<p>Beautiful work +1</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 12 Mar 2012 19:31, "Mark Barrett" <<a href="mailto:marknbarrett@googlemail.com">marknbarrett@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><strong>The Corporations Group's following Statement reached consensus at the London General Assembly on 10th March 2012</strong></div>
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[please forward to assemblies and occupations worldwide]</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"> </div><div class="gmail_quote">We live in a world where some people and corporations have more power and influence than entire nations. According to Forbes 500 magazine, 64% of the top 175 economic entities in 2011 were corporations. With its relentless pursuit of profit at all cost, the present corporate system fits the definition of a psychopath, driving the rapid destruction of our society and the natural environment.</div>
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</div><div class="gmail_quote"> </div><div class="gmail_quote">Two of the worst corporate criminals, Xstrata and Glencore, are attempting to merge into one $90 billion commodities juggernaut. These companies have been accused of grossly unethical and illegal activities, such as complicity in the deaths of activists and indigenous peoples protesting against their mines, aggravated corruption and the theft of billions of dollars in revenue from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo etc. This “soiled wedding” must be stopped.</div>
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</div><div class="gmail_quote"> </div><div class="gmail_quote">Occupy London Corporations Working Group is embarking on a full-scale offensive to bring these corporations to justice and end the increasing centralisation and capitalisation of multi-national corporate power. We call on all protesters and occupations around the world who have information or wish to be involved in this campaign to contact us at <a href="mailto:corporationswg@gmail.com" target="_blank">corporationswg@gmail.com</a></div>
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</div><div class="gmail_quote"> </div><div class="gmail_quote">Upon request we are happy to maintain confidentiality over any material sent to us (alternative contact details can be set up once communicating with the above email address)</div>
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<div> </div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">Note: the above statement was endorsed by the London General Assembly on March 10th 2012 <a href="http://occupylsx.org/?cat=21" target="_blank">http://occupylsx.org/?cat=21</a> and is their second GA endorsed statement. Their first statement follows:</div>
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<font size="4"></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4"><strong>Corporations Statement</strong></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><p><strong>This initial statement of <strong>Occupy London’s</strong> Corporations Working Group reached consensus at the General Assembly by St Paul’s Cathedral on 25th November 2011.</strong></p>
</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"> </div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities in 2000, 51 were corporations and 49 were countries. [1]<p>With its relentless pursuit of profit at all cost, the present corporate system fits the definition of a psychopath, driving the rapid destruction of our society and the natural environment. [2] This is done only to benefit a small minority and not the needs of the 99 per cent. The way corporations and governments are intertwined fundamentally undermines democracy. Corporations are rarely transparent or accountable to the people. This corporate system is broken and we call on the people to reclaim their power and bring about a radical and immediate change.</p>
<p>We propose these following points as first steps towards this:</p><p>Globally, corporations deprive the public purse of hundreds of billions of pounds each year, leaving insufficient funds to provide people with fair living standards. <strong>We must abolish tax havens and complex tax avoidance schemes, and ensure corporations pay tax that accurately reflects their real profits.</strong></p>
<p>Corporate lobbying subverts our democracy. Last year corporations spent £2 billion influencing the British government. We believe exploitative corporate lobbying has no place in a democratic society. <strong>Legislation to ensure full and public transparency of all corporate lobbying activities must be put in place. This should be overseen by a credible and independent body, directly accountable to the people.</strong></p>
<p>The existing system of corporate sanctions allows executives and board members to avoid individual responsibility for the consequences of their actions and inactions. Those directly involved in the decision-making process must be held personally liable for their role in the misdeeds of their corporations and duly charged for all criminal behaviour.</p>
<p>A welcome development at Occupy London is that many people working within these corporations have communicated support for our concerns. We encourage anyone to come forward and offer their opinions, or any relevant information, either openly or confidentially, to add to this discussion.</p>
<p>We recognise that corporate employees may feel like they do not have the power alone to create change, but by welcoming them into talks with Occupy London and working together, we can create a socially responsible and sustainable economic system.</p>
<p>Notes<br>[1] Sales: Fortune, July 31, 2000. GDP: World Bank, World Development Report 2000<br>[2] <a title="http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=47" href="http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=47" target="_blank"><font color="#e01b1f">http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=47</font></a>, <a title="http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0218-01.htm" href="http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0218-01.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#e01b1f">http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0218-01.htm</font></a></p>
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