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Military Corporatization NewsFISHER: The Special Ops Command That's Displacing The CIADate: December 1, 2009FERNER: Robocops Come to PittsburghDate: September 28, 2009WSJ: With New Filing, Lawsuit Against Blackwater Steps up a NotchDate: August 5, 2009EventsUSSF: End Corporate Rule. Legalize Democracy. Move to Amend the Constitution.(June 25, 2010 - June 25, 2010)Workshop calling for a series of constitutional amendments to make the unfulfilled promise of democracy a reality in the United States. Winning Democracy with Ben Manski(May 3, 2010)Ben Manski raises critical challenges facing our democracy. Better yet, he offers practical ways to solve them. Join him in learning more about the growing democracy movement in the United States, and the critical role students, educators, and local community activists are playing in that movement.
Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone(May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2009)Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. Publications & TalksFIRST VIDEO: Who Decides About War?(October 2, 2009 - October 3, 2009)You don't have to wait any longer: The initial video is in from Who Decides About War?, the National Conference on War Powers, Law, and Democracy. This exciting conference took place on October 2nd and 3rd at the Georgetown School of Law, and featured over one hundred participants from 18 states Participants included veterans, military family members, journalists, lawyers, law students, professors, and other advocates of a more democratic, peaceful system of national defense. Corporatization: An Internal Clash of CivilizationsCorporatization: An Internal Clash of Civilizations by Ben Manski and John Peck Published in "Beyond the Market: The Future of Public Services" LETNAR CERNIC: Corporate abuses require stronger international, national legal regimes(May 14, 2009)"The international human rights regime is comprised of only complementary national legal systems. Beyond international human rights regimes, an important role is played by national legal systems and national courts. It appears that where corporations and their employees interfere with the human rights of individuals, complaint mechanisms are required to be employed to provide remedies for allegations." |
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