This Op-Ed by Greg Coleridge appeared on Op-Ed News.com, June 4th, 2018. Rising anger against the seemingly omnipotent power of corporations to dictate nearly every aspect of society has yielded predictable pushback from corporations and their minions (i.e. human, not small yellow creatures) in government. Laws against mass protests and stronger regulatory protections and increasing [...]
The city wants to tax large corporations to pay for homeless housing, but Jeff Bezos isn’t pleased. This article by Michael Hobbes appeared in the Huffington Post, May 12th, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Director and Founder Paul Cienfuegos: Corporate boards of directors are holding citizens hostage all over the US and around the [...]
A new book points out how companies mobilise their employees to support politicians beneficial to the corporation This article by Ganesh Sitaraman appeared in The Guardian, May 7th, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US (CRUS) director Paul Cienfuegos: What happens when business corporations' Supreme Court granted First Amendment free speech rights become much more [...]
This article by Zaid Jilani appeared in The Intercept, April 27th, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US co-founder and director Paul Cienfuegos: If our nation finally succeeded in banning all corporate donations to candidates for public office, it turns out that would not have as dramatic an impact as some might assume, given that [...]
On not settling for half measures when it comes to our democracy This article by Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap appeared in Common Dreams on June 2nd, 2014. Remember back in 2009 before the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling when the U.S political and legal system wasn’t about prioritizing the interests of the extraordinarily wealthy, but [...]
