>On Friday 11 September, near the end of Pacifica radio's DEMOCRACY NOW, I
>caught the last few minutes of a discussion about revoking certain
>corporate charters on a state-by-state basis. Sounds like fun... Do you
>have any info available about this??? Sounds like a perfect grass-roots
>issue to get involved in...
It all seems a bit legalistic to me - they're pretty silent on the politics of how to get to this point, and what a post-corporate form might be, but, by chance, Sam Smith's Progressive Review has a little item about just this:
>MAKING CORPORATE CHARTERS MEAN SOMETHING
>
>A coalition of nearly 30 groups has petitioned California's Attorney General
>to revoke Unocal's corporate charter because of alleged violations of
>environmental, women's rights and human rights laws over the past four
>decades. The effort is part of a growing movement to revive the historic
>authority of states to regulate corporate charters and to require that
>corporations function in the public interest. The coalition includes the
>National Lawyer's Guild, Rainforest Action Network, Burma Forum, Alliance
>for Democracy and Feminist Majority Foundation.
>
>NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
>213-736-1094
>PROGRAM ON CORPORATIONS, LAW & DEMOCRACY
>508-487-3151
>WEB SITE WITH PETITION
>http://www.heed.net
Doug