PEORIA -- At this late date, a time of resource depletion, climate change (aka global warming), and overpopulation (the new three horsemen of the apocalypse), a group of optimists is organizing to save the world by curbing corporate power. Their movement is called Move to Amend.
And how fascinating that an Aug 21 Peoria public meeting to organize against corporate power didn't attract any mainstream (corporate) media coverage, not even NPR (which loves those corporate donations.)
Nevertheless on Aug 22, the leader of the movement, David Cobb, met with a small group interested in organizing in Peoria, to curb that power, and he gave a interview to non-corporate media, including PeoriaStory.com. It's recorded below.
Cobb wants to pass an amendment to the US Constitution to deprive corporations of legal rights such as the right to give unlimited money to politicians. Good idea.
But the exact wording of the amendment has not yet been finalized, he said.
He's also favors asking politicians to pledge to support his movement, and stop taking corporate money. And to get corporations to stop giving the money to politicians.
Lotsa luck. Still....
In other cities people have voted to strip corporations of their power, in advisory referendums, he said. "Put it on the ballot. It wins," he added.
Cobb, who was the Green Party's presidental candidate in 2008, said his movement is progressive. But he will form coalitions with other groups that are anti-racist. That screens out the Aryan Nation, but not anti-choice or anti-gay groups. (Uh oh.)
Tea Party groups can join the movement, he said, as some of their grass roots members agree that corporations are too powerful. (But not their leadership, I'll wager, which financed the Tea Party with corporate money.)
Cobb said he wasn't surprized that his Aug. 21 speech was ignored by the corporate media, because they have "highjacked the media in this country." (So why should they publicize the group that wants to curb their power? )
"A small ruling elite is using our legal system against us. It's time for us to rise up and take it back," he said. Good point.
Regarding the issue of the day, the so-called budget deficit, Cobb said the US has plenty of wealth. "It's incorrect to say there's a budget crisis. There's an allocation crisis. A small group of people is getting it all." Yes.
He urged anyone interested to visit the Move to Amend website and read it thoroughly. Then join the movement.
Here's a recording of his news conference.
-- Elaine Hopkins
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