Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law, and Democracy
Encyclopedia
The Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (or OCCLAD) is an Ohio
, US-based activist
network started by two people (Greg Coleridge and Mike Ferner
) from a national organization called POCLAD
. Its focus is on researching and propagating the history of corporate personhood
in the state of Ohio. In the pursuit of this objective, OCCLAD has created a number of well-circulated resources: a pamphlet called Citizens Over Corporations: A Brief History of Democracy in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom in the Future, a video/DVD called CorpOrNation: The Story of Citizens and Corporations in Ohio, and a blog
called ohiodemocracy.org.
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, US-based activist
Activism
Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...
network started by two people (Greg Coleridge and Mike Ferner
Mike Ferner
Mike Ferner is a former Toledo, Ohio city council member, Vietnam era veteran, author, and peace activist. He is a member of the POCLAD collective. Toledo had the most active campaign in the country for municipal public power in the late 1980s and early '90s...
) from a national organization called POCLAD
POCLAD
The Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy is an activist collective of a dozen-or-so members, who research the history of corporations in the United States. They are some of the main circulators of the notion that corporate personhood--which gives corporations some of the same legal rights...
. Its focus is on researching and propagating the history of corporate personhood
Corporate personhood
Corporate personhood is the status conferred upon corporations under the law, which allows corporations to have rights and responsibilities similar to those of a natural person. There is a question about which subset of rights that are afforded to natural persons should also be afforded to...
in the state of Ohio. In the pursuit of this objective, OCCLAD has created a number of well-circulated resources: a pamphlet called Citizens Over Corporations: A Brief History of Democracy in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom in the Future, a video/DVD called CorpOrNation: The Story of Citizens and Corporations in Ohio, and a blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
called ohiodemocracy.org.