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WHAT: Democracy Hijacked -- and How to Fix It
WHO: Riki Ott & Craig Salins
WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -- 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m./6:00 p.m.
WHERE: UW Tacoma
Democracy Hijacked -- and How to Fix It
2 public events -- Wednesday, May 18, in Tacoma
From oil spills to Move to Amend
(. . . amend the U.S. Constitution -- the 28th Amendment)
1. Brown Bag Lunch Forum 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
UW Tacoma Campus -- Rm BH 106
2. Community Forum
5:30 p.m. -- Reception & Refreshments, 6:00 p.m. Forum
Longshoreman's Hall, UW-Tacoma
1710 Market Street, Tacoma, WA
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
• Riki Ott, Ph.D, marine toxicologist, co-founder, MovetoAmend.org (add the 28th Amendment to US Constitution) www.rikiott.com
• Craig Salins, Exec. Director, Washington Public Campaigns www.washclean.org
Multinational corporations like Exxon-Mobil and Goldman Sachs destroy our water, air, and economy with impunity. Both wildlife and people suffer. Corporate money is buying immunity, tax cuts, loopholes, and subsidies while we, the people, are forced to spend our tax dollars to bail out or clean up their mess while the biggest companies pay zero in taxes.
The Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling is just the latest -- and most serious -- example that corporations have hijacked our civil society.
See how it all ties together with marine toxicologist Riki Ott, who knows the inside story of the Gulf Coast oil disaster -- the way giant corporations get away with paying so little.
CO-SPONSORS:
League of Women Voters -- Pierce Chapter
The Sierra Club -- Pierce Chapter
CONTACT: Martin Nyberg, 253-678-1975, Pierce County Chapter of Washington Public Campaigns
ONLINE INFO: http://www.washclean.org/hijacked.htm#tacoma
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