A brilliant cartoon from Citizens United. The Story of Stuff charts the rise of the corporation. Today, 53 of the 100 largest economies are corporations! Corporations can be great because they provide jobs but they can also be hugely destructive to society and the environment. So, Citizens United suggest that we put a few careful laws in place to control what the corporation can do.
To find out more watch this great video and check out their website, http://storyofstuff.org/citizensunited/.
"The Ecocide trial is a very important step in waking us up to the violence which is the foundation of the current economy." – Vandana Shiva, philosopher and activist
"This Ecocide law may be the only way to make climate criminals rethink their crimes of commission and omission" – Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the Earth
"Unlimited growth assumes unlimited resources, and this is the genesis of Ecocide." – Maude Barlow, former UN advisor
"The object of the Ecocide Act is not just aimed at companies it is aimed at individuals… individual responsibility is the only way there will be any change.” – Michael Mansfield QC, leading human rights lawyer
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