This is a reminder about the conference this Saturday.

Democracy Under Siege:
Challenge Corporate Power, Assert The Peoples' Rights

Date: November 5th, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Place:  Plymouth Congregational Church, Waveland Hall, 42nd Street and
Ingersoll, Des Moines, IA

For registration ($15.00, including lunch) or more information contact Judy
Lonning,  [log in to unmask] or 255-6587

Do powerful corporations exert too much influence in America?  How have
corporations increasingly amassed so much power over virtually every
dimension of our lives-economic, political, cultural, and even spiritual? Do
corporations pose a fundamental threat to the very well-being of our
society?

Explore how corporations through the court system have gained personhood
rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and what that means for "We the
People."

Schedule of Speakers:

The Rise of Corporations in America -
History Professor Fred Adams PhD  Drake U.

The Economic Impact of Corporations on our Communities and way of life -
Wally Taylor JD, Environmental activist and Attorney.

Music to stir the activist in us.
Thinking Person's Lunch (with short excerpts from NOW)

Concurrent Breakout sessions:   (choose 3)
Big Pharmaceutical Corporations' Impact on American Healthcare -
Dr. Maureen McCue, MD, PhD, Dir. Of Global Health at UI Medical School

How Agribusiness Affects us ALL -
Kari Carney from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement,

The Impact of Corporate Control of the Media on our Democracy -
Gil Cranberg, Former Editorial Page Editor of DM Register

Organizing to strengthen Labor in the US -
Dan Holub, JD Dir.  Center for Labor, University of Iowa.

Sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Co-Sponsors include:
Iowa Citizen Action Network (ICAN), Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
(ICCI), United Nations Association- Des Moines Chapter, 1000 Friends of
Iowa, Fair World Gallery, American Friends Service Committee, Iowa AFL-CIO
STAR*PAC, Iowa Farmers Union, Women for Peace, South Central Federation of
Labor Physicians for Social Responsibility, Plymouth Church Peace Committee,
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter, United Steelworkers of America, local 310 and
others.

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