Greg Coleridge of Move to Amend comes in for an interview
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December 29, 2022
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We answer to & depend on YOU - NOT the superrich, huge foundations or corporations
Move to Amendment’s Statement of Values has included since our founding in 2010, “political and economic independence.” Specifically, we’re committed to raising a majority of our modest budget from individuals with the rest from small (often family) foundations.
Maintaining political and economic independence allows us to educate, advocate and organize disconnected from partisan politics or the quid pro quos, influences, compromises or co-optations linked to corporate, political, big foundational or super wealthy funders – or their respective front groups.
Being economically independent from the centralized sources of economic wealth means one stark reality:
We are absolutely accountable to and dependent on our supporters like you, Greg, to provide us with the time, skills and basic funding we need to continue.
We're still over $10,000 short of our end-of-year goal of raising $48,000. Every dollar you contribute will be matched up to that amount through midnight.
Read moreWill you resolve in the New Year to further democracy by ending corporate rule?
The East India Company was founded on this date in 1600. It was chartered (i.e. licensed) by the British Crown to trade in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and later with East Asia. It eventually became the largest corporation on earth.
East India Company flag, 180
The company achieved not only its main purpose of facilitating economic trade (involving spices, tea, silk, opium… and slaves). It was also given the authority to colonize and rule. The corporation was in essence the government over large parts of India that extended British imperialism with the capacity to administer laws and collect taxes. It had its own army that was twice the size of the British force to enforce laws and to quell popular uprisings.
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On this "corporate rule" anniversary, please make a New Year’s resolution to (re)commit to working together to affirm our rights over corporate "rights." Start by generously contributing to our end-of-year financial match drive. We urgently need to reach our goal to start 2023 on a strong footing.
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Read moreOnto a new year with Move to Amend
Hi, I'm Thom Hartmann – author and progressive political commentator. Many of you know me from my nationally syndicated radio show, the Thom Hartmann Program.
I'm also a longtime supporter of Move to Amend! Please join with me in supporting their work to pass a Constitutional amendment to end “corporate personhood” and get big money out of politics by becoming a monthly donor.
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What we’ve accomplished…because of you!
We are under no illusions. Amending the U.S. Constitution is enormously challenging.
It’s only been done 27 times before, including the first 10 (the Bill of Rights) all at once. It’s perceived as not as important or urgent as working on (insert here scores of options).
The reality is a large majority of our current problems and crises will not be fundamentally solved simply by having better elected officials passing better laws, enacting better regulations or making better executive decisions. Not when the foundational rules of our society (which our constitution defines) favor corporate rights over human rights and permit the political voices of those with money to drown out the voices of most of us.
That's why changing/amending the U.S. Constitution is inescapable. We must democratize our ground rules. U.S history shows that fundamental constitutional change only happens alongside fundamental cultural change – that is, educating and organizing to challenge both the credibility and inevitability of the status quo, as well as the necessity to form a broad grassroots movement for structural change – to make what seems impossible to be accepted as necessary and inevitable.
Here’s a sampling of what we’ve accomplished together this year and cumulatively at the end of 2022 toward these ends:
Read moreThe Bill of Rights are NOT corporate rights
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was ratified today in 1791. It is perhaps the constitution’s broadest and most famous and honored portion, particularly the First Amendment.
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WE are the people who ought to govern the country
John Jay, the First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born on this day in 1745.
Read moreWatch the new short video on the We the People Amendment, narrated by Peter Coyote
What’s new, short, informative and calls for immediate action?
It’s our new 4½ minute video on the need to enact the We the People Amendment!
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Read moreWhat do the midterms mean for Move to Amend?
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Resolution on Corporate Constitutional Rights
National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Resolution on Corporate Constitutional Rights