[Occupymendocino] Fw: July 4, 2016: Independence Now! from Corporate Domination

[Ann Rennacker]

This is a great affirmation of our rights and the role of Corporation in our lives.


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From: Rabbi Arthur Waskow <office at theshalomcenter.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 10:40 AM
To: Ms. Ann Rennacker
Subject: July 4, 2016: Independence Now! from Corporate Domination

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 For many Americans, the 13-starred Flag of the American Revolution continues to  symbolize resistance to tyranny.. Below you will find a new "Declaration of Independence from Corporate Domination." We recommend it for study and as several of its paragraphs say, for action - during the days before, on, and after the Fourth of July.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men and women are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights: That among these are -

  *   life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the sharing of Beloved Community throughout our planet;
  *   a life-sustaining share of the Earth's abundance;
  *   honorable jobs with living wages and income, based on livable hours;
  *   a rhythm of work and rest that frees time for family, neighborhood, citizenly service, and the spirit;
  *   democratic elections and legislatures not controlled by wealth
  *   peace among all peoples;
  *   and responsible relationships embodying, healing, and upholding the sacred web of life upon this planet.

We affirm that governments, corporations, and other institutions are founded solely to secure these rights and uphold these responsibilities, deriving their just powers from the consent of those they govern and whose lives they shape.

We affirm that at the present time, the power of large corporations - especially those in banking, the military-industrial complex, health care, and fossil fuels - is dominating many branches and aspects of the American government and deeply damaging both American democracy and the American future.

We affirm that to redress these wrongs, it is incumbent upon the people to undertake nonviolent action through elections, lobbying, free speech and a free press, strikes, purchasing campaigns, sit-ins, teach-ins, rallies, and vigils;

And therefore we demand: 1.  Actual full employment with a living income for all on the basis of a 32-hour work week 2.  Universal health care on the model of Medicare for all 3.  Strong laws to prevent global climate disaster and swiftly move the US and world economies from fossil-fuel dependence to renewable energy; such laws to include capping greenhouse-gas emissions and placing a rising tax on the production and emission of carbon dioxide and methane, with the income to be divided among---- --- ...

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