Corporate Rights

[Guest guest]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021605M.shtml

 

NOW | Corporate Rights

t r u t h o u t | Programming Note

 

PBS airdate: Friday 18 February 2005, 9:00 p.m.

 

(Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.)

 

NOW reports on whether the rights of corporations can trump the

will of the people. (They have been trumping citizen rights for 100

years.)

 

When residents of St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania opposed a

company's plans to build a quarry in their small town, they did a

uniquely American thing: they elected a town supervisor who shared

their view. The ensuing battle, like many around the nation that are

pitting communities against corporations, raises a question at the

heart of American democracy: can corporate rights trump the will of

the people? On Friday, February 18, 2005 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local

listings), NOW goes inside the controversy in St. Thomas Township

looking at how the newly elected official ended up staying quiet on

issues relating to the quarry and examines the legal basis that

allowed it to happen. Also on the program, David Brancaccio interviews

environmentalist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai, the

first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, about how battles

for the environment play out in the developing world.

 

-------

 

Jump to today's TO Features:

 

(In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is

distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior

interest in receiving the included information for research and

educational purposes. t r u t h o u t has no affiliation whatsoever

with the originator of this article nor is t r u t h o u t endorsed or

sponsored by the originator.)