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Abolish Corporate Personhood Organizing Packet

This organizing packet is designed to help you join with others to Abolish Corporate Personhood. This is an opportune time to build coalitions and public support in communities all over the country around the notion that only human beings should govern. Corporations have no “business” impersonating us!

The 2003-2005 goals of this effort are to:

  • insert the issue of corporate personhood into the 2004 election campaigns;
  • pass town/city resolutions abolishing corporate personhood in 50 communities;
  • change the ACLU position on corporate free speech.
The leadership team of WILPF’s campaign to Challenge Corporate Power, Assert the People’s Rights will serve as a clearinghouse for activities and a resource for further actions. Tackle corporate personhood with gusto and let us know what’s happening!
In creating our ten-session study group packet, as well as this packet, we want to acknowledge the valuable information and analysis provided by the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD).

Abolish Corporate Personhood Flyer

Abolish Corporate Personhood flyer (PDF, 1.4Mb, 2 pages)

Organizing packet for WILPF's Campaign to Abolish Corporate Personhood

Complete Organizing Packet (PDF, 716Kb, 36 pages)
"Abolish Corporate Personhood," a presentation
Quo Warranto Song (available in hardcopy packets)
"Racism and Global Corporatization," an article from Peace & Freedom (WILPF's quarterly publication), Fall 2001
"As the Country Turns," a short drama
“Interview with a Corporate Person,” a short skit

Sample Resolutions

Santa Clara Blues Booklet

Santa Clara Blues* (PDF, 138Kb)
*Note: Our Santa Clara Blues booklet was printed on 8.5" x 11" paper and then folded in half. This PDF file does not print that way; it prints each 8.5" x 5.5" booklet page on one sheet of paper. For distribution purposes, we recommend that you obtain multiple copies of the printed booklets from the WILPF office; the price is $2 each.
Flier for Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights, by Thom Hartmann