Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing the Australian government to overturn public health laws aimed at reducing teenage smoking. Chevron has hired *2,000 lawyers* to avoid paying Ecuador $19 billion in damages due for the horrific oil spills they inflicted. And Bayer is suing Europe to overturn their ban on bee-killing pesticides -- all while investing millions with Monsanto to defeat an effort to label GM foods in the US. All of this is actually happening, and happening right now.
This is corporate power gone crazy, and the world’s biggest corporations are determined to defeat any efforts of our democracies to hold them to account. By investing billions in dirty legal battles, corrupt backhand payments and lobbying campaigns, corporations are taking over our democracies -- and only people power can stop them.
As powerful as these companies may appear, they are at the mercy of consumers -- us. We might not be able beat a team of 2,000 corporate lawyers in court, but we have the numbers to hit back where it matters -- their bottom line.
If all this is ok with you, you don't have to do a thing. But if you truly care about what kind of near future we are about to have and care even more what kind of world you want your children to inherit, then ENGAGE NOW and participate in the CITIZEN WISH LIST.
The conversation starts HERE: http://tinyurl.com/CitizenWishList
This is corporate power gone crazy, and the world’s biggest corporations are determined to defeat any efforts of our democracies to hold them to account. By investing billions in dirty legal battles, corrupt backhand payments and lobbying campaigns, corporations are taking over our democracies -- and only people power can stop them.
As powerful as these companies may appear, they are at the mercy of consumers -- us. We might not be able beat a team of 2,000 corporate lawyers in court, but we have the numbers to hit back where it matters -- their bottom line.
If all this is ok with you, you don't have to do a thing. But if you truly care about what kind of near future we are about to have and care even more what kind of world you want your children to inherit, then ENGAGE NOW and participate in the CITIZEN WISH LIST.
The conversation starts HERE: http://tinyurl.com/CitizenWishList
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