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Summary of two-hour taped discussion with POCLAD Co-Directors Richard Grossman and Ward Morehouse -- Audience Q & A included:

(Palo Alto, January 29, 1996)

History of corporations in the U.S. * crown corporations which founded the 13 colonies * role of state legislatures * the nature of charters * workers rights and jobs * sovereignty / who has it, who does not * 1879 CA state constitution * colonization of our minds--diversions accommodations * myth of america as democracy * what we can do * real social contracts * foreign & alien corporations * rechartering * certificates of authority * changing the definition of property * CERES principles * the american bar assn * unocal/standard oil corporations * corporate trustee ship * sacto muni util dist/PG&E * union carbide corporation * examples of layoffs tied to executive pay increases * weyerhaeuser corporation * strategy to change separate but equal doctrine / thurgood marshall 1947-54 * legal precedents for charter revocation * rethinking the corporation seminars * solutions * what process should we use to achieve change?

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