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National Speakers on
Topics Related to Corporate Personhood
The
following individuals can speak to your organization about various
issues that are related to Corporate Personhood. The speakers are
listed alphabetically by last name. You can scroll down through the
list to see their topics and how to contact each one, or you can click
a name to skip down to that speaker.
David Cobb
Greg Coleridge Jan Edwards
Elsa
Higby Ben
Manski Jeff
Milchen Jacqui
Brown Miller Ward
Morehouse Nancy
Price Mark
Tabbert, et al.
| David Cobb |
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Organization
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Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County,
Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic
Revolution, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate |
| Contact information |
david@duhc.org 707-476-8502 |
| Publications |
Numerous articles in Z Mag,
Progressive Populist, The
Nation, The Progressive In These Times.
Appearances on CNN, Democracy Now, C-SPAN, NPR, Now with Bill Moyers,
and countless community radio interviews. |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Legal and Historical context of Corporate
Personhood (this is targeted to an academic audience); Strategies to
Provoke (and win) a Non-Violent Revolution Against Corporate Rule
(targeted to an activist audience); The Ohio Recount and the New
Generation Voting Rights Movement |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
Real world replicable campaigns that are
both addressing corporate harms while helping to build a deeper
movement for genuine democracy |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
$500 plus travel. I will gladly accept host
housing, and will work with local groups to attempt to have
universities and student groups sponsor a lecture series on campus (so
the campus would pay part or all travel plus honorarium) followed by
another presentation and/or strategy meeting with the local group. This
alleviates the need for the local group to put on an event for much
less than normal. |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Open |
| Preferred areas of the country |
With enough advance time, I am open. |
| Notice period required |
2-3 months at least |
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| Greg Coleridge |
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Organization
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Program on Corporations, Law &
Democracy, Northeast Ohio American Friends Service
Committtee |
| Contact information |
513 W. Exchange St.
Akron, OH 44302
Phone: 330-253-7151 Email: AFSCole@aol.com
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| Publications |
Citizens over Corporations: A
Brief History of Democracy in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom in the
Future (booklet), CorpOrNation: The Story of
Citizens and Corporations in Ohio (documentary video) |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Social movements, history of corporate
constitutional rights, undemocratic provisions of US Constitution |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
History of democracy and corporate power in
Ohio, Undemocratic nature of US Constitution, How to create democracy,
Democratic alternatives to corporate power. |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
$250-$1000 |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Anytime |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Eastern US |
| Notice period required |
One month |
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| Jan Edwards |
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Organization
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California
Center for Community Democracy, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Alliance
for Democracy (AfD) |
| Contact information |
janedwards@mcn.org 707-882-1818 |
| Publications |
Numerous publications, see
www.CaliforniaDemocracy.org, wilpf.igc.org/issues/ccp
Tapestry of the Commons
at www.thealliancefordemocracy.org
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| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Corporate Personhood, Rights Based
Organizing, The Commons, Radical Democracy |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
I can present the Personhood Timeline,
Tapestry of the Commons, and have been speaking about Rights-Based
organizing. I can also speak to other related issues like democracy. |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
$100 a day for every day gone, plus travel
expenses |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
No times prohibited |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Northern California, West Coast, can fly
somewhere else if really needed |
| Notice period required |
No real requirement...as early as possible |
| Photograph (click photo to view document
about the tapestry) |
Nancy
Price is on the left; Jan Edwards is on the right.
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| Elsa Higby |
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Organization
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New York City ReclaimDemocracy.org |
| Contact information |
email to Elsa@soapboxsinger.com |
| Publications |
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| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Corporate Personhood |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
Who Rules?
Privilege vs Right
Property or Person? |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
$200.00 plus transportation, unless within
2 hours of NYC |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Anytime of year |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Any, however I live in NYC -- so anything
within two hours is easy |
| Notice period required |
2 weeks |
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| Ben Manski |
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Organization
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Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic
Revolution |
| Contact information |
Manski@LibertyTreeFDR.org
608 257 1606
P.O. BOX 260217
Madison, Wisconsin 53726-0217 |
| Publications |
Liberty Tree - The
Journal of the Democratic Revolution
A quarterly beginning publication in October of 2005 |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
The History of the Corporation - From Rome
to Today
Resisting the Corporatization of Education
Municipalities in Opposition to Global Corporatism
The Local Democracy Alternative: Participatory Budgeting,
Municipalization, and Home Rule
Pages from the Next American Revolution |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
Same as above. |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
My standard honorarium is $1,000 plus
travel. |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Flexible |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Flexible |
| Notice period required |
At least one month, more preferred. |
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Jeff Milchen
Jeff Milchen
directs
ReclaimDemocracy.org, a national, Bozeman-based organization working to
revoke illegitimate corporate power systemically and realize equal
political opportunity for all citizens. Their goals include revoking
corporate claims to humans' Constitutional rights and limiting
corporations to strictly business activities.
Milchen co-founded the Boulder (CO) and American Independent Business
Alliance, which helps communities nationwide support hometown
businesses and resist chain proliferation.
He also is a co-founder and board member of the Citizens’
Debate Commission.
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Organization
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ReclaimDemocracy.org, American
Independent Business Alliance, Citizens
Debate Commission |
| Contact information |
ReclaimDemocracy.org
222 South Black Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-582-1224
E-mail via form: http://ReclaimDemocracy.org/contactus.html |
| Publications |
Milchen has written for dozens of
newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, Chicago
Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Korea Herald, The Ecologist,
American Prospect and Inc. Magazine. Many of his articles are available
at ReclaimDemocracy.org. |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Revoking Corporate Power, Building a
Democracy Movement
Corporate Responsibility: Hope or Oxymoron?
