History: Corporations and Theft of Human Rights (broadband and 56k inside)

Thom Hartmann has just published a fascinating book:  Unequal Protection:  The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights.  He was interviewed by Mike McCormick (Mind over Matters radio show, KEXP FM, non-commercial, non-profit) in Seattle on October 5, 2002.  Some of the points discussed include:

• the Boston Tea Party was not a revolt against England, as it's taught in grammar/highschool, but rather, the first anti-corporation protest a la Seattle/WTO 1999;  the East India Company forced the King of England to drop taxes on the corporation, hurting merchants in the colonies
• the largely unknown history (until now) about how corporations introduced the legal precedent that a corporation has equal rights as a person
• corporations were considered legal persons long before women had full personhood (ladies, you should be pissed)
• discussion of where we stand today

It's a fascinating discussion, and it isn't biased from a left-wing perspective (but many among the left will find much value in the information Hartmann discusses).

The file attached is a low bit-rate version that will be easy to stream or download for all you folks on dial-up.  However, if you want to get a broadcast quality MP3, you can download it by clicking here.  Alternatively, you can click here to listen to the broadcast quality of the streaming version.

THIS IS FOR NON-PROFIT USE ONLY.  Please email Mike McCormick if you broadcast the interview on public/micro radio.  Go here to get his contact info.

Click here for Amazon page on book.

Part 2: From the Birth of American Democracy through the Birth of Corporate Personhood
Chapter 3: The Boston Tea Party Revealed
Chapter 4: Jefferson's Dream: The Bill of Rights
Chapter 5: The Early Role of Corporations in America
Chapter 6: The Deciding Moment
Chapter 7: The Corporate Conquest of America
Chapter 8: Transnational Corporations: The Ghost of the East India Company Rises Again

Part 3: Unequal Consequences
Chapter 9: Unequal Uses for the Bill of Rights
Chapter 10: Unequal Regulation
Chapter 11: Unequal Protection from Risk
Chapter 12: Unequal Taxes
Chapter 13: Unequal Responsibility for Crime
Chapter 14: Unequal Privacy
Chapter 15: Unequal Citizenship and Access to the Commons
Chapter 16: Unequal Wealth
Chapter 17: Unequal Trade
Chapter 18: Unequal Media
Chapter 19: Unequal Influence
Chapter 20: Capitalists and Americans Speak Out for Community

Part 4: Restoring Democracy as the Founders Imagined It
Chapter 21: End Corporate Personhood
Chapter 22: A New Entrepreneurial Boom
Chapter 23: A Democratic Marketplace
Chapter 24: Restoring the Global Dream of Government of, by, and for the People
Chapter 25: Our First Steps Forward
Postscript: A Message from a President of the United States
Revoking Corporate Personhood FAQ
Model Ordinances to Rescind Corporate Personhood
Constitutional Amendments for Each State
Endnotes
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index