Control the Corporation conference

Submitted by Margaret Flowers on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 19:36
Event Date: 
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 08:00 - 18:00

On April 2, 2012 from 8AM-6PM the Center for the Study of Responsive Law will be holding the Control the Corporation conference at the Carnegie Institute of Washington.  This conference is open to people attending the National Occupation of Washington, DC -- all occupiers welcome!  The conference will be held at 1530 P Street, NW, Washington, DC.

Confirmed Speakers 

Countering the impact of corporate control of the electoral process 
Robert Weissman – Public Citizen 
Bob Edgar – Common Cause 
Theresa Amato – Citizen Works 
Rob Richie – Fair Vote 
Lou Dubose – ALEC, corp, voter suppression 
Harvey Wasserman – Anti-Nuke 

Holding corporations accountable for their crimes 
Russell Mokhiber – Corporate Crime Reporter 
Bill Black – University of Missouri School of Law – KC 
Patrick Burns – Taxpayers Against Fraud 
Kent Greenfield – Boston College Law 

Creating economic models that provide jobs/Increasing minimum wage 
Gar Alperovitz – Professor of Political Economy, UMD 
Greg LeRoy – Good Jobs First 
Dimitra Doukas – author of Worked Over 

Protecting the “commons” from the insatiable advocates of privatization 
Phineas Baxandall – US PIRG, Economist 
Wenonah Hauter – Food & Water Watch 
Jamie Love – Knowledge Ecology International 

Occupy the Future 
Chris Hedges – TruthDig columnist 
Kevin Zeese – Freedom Plaza Organizer 
John Sellers – Other 98 Percent 

Mobilizing for Action 
Ralph Nader – Consumer advocate 
Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffmann -- SumOfUs 
Tom O’Brien - Steelworkers 
Michael Gecan – Industrial Areas Foundation 
David Freeman – former head of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), Power Authority State of New York.