[PAA-Discuss] Agenda item for PAA meeting tomorrow

[ChasMauch at aol.com]

Dear PAAers:
 
The impeachment event was a smashing success - congratulations and thanks  to 
everyone whose time, contributions, and hard work made that  possible! There 
are still some follow up items to be worked out (such  as the impeachment 
petition to city council?) but as Cindy, Ada, and  others said, we can't kick 
back, pop open a beer, and pat ourselves on the  back - we have to catch our 
breath and get on to the next  project.    


Unfortunately, as usual due to a standing conflict, I won't be able  to 
attend the meeting tomorrow but urgently request  that we consider some educational 
work regarding the extreme evil  of corporate domination enabled by corporate 
personhood. We had some  discussion about this on these lists several weeks 
ago but decided to wait  until after the impeachment event to really give it 
serious consideration. Well,  that time is now.

Rather than repeat myself, I have copied below an email  I sent out on March 
19 that sets out several possibilities I think should be  considered. This is 
something that many progressive groups would  certainly be interested in and 
we should invite others as co-sponsors. It  shouldn't be nearly as hard to 
organize and conduct as the impeachment event.  Thanks. 

Charlie M


Forwarded Message: 

       Subj: Re: [PAA-Discuss] What can we do? A suggestion - More on  POCLAD 
  Date: 3/19/07 8:39:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time  From: _ChasMauch_ 
(mailto:ChasMauch)   To: _PaulandCarole at msn.com_ (mailto:PaulandCarole at msn.com) , 
_carolekeene at juno.com_ (mailto:carolekeene at juno.com) , _dave at reststop.net_ 
(mailto:dave at reststop.net) , _rgg-629 at sbcglobal.net_ (mailto:rgg-629 at sbcglobal.net) 
, _Discuss at paa-tx.org_ (mailto:Discuss at paa-tx.org) 
 
As previously stated, I think corporate domination of our society is  the 
basic problem we face and would really like for us dig into this  situation, 
educate ourselves, and spread the word to everyone else.
 
A number of excellent suggestions have been made about how we  might educate 
ourselves along these lines, all of which I think should  be considered, such 
as:
 
....Dave says he  has presented WILPF's Abolishing Corporate Personhood about 
 5 times, and  recommends it highly for anyone wanting to get a good 
foundation  on these issues. I wonder if we could prevail upon him to do another  
presentation for us? 
 
....He also states that  Dick Worthen of the Sierra Club's Corporate 
Accountability Committee  has developed one of the best Powerpoint slide shows he  has 
seen on corporate personhood, which also sounds great. 
 
....I have just finished viewing the video about Edward Bernays that  Robert 
recommended. It covers a critical phase of the total problem. I have  read a 
lot about Bernays from Chomsky and others but had not seen such an in  depth 
presentation about him. Very good.
 
....I recently checked out "The Corporation" from Blockbuster (I had seen  it 
once before but had forgotten about it) and found it also very  interesting.
 
....And of course POCLAD is glad to present a half day or all day  seminar 
that is very good.
 
Bill has suggested that we discuss this at the next PAA meeting. I  think 
there is enough material here to warrant a whole series of  programs. 
Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the next meeting but really  hope those who do 
attend will give this line of study serious  consideration. I know there are 
many important things we need to know about, but  truly believe we can't 
really deal with most of them until we understand how  corporate crony capitalism 
has polluted and perverted just about everything.  Thanks for your 
consideration.
 
Charlie  M



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