Corporations Are Not People

A revised and updated edition of the definitive guide to overturning Citizens United.
 
Since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that the rights of things—money and corporations—matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it. 
 
He includes a new chapter, “Do Something!,” showing how—state by state and community by community—Americans are using creative strategies and tools to renew democracy and curb unbalanced corporate power. Since the first edition, sixteen states, one-hundred-sixty members of Congress, and five hundred cities and towns have called for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and the list is growing. This is a fight we can win!
 
“More relevant than ever, this updated edition of Corporations Are Not People chronicles the remarkably vibrant, nationwide grassroots movement to ‘get money out and voters in.’” —Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher, The NationPreface to the new edition
Preface
Foreword: Fighting Back, by Bill Moyers
Introduction: What’s at Stake
1. American Democracy Works, and Corporations Fight Back
2. Corporations Are Not People—and They Make Lousy Parents
3. If Corporations Are Not People, What Are They?
4. Corporations Don’t Vote; They Don’t Have To
5. Did Political Equality and Corporate Power Destroy the Working American Economy?
6. Corporations Can’t Love
7. Restoring Democracy and Republican Government
8. Do Something
Resources
Notes
Index
About the AuthorJeff Clements is a cofounder of Free Speech for People, a nonpartisan campaign to reverse Citizens United, work for equal citizenship for all Americans, and reform corporate law. An attorney, Jeff has represented and advocated for people, businesses, and the public interest since 1988.