POCLAD
Encyclopedia
The Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD) 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
as real human beings—is at the center of the problems regarding corporations. They also publish a newsletter three times a year called By What Authority (ISSN: 524-1106) English for quo warranto, a legal phrase that questions illegitimate exercise of privilege and power. Which they claim reflects an unabashed assertion of the right of the sovereign people to govern themselves.
Collective
A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project to achieve a common objective...
of a dozen-or-so members, who research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
the history of corporations in the United States. They are some of the main circulators of the notion that 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...
--which gives corporations some of the same legal rights
Rights
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory...
as real human beings—is at the center of the problems regarding corporations. They also publish a newsletter three times a year called By What Authority (ISSN: 524-1106) English for quo warranto, a legal phrase that questions illegitimate exercise of privilege and power. Which they claim reflects an unabashed assertion of the right of the sovereign people to govern themselves.
Collective members
- David CobbDavid CobbDavid Keith Cobb is an American activist and was the 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States .-Career and political activities:...
- Greg Coleridge
- Karen Coulter
- Mike FernerMike FernerMike 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...
- Dave Henson
- Ward MorehouseWard Morehouse (activist)Ward Morehouse is an author, publisher, activist, and a co-founder of POCLAD, an American anti-corporate research collective. Morehouse is a well-known activist who has worked on the Bhopal Gas accident in India and is the founder of the in 1954 and the , a book-publishing imprint, in 1990...
- Lewis Pitts
- Jim PriceJim PriceJim Price may refer to:*Jim Price , former NFL tight end*Jim Price , former Detroit Tigers catcher and current sportscaster*Jim Price , manager of the New York Gothams...
- Virginia Rasmussen
- Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap
- Mary Zepernick
Related pages
- Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law, and DemocracyOhio Committee on Corporations, Law, and DemocracyThe Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law, and Democracy is an Ohio, US-based activist network started by two people from a national organization called POCLAD. Its focus is on researching and propagating the history of corporate personhood in the state of Ohio...
- Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County