In early 2013 the White House announced it would consider a petition if it had garnered at least 100,000 signatures within 30 days. In that same announcement statistics were cited indicating that up to then over 141 petitions had been received averaging 65 signatures on each!18 I seriously doubt that 200 million signatures on a petition to stop the corpocracy's endless warring and spying would actually stop it. A 240 year old habit won't be stopped by an avalanche of petitions. And outgoing President Obama agrees, having been quoted saying shortly before this last general election that "future presidents may wage perpetual, secret drone war.19
Worth watching though are the "Standing Rock" protests of Native Americans against the proposed oil pipeline straddling the North and South Dakota borderline that would traverse their sacred burial grounds and endanger their water supply. Protestors have been brutalized by the militarized police, are gaining sympathy among the populace, and have attracted the attention of UN observers who have begun an investigation into the protesters' claims of human rights abuses, including "excessive force, unlawful arrests, and mistreatment in jail,".20
Boycotting the Corpocracy from Outside and Within
Boycotts have minimal to little effect. Corporations can afford them. Ethical Consumer earlier this year listed corporations alphabetically from Adidas to West County Dairy Products that were boycotted by various groups for one reason or another.21 As far as I can tell the corporations on the list are still thriving. As for the war industry, the government, not the consumer public is the buyer and is not about to ban for long any wayward contractors of any significance. At most the government assesses picayune fines.22 War, after all, is the "hardest" power the corpocracy has to wield, and to wield it broadly an ample supply of war and intelligence contractors are needed.
Local Ordinances
A few local ordinances have been passed that curtail a tiny piece of the corpocracy's reach. For example, the city of Turlock, California passed an ordinance barring Wal-Mart from building a store there; and, during the Bush-Cheney reign of terror, there were reportedly around 40 town councils in Vermont that had voted to have this pair impeached or arrested if not impeached.23 Bush and Cheney may be unwelcome in parts of Vermont but have yet been brought to trial.
Local ordinances are just that, local, of little to no value beyond the jurisdiction passing the ordinance.
Legislative Initiatives
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