Corporate Government
Wherever Corporations and Government Seem Too Cozy For Comfort…
And where what we see and what we’re told don’t agree – that’s where this section will be.
This section and sub sections is reserved for those pages that are outside of the GMOs and pesticides but are equally and in some cases even more immediately important to those living in areas under toxic attack by corporations where local, regional, state and or federal authorities aren’t acting, aren’t acting fast enough, are looking the other way, or are just plain strongly suspected of being in collusion with the corporations, political action committees (PACs) etc. But it’s not just endlessly reporting on it, it’s also how can we stop it? What can WE do to take the power back so we don’t have to constantly chase after those starting the fires over and over and over trying to make things better without ever addressing the cause. Citizen Outrage needs to fuel Citizen Reform.
We can start here:
The Campaign to Legalize Democracy
Join the Movement to Abolish Corporate Personhood
We are calling to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish the legal doctrine of “Corporate Personhood,” which we define simply as the illegitimate notion that a corporation can claim political and civil rights to overturn democratically enacted laws. We are building a broad-based, multi-partisan democracy movement in the United States to address the reality that the federal courts have made democracy impossible. It’s time to change the rules!
Learn more at UltimateCivics.org
Riki Ott, PhD, is a community activist, a former commercial salmon "fisherm'am," and has a degree in marine toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution. She experienced firsthand the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill—and chose to do something about it. She is the author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Not One Drop: Promises, Betrayal, and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Chelsea Green, 2008). She is also the founder of three nonprofit organizations that deal with lingering harm from man-made environmental disaster. Riki lives in Cordova, Alaska.
Riki Ott, PhD, is a community activist, a former commercial salmon "fisherm'am," and has a degree in marine toxicology with a specialty in oil pollution. She experienced firsthand the devastating effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill—and chose to do something about it. She is the author of Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Not One Drop: Promises, Betrayal, and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Chelsea Green, 2008). She is also the founder of three nonprofit organizations that deal with lingering harm from man-made environmental disaster. Riki lives in Cordova, Alaska.
Order Riki Ott’s Books
Individual copies of Riki’s books can be ordered through Chelsea Green. Order the film Black Wave through Bull Frog Films.
Books for Educators
Riki Ott’s people have a surplus of her book Sound Truth and Corporate Myths. These books are available by the pallet to non-profits and educators free of charge – you pay only for shipping. Contact her for details.(Please note: One pallet of books contains 800 copies. For individual copies please use the link above. If you would like to purchase a case of Sound Truth books, click here.)