Join Us Tomorrow to Resist Cargill's Corporate Personhood!
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Hillary Lehr
Jan 20, 2012, 7:44:49 PM1/20/12
to RAN Twin Cities Announce
See you TOMORROW for the long-awaited Citizens' Arrest of
Cargill, Inc.
Update: the forecast says SUN will be smiling upon us, but we
are going to keep this rally on-time and on the shorter side, so
please come at noon, bundle up, and bring a friend!
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Updated Citizens' Arrest Plan:
12:00-12:15: Arrive at People's Plaza (the Government Plaza
light rail stop in downtown Minneapolis). Check in and get your shiny
99% badge and a placard to hold up.
12:15-12:20: We will 'solemnly' swear ourselves in to the
authority to hold up a just, sustainable future BY the people FOR the
people and MARCH one block down to the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (S.
4th St. and S. 4th Ave)
12:20-12:45: RALLY and speak OUT against crimes of Cargill's
corporate personhood! Speakers include Dallas Rising from Animal
Rights Coalition, Ashley Schaeffer from Rainforest Action Network, a
representative from Move to Amend, Occupy Cargill, farmers resisting
Cargill's stronghold on the food supply, and others!
12:45: POST our giant ARREST WARRANT. Optional: join a search
party to ask folks in the area if they have seen Cargill, Inc.
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More info on Cargill, Inc.:
WANTED by the 99% for profiteering off people and planet:
Cargill, Inc.
Help stage a citizens’ arrest in front of the Minneapolis
Grain Exchange to apprehend Cargill Inc. as a corporate impostor
posing as a person with constitutional rights, and hold Cargill
accountable for its crime of prioritizing profits over people and
planet.
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*Jan. 21st is a National Day of Action to Challenge Corporate
Personhood*
On January 21st, 2010, the Supreme Court Citizens United
ruling granted corporations the right to unlimited spending on
political advertising under their First Amendment right to free
speech. But wait a minute, corporations aren’t people, so how can a
corporation have constitutional rights? And if a corporation does have
rights, can it be prosecuted or jailed for the crimes it commits?
Well, we have the perfect candidate for arrest, right here in the Twin
Cities—Cargill, Inc.
Last year Cargill spent $1.3 million lobbying in the U.S.
alone to promote policies favorable to their interests. Cargill
lobbies governments around the world for free trade and open market
access to boost its profits. Is Cargill in it to “Nourish the World”
or to “Nourish their Profits?”
Remember, if our government can grant Cargill, Inc. the
unchecked privileges of corporate personhood, we the 99% can grant
ourselves our own Deputy Kitten Badge to bring corporate criminals to
justice.
Bring a list of any Cargill crimes you have witnessed to help
compile a full list of grievances.
Bring friends!
Cargill, Inc.
Update: the forecast says SUN will be smiling upon us, but we
are going to keep this rally on-time and on the shorter side, so
please come at noon, bundle up, and bring a friend!
-----------------------
Updated Citizens' Arrest Plan:
12:00-12:15: Arrive at People's Plaza (the Government Plaza
light rail stop in downtown Minneapolis). Check in and get your shiny
99% badge and a placard to hold up.
12:15-12:20: We will 'solemnly' swear ourselves in to the
authority to hold up a just, sustainable future BY the people FOR the
people and MARCH one block down to the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (S.
4th St. and S. 4th Ave)
12:20-12:45: RALLY and speak OUT against crimes of Cargill's
corporate personhood! Speakers include Dallas Rising from Animal
Rights Coalition, Ashley Schaeffer from Rainforest Action Network, a
representative from Move to Amend, Occupy Cargill, farmers resisting
Cargill's stronghold on the food supply, and others!
12:45: POST our giant ARREST WARRANT. Optional: join a search
party to ask folks in the area if they have seen Cargill, Inc.
-----------------------------
More info on Cargill, Inc.:
WANTED by the 99% for profiteering off people and planet:
Cargill, Inc.
Help stage a citizens’ arrest in front of the Minneapolis
Grain Exchange to apprehend Cargill Inc. as a corporate impostor
posing as a person with constitutional rights, and hold Cargill
accountable for its crime of prioritizing profits over people and
planet.
---------------------------
*Jan. 21st is a National Day of Action to Challenge Corporate
Personhood*
On January 21st, 2010, the Supreme Court Citizens United
ruling granted corporations the right to unlimited spending on
political advertising under their First Amendment right to free
speech. But wait a minute, corporations aren’t people, so how can a
corporation have constitutional rights? And if a corporation does have
rights, can it be prosecuted or jailed for the crimes it commits?
Well, we have the perfect candidate for arrest, right here in the Twin
Cities—Cargill, Inc.
Last year Cargill spent $1.3 million lobbying in the U.S.
alone to promote policies favorable to their interests. Cargill
lobbies governments around the world for free trade and open market
access to boost its profits. Is Cargill in it to “Nourish the World”
or to “Nourish their Profits?”
Remember, if our government can grant Cargill, Inc. the
unchecked privileges of corporate personhood, we the 99% can grant
ourselves our own Deputy Kitten Badge to bring corporate criminals to
justice.
Bring a list of any Cargill crimes you have witnessed to help
compile a full list of grievances.
Bring friends!
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