFSC. Download a copy of it HERE (pdf)
November 5, 2005 - Cincinnati Inquirer article by James
McNair - Issue 1 lets Ohio
buy into companies...
November 2, 2005 - Press Release - AFSC's
Statement regarding State Issue 1
October 20, 2005 - Letter
to the Editor/Akron Beacon Journal by Greg Coleridge - State Issue 3
October 20, 2005 - Letter
to the Editor/Cleveland Plain Dealer by Greg Coleridge - Cuyahoga County
Voting Machines
Sunday, June 19, 2005 - Editorial - Scandals
Breathe New Life into Hagan's '04 Suit Alleging Corruption - The
Columbus Dispatch
Reform Ohio Now
Reform Ohio Now (http://www.ReformOhioNow.org)
is a statewide grassroots initiative campaign to place 3 amendments
on the ballot this November. One of the 3 amendment addresses campaign
finance reform.
The summary of that amendment reads:
The saturation of money into political campaigns is at an all time high.
We propose reducing the maximum individual contribution to $2000 for
statewide candidates and $1000 for General Assembly candidates. Corporate
contributions would be prohibited, and loopholes allowing minors to
make contributions would be tightened. This amendment also places overall
limits on total contributions by an individual to all candidates and
parties while limiting the amount parties can contribute.
Corruption in Ohio is rampant. A corporate pay-to-play
system is not new. A lawsuit was filed last year exposing many years
worth of corruption and corporate perversion of the political system
in Ohio. See the article above for a summary of that suit.
December
15 2004 - Testimony of Greg Coleridge in regard to SB 1
October
19, 2003 - Toledo Blade Article - How 'corporation' became 'person'
July 7, 2003 - Corporate
Personhood and Democracy - Statement by Greg Coleridge to the First
UU Church, Columbus, Ohio
April 25, 2003 - THE
DEATH OF DEMOCRACY? “Take Back our Country” Rally, Sponsored
by the Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition [NOAC], - Cleveland -
Statement by Greg Coleridge, American Friends Service Committee, NOAC
COMPLAINT BEFORE THE OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION - Filed October 24,
2002 by Greg Coleridge/Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee
against "Informed Citizens of Ohio" regarding exclusive
corporate funding of Supreme Court Justice candidate, Evelyn Stratton.
April 11, 2003 - OpEd on Ohio's 14th Amendment regarding the rights
of human "persons"
February 11, 2002 - Letter
to the Editor, Akron Beacon Journal - Enron points up need for charter
reform, by Greg Coleridge
By What Authority
- Vol.1 No.3 - 2000 - POCLAD
May Day Program Cleveland
The Old and New of
Corporate Rule
Blue Crossed: A case study
of corporate influence in Cuyahoga Falls and Summit County government
and the threat is poses to democracy
Blue Crossed Across Ohio
Democracy for Sale
- How Ohioans Kept Corporations out of Politics
Ohio House Bill 78: "modernizing" Ohio's corporation law
Wrong Turn in Ohio - A wake
up call to other states
AFSC testimony in opposition
Fact Sheet
Press Release
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