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I'm the Director of the Economic Justice & Empowerment Program of the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker social action organization (AFSC.net); Steering Committee member of Move to Amend (MovetoAmend.org)a member of the Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy (POCLAD), a collective which instigates democratic conversations and actions that contest the authority of corporations to govern (POCLAD.org)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 A Call for the Tea Party and Occupy Movements to "Occupy the Courts"
The Tea Party movement's disdain for big, unchecked government power and the Occupy movement's disdain for big, unchecked banking power can find common ground in the effort to end never-intended corporate "personhood" constitutional rights. Both should help organize one-day occupations of more than 75 federal courthouses across the country on January 20, 2012.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 The country is broken because the system is fixed (3 comments)
Proponents of a Senate resolution claim it will "Reverse Citizens United," the 2010 Supreme Court decision expanding corporate constitutional rights. It won't. The real solution is abolishing all corporate constitutional rights and the legal doctrine that money is speech.
Sunday, July 24, 2011 Eliminating Rather than Exploiting the Debt Crisis (1 comments)
Spending cuts and tax increases are presented by the President and Congressional leaders as the only two options to address the current debt crisis. But there's a third choice -- one that will eliminate the debt...forever. It will also (re)assert democratic control over our money system. Democratic monetary reform eliminates the entire $14.3 trillion by issuing and circulating US money.
Monday, March 7, 2011 Fracking Democracy
Industrial horizontal drilling with massive slick water hydraulic fracturing (known as "fracking") poses tremendous risks to our communities. But the threats are more than physical and environmental. They're political. Industrial drilling for natural gas is fracturing the very bedrock of what's left of our democracy at the local level based on current laws.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 "One Nation" March Organizers Should Remember Coxey's Army (2 comments)
Organizers of the October 2 "One Nation Working Together" DC march for jobs should remember the demand of those who organized and took part in the first national "jobs march." Ohioan Jacob Coxy and his "Army" of 500 marchers demanded that the federal government issue their own money to hire people to meet the economic needs of both urban and rural people. "Democratizing money" should be included in the October 2 march demands.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 The Biology of Oil and the Sociology of Democracy (1 comments)
What is not easily seen below the surface is often much worse that what can be seen on the surface -- be it an oil spill or democracy.
Friday, January 29, 2010 Thank You Supreme Court
Thanking the Supreme Court for their Citizens United decision. By blatently expanding corporate constitutional rights, the task of abolishing corporate personhood has now become easier.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 Voices of Descent and Dissent: The G-20 and People's Movements
The G-20 gathering in Pittsburgh is not just another global gathering of government leaders and corporate CEOs. The group of finance ministers and central bankers have come together for a reason that many activists fail to grasp: to globalize banking and money creation -- at the expense of self-governance and the ability to address the social, economic and environmental needs we want.
