Corporations are not people! Get the money out of politics!<br><br>PROTEST AT THE COURT<br> Friday, January 20<br> 12:30 – 1:30 pm<br><br>John J. Moakley United States Courthouse Northern Avenue at Courthouse Way, Boston A rally with speakers and street theater Join more than 100 cities across the nation protesting the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Help amend the US Constitution!<br>
<br>Sponsored by Greater Boston Move to Amend<br>Occupy the Courts MoveToAmend.org <br><br><a href="mailto:bostonmta@gmail.com">bostonmta@gmail.com</a> 617-894-6279<br><br>Cosponsors: Alliance for Democracy, Clean Water Action of Massachusetts, Coffee Party USA, Common Cause Massachusetts, Community Labor United, Corporate Accountability International, Greater Boston Coffee Party, The LEAH Advocacy Group, MassVOTE, Progressive Democrats of America, Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Andover. Occupy Boston stands in solidarity with this event.<br>
<br>Join us as we join 100 cities across the nation protesting the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which opened up the floodgate to unlimited corporate spending to influence elections. <br><br>Come and hear about and protest the Citizens United decision. Raise your voice against the deeper problem of “corporate personhood” and the purchase of elections by the super-rich. Hear about our campaign to amend the US constitution.<br>
<br>The rally is being organized by Greater Boston Move to Amend, the local affiliate of the Move to Amend national coalition endorsed by hundreds of organizations, including several Occupy groups, and over one-hundred fifty thousands individuals who have signed our “Petition to Amend.” The coalition is working to help end de facto corporate rule and restore democracy through a constitutional amendment establishing that corporations are not people and campaign spending is not “free speech.” <br>
<br>The Boston event is one of 100 being held at federal courthouses across the nation as part of “Occupy the Courts!” – the Move to Amend national day of protest. <br><br>Move to Amend has organized successful petition drives calling for an amendment in Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Missoula, MT, and Boulder, CO. The coalition’s goal is to mount 50 such campaigns nationwide this season. <br>
<br>Locally, Greater Boston Move to Amend will promote our amendment with petition drives and public education aimed at passing resolutions of support at the organizational, local, and eventually state level. <br><br>