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DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:30 ~ Suggested donation $5 to $10 (no one turned away for 
 lack of $$)  "The Corporation" explores the nature and spectacular rise of 
 the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, 
 advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda illuminates the 
 corporation's grip on our lives.   Taking its legal status as a "person" to 
 its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's 
 couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" Using standard diagnostic tools, 
 the film shows that the operational principles of the corporation give it a 
 highly anti-social personality. Using standard diagnostic tools of 
 psychiatrists and psychologists, the film shows that the operational 
 principles of the corporation give it a highly anti-social "personality": 
 It is self-interested, inherently amoral, callous and deceitful; it 
 breaches social and legal standards to get its way; it does not suffer from 
 guilt, yet it can mimic the human qualities of empathy, caring and 
 altruism.  Filmmakers Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan explore 
 in-depth the issues of corporate personhood, corporate obligations, 
 environmental responsibility, and the conflict between pervasive perception 
 management and democracy. Corporations have invested billions to shape 
 public and political opinion. When they own everything, who will stand for 
 the public good?   Provoking, witty, sweepingly informative, "The 
 Corporation" includes forty interviews with corporate insiders and critics 
 — including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore 
 — plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. The film 
 shows how, as global individuals take back local power, a growing 
 re-invigoration of the concept of citizenship is taking root. (145 minutes; 
 2003.)  Please join us after the film for discussion, socializing, and 
 organic snacks and drinks.  "'The Corporation' is just 
 brilliant—visually, intellectually, and morally. This film has redefined 
 the documentary genre."  - Barbara Ehrenreich, Author of _Nickel and Dimed_ 
   Cosponsored by:  Peninsula Peace and Justice Center // 650-326-8837 // 
 http://www.peaceandjustice.org  World Centric // 650-283-3797 // 
 http://www.worldcentric.org  Peace Umbrella of the Unitarian Universalist 
 Church of Palo Alto // http://www.uucpa.org   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/01/68103.php
SUMMARY:Film: "The Corporation"
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church - Main Hall  505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Alto 
  Wheelchair accessible  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/01/68103.php
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