Removing the Source of Corporate Power by Building Community-based
Enterprise
Creating Independent Business Alliances
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| Topics of possible oral presentations |
See ReclaimDemocracy.org/speakers_bureau.html for
more speaking topics, including information on their intensive "From
Here to Democracy" workshops (1-2 days).
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| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
$1000 - $2000 (depending on travel
distance/time) + travel costs. Reduced rates offered where multi-stop
trips can be arranged.
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| Notice period required |
Four months suggested.
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| Jacqui Brown Miller, Attorney
at Law |
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Organization
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Alliance for Democracy, South Puget Sound
Chapter; www.sounddemocracy.org |
| Contact information |
(360) 236-9684; jacquibernie@comcast.net |
| Publications |
Local newspaper articles and opinion
editorials; Primers on
the legal doctrines that act as the linchpin of corporate
dominance; The
Endangered Species Act versus Ecosystem Management
Regime, Ecological and Political Considerations, and Recommendations
for Reform; 12 Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation
151 (1997);
and contributor to articles on national ReclaimDemocracy.org
web site. |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Shareholder Primacy Doctrine, Hidden
History of
corporate power in America, Corporate Personhood, Dormant Commerce
Clause, Constitutional Structure and framer's intent, and How corporate
civil rights and money as protected free speech work together to allow
corporations to dominate our government and society. |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
Presentations focus on two
areas:
first, whether democracy is a myth if corporations are people and money
is speech, and second, whether sustainability is possible when the
dominant institution over our government is legally designed, under the
shareholder primacy doctrine, to demand laws that support its
short-term profit despite impacts to the environment and the
community.
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| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
Modest donation to Alliance For Democracy,
South Puget Sound and travel expenses. |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Anytime. |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Washington, & Oregon |
| Notice period required |
One month or more. |
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| Ward Morehouse |
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Organization
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President, Council on International and
Public Affairs; Co-founder, Program on Corporations, Law and
Development (POCLAD) |
| Contact information |
Tel: 413-584-9642; fax:
413-584-9643;
e-mail: ward@cipa-apex.org;
postal: 133 Franklin St., Northampton, MA 01060 |
| Publications |
Author/editor of some 20 books and
many more articles on social justice and global issues; most recently
The Bhopal Reader (Apex Press, 2006) |
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| Nancy Price |
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Organization
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Alliance
for Democracy, California
Center for Community Democracy, Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom |
| Contact information |
Davis, CA: 530-758-0726;
nancytprice@juno.com |
| Publications |
Many Op-Ed pieces; short articles in
Alliance for Democracy Newsletter and AfD's new Justice
Rising: Grassroots Solutions to Corporate Domination; and
handouts, flyers, and other organizing materials on Free Trade vs. Fair
Trade, Keeping Water Out of Corporate Hands, etc. |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
Fair Trade; Impact of Corporate
Globalization on Local Democracy, Privatization of Muncipal Water
Systems and Water Resources; Bottled Water Barrons, the Precautionary
Principle, Rights-Based Organizing, Tapestry of the Commons -
Reclaiming Our Common Wealth |
| Topics of possible oral presentations |
Rights-Based Organizing, Precautionary
Principle, Impact of Corporate Globalization on Local Democracy; Issues
of Water Privatization and Bottled Water, Tapestry of the Commons -
Reclaiming Our Common Wealth |
| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
Don't mind speaking for free; would not
want to incur much travel expense; home-stay is fine when visiting for
a presentation |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
no restrictions |
| Preferred areas of the country |
anywhere |
| Notice period required |
for travel by car reasonable distance - not
much notice; for airfare that requires advance reservations, more time,
of course. |
| Photograph (click photo to view document
about the tapestry) |
Nancy Price is on the left; Jan Edwards is on the right.
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| Mark
Tabbert, Dr. Paul Bennett MD, Eva Goodwin-Noriega, Pat McCully, Jean
Roberts |
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Organization
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End
Corporate Rule (formerly Reclaim Democracy/End Corporate Rule) |
| Contact information |
227 Canal Street Newport Beach,
Ca. 92663
949-548-8772, 949-355-6073 Cell
mark@endcorporaterule.org |
| Publications |
Power point presentation available in PDF
format |
| Primary area(s) of interest as a speaker |
We see the multi-national corporation as
the
arsonist behind all social injustice and the environmental fire
storm. Pick a problem, any problem, and behind it you will
find
some corporation maximizing profit irregardless of the consequences to
people. We have a plan which any small group can implement in
their community. Our initial roll-out will take place in May
06.
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| Topics of possible oral presentations |
History of corporate power in America and
its impact on all of us. How to "do democracy"
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| Requirements (fee, honorarium,
transportation, living expenses, etc.) |
Donations have been accepted. We
don't
always pass the hat but we have been speaking locally thus
far.
We sometimes present with multiple speakers and sometimes with a single
speaker. |
| Preferred times of year for travel and
presentations |
Anytime |
| Preferred areas of the country |
Southern California for the group but
flexible as a solo presentation. |
| Notice period required |
We currently have 11 dates
scheduled. We
have done talks on Father's Day, Sat. morning and weekday
evenings. We are flexible. |
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