In response to the false list of #OCCUPYWALLSTREET demands that recently circulated the internet and was latched onto by Fox News and others, rapper/activist B. Dolan has published “A Proposed List of Demands” for #OCCUPYWALLSTREET” via knowmore.org, a website focused on corporate control that he co-founded in 2005.
No stranger to run-ins with corporations, Dolan has been at the neck of the corporate world on and off stage for close to a decade. Most notable are his encounters with American Apparel CEO Dov Charney and the publishing of this extensive report on the company (resulting in Dolan testifying against Charney in his sexual harassment case), and songs like “R.S.V.P.” and “50 Ways to Bleed Your Customer” in which Dolan has used his artistic output to rail against corporate power.
At this moment, with hundreds and thousands of Americans in the streets protesting Wall Street’s reckless destruction of people’s lives, environments, and futures, Dolan has presented this list in the hopes of helping crystallize and define a list of demands for a growing movement.
Point 1. All Corporate Money Out of Politics, Heavy Restrictions on Lobbying
Point 2. Closing of Tax Loopholes and Fair Taxation of the Richest Americans
Point 3. Sincere Efforts Toward Anti-Trust Breakups of Every ‘Too Big To Fail’ Entity in the Nation
Point 4. Expanded Criminalization and Punishment of White Collar Crimes
Point 5. That Our State and Local Governments Restore Local Authority Over Our Food, Water, and Resources, and that the U.S. Withdraw From Any Trade Agreement that Pre-Empts Control of These Resources.
Point 6. That New Laws Be Enacted to Challenge and Curtail Corporate Personhood and Access to the Bill of Rights
Click here to read the full article “A Proposed List of Demands” by B. Dolan
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