As at previous hearings, the vast majority of the residents who spoke found the resolution to be favorable-if not downright mandatory-and their arguments for reining in corporate power and protecting the community were met with applause and calls of "hear hear" from the audience. A sea of hands greeted a request from Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, director of Democracy Unlimited, for a show of support, while only a relative few proudly held their hands high in opposition.
Corporate Personhood Denied In Arcata, Calif.
Posted on Friday, June 25 at 12:26 by N Say
The resolution, introduced by the Committee on Democracy and Corporations (CDC), states that the City Council believes corporations are not entitled to the same rights and protections as people. "Only persons who are human beings should be able to participate in the democratic process," it reads, continuing that corporate influence in the democratic process negatively interferes with individual citizens' rights and community values.
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It's so good to see there are people out there that will fight against corporate power, and when it comes to bidding for a tender, any corps with a record of human rights, labour, environmental and other abuses should be automatically denied. No appeal !!
This is a start. More open discussion is needed.
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