The Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee [AFSC] announces the
documentary release of...
CorpOrNation: The Story of Citizens and Corporations in Ohio
Do we live in a true democracy?
CorpOrNation exposes the historic corporate rise to power in Ohio, the
barriers citizens have fought to create a true democracy for themselves, and
detailed assessments of government influence by corporations through
"corporate
globalization." Spanning Ohio’s history from 1803 through present-day
struggles
between citizens and corporations, CorpOrNation suggests strategies for
citizens to overcome current threats to citizen-led democracy and the
corporate
takeover of society.
Rich with analysis and history, CorpOrNation, produced by the Northeast Ohio
American Friends Service Committee, features interviews with people from the
Ohio AFL-CIO, Ohio Public Interest Research Group, United Steelworkers, Ohio
Family Farm Coalition, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Program on
Corporations
Law and Democracy, and student activists discussing corporate farms, factory
lockouts, “veggie libel” laws, and regional “free trade” agreements.
CorpOrNation is based on Citizens over Corporations: A Brief History of
Democracy in Ohio and Challenges to Freedom in the Future, the 52-page
booklet
written in 1998 (reprinted in 1999) detailing the legal and political
history of
corporations and citizen control and resistance to corporate power in Ohio.
What people have said about CorpOrNation...
“CorpOrNation provides a valuable case-study, using the state of Ohio as its
subject, of how corporate power operates against democratic values, and how
citizens groups can battle and even win against overwhelming odds.”
- Howard Zinn, historian and author
“This video is a powerful demonstration showing how corporate giants like AK
Steel control and damage people's lives and what used to be called 'our'
government. Freedom has become the right of industry and the freedom of the
people
has been eroded.”
- Marilyn Wall,
Chair, Ohio Chapter Sierra Club
"CorpOrNation" will not be reviewed as a big summer movie...But the film is
an eye-opener that deserves attention as lawmakers deal with matters
affecting
insurance, health care, education, the environment and countless other
areas....it's a disquieting look at the state of democracy in [our] state...
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
“All political power is inherent in the people,' declares the Constitution
of
the state of Ohio. 'Government is instituted for their equal protection and
benefit...' Yet, as this telling and important video makes clear, the steady
and self-interested growth of corporate power has mounted to a point where
these words may no longer be. For every Ohioan who still believes that a
free
people have a right to govern themselves, one may hope that this video may
serve
as a sign of alarm and call to action.”
- Perry Bush, Professor
of History, Bluffton College
Several community showings have already taken place around Ohio with more
planned this fall. In addition, the documentary will be shown in classrooms,
union halls, community centers, environmental group offices, churches and
living
rooms. Interested viewers are invited to work with others across Ohio to
assert
democratic control over the corporate form.
For more information, contact Greg Coleridge at
AFSCole@aol.com or Dana
Williams at
afscdmw@yahoo.com, or call AFSC at 330-253-7151.
CorpOrNation: The Story of Citizens and Corporations in Ohio
40 minute documentary
Produced by the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee [AFSC]
Cost: $10 (individuals), $20 (institutions). Checks payable to AFSC.
Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee [AFSC]
513 W. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44302
(Phone) 330-253-7151
(Fax) 330-996-4664
(Email)
AFSCole@aol.com
(Web)
www.afsc.net
