Michigan Stands for Democracy

Michigan Stands for Democracy

Posted on Michigan Stands for Democracy by | Jonny Cache

Dear _______,

If the _______ Party intends to save itself over the next few years, the people who run for office as _______ will need to start recognizing and acting on these fundamental truths:
1. Office-holders are elected to represent the People.
2. Corporations are not people.
3. Corporations do not have natural rights.
4. Corporations are subject to laws that people make for them.
5. Office-holders are not elected to represent the Corporations.
Thank you, I wish you the best of luck waking up to these truths.

Tom D Duimstra, Richard T. Rapscallion Jr., Tom Ross and 2 others like this.

Jonny Cache | I've been posting this Open Letter to Elective Office-Holders at the appropriate pages of Facebookia.

Democracy on Hold in Benton Harbor | Truthout

Democracy on Hold in Benton Harbor | Truthout

Post on Bev Richey's Wall by | Joe Braun
Very comprehensive.

"While the country watched the protests in Wisconsin spill into the State Capitol Building, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was passing a controversial bill that many consider a direct attack on the constitutional rights of the citizens of Michigan."

To keep a clean public image, Whirlpool funds and largely controls a nonprofit in Benton Harbor called the Cornerstone Alliance, which has a revolving door with Whirlpool and the Whirlpool Foundation for its staff members and employees.

Cornerstone has long served the interests of Whirlpool in Benton Harbor, creating a façade through which the company can pass off its actions as being in the interests of "the community."

"They're an arm of Whirlpool," says Carol Drake of Friends of Jean Klock Park.

Carol has been fighting for the preservation of the historic park against a consortium of developers led by Whirlpool. Her organization has tracked the evolution of developers' plans to seize the public park, which she says have been in the works for decades.

Their current project is called Harbor Shores, a $500 million golf resort to include luxury homes, a water park, high-end condominiums and other similar upscale amenities.

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More about Benton Harbor and Jean Klock Park available in this archive

Revolution in America | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

Revolution in America | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters



Posted on Facebook by | Pronoblem Baalberith
great piece by micah white. wake up people. turn off your television. there is only one viable option at this point. smash the two party system.
Revolution in America Full Article Here| Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

Working Michigan

Working Michigan

Posted on Facebook |Chris Kopacz
If you haven't heard yet, Rick Snyder is displaying the DISGUSTING audacity to actually show up in Benton Harbor as the Grand Marshall of the annual Blossomtime Parade next weekend, May 7. There needs to be a HUGE protest against this. Does anyone have any info about any planned events?
Organize and sue: a plan to fight emergency manager law
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April 25: Rev. Jesse Jackson and Michigan’s black lawmakers say they are preparing to challenge the state’s emergency financial manager law in court. State Rep. Fred Durhal of the Legislative Black Caucus outlines the pl

The connection between Michigan's EFM power grab, Rep. Fred Upton and Big Oil/Gas

The connection between Michigan's EFM power grab, Rep. Fred Upton and Big Oil/Gas

Posted on Michigan Stands for Democracy | Facebook Page | Susan Masten

Wow....
So, based on some tips from folks who have contacted me about my blogging the Big Government TakeoverTM of Benton Harbor by Rick Snyder's Emergency Financial Manager, Joseph Harris, I've been doing some digging into the development known as Harbor Shores. I have found an amazingly tangled web that...See Full Article

Michigan City Takeover Plan Criticized as Attack on Democracy

www.democracynow.org/2011/4/19 Feature Article

Posted on Facebook page by | Michigan Stands for Democracy | Richard T. Rapscallion Jr.

Jessie Jackson is on Benton Harbor... :)
Michigan City Takeover Plan Criticized as Attack on Democracy | www.democracynow.org

"Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, voiced outrage Monday night after the city's elected mayor and city commissioners were stripped of all power by an unelected emergency financial manager appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. Last week, the emergency manager issued an order saying the city comm..." Full Article | Democracy Now

Corporate America's State Level Bloodless Coup Against Democracy

Corporate America's State Level Bloodless Coup Against Democracy

"If Republicans like Walker and Snyder are allowed to continue their Nazi tactics by disregarding the will of the voters and the courts, America will become a dictatorship. For two years Republicans in Congress worked tirelessly to circumvent the law and now that they have control of the House, they are snubbing their noses at the voters. They lied to get elected by promising to create jobs, but instead have worked to cut services and jobs as well as repeal laws passed in the last Congress. Americans appear to finally see Republicans for what they really are; power-hungry corporatists who hate the American people and the law. If they are allowed to continue, American democracy will be finished and in its place will be a dictatorship run by corporations and religious leaders who, like Republicans, have no regard for the law or the will of the people. Americans united to fight the Nazi threat in World War II, now they must unite to fight the Republican Nazi threat in America and elect leaders who do not defy the law."Full Article Here

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