The PLATO Society of Los Angeles Colloquium – Citizens United and the Story of How Corporations Became People – Open to the Public; February 21st, 2019
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles is excited to announce its February 2019 Colloquium: Citizens United and the Story of How Corporations Became People presented by Prof. Adam Winkler; February 21st, 2019; Skirball Cultural Center; Address: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049; 12:45 Coffee and Cookies, 1:30-3:00 Program.
Los Angeles, CA, February 05, 2019 --(PR.com)-- UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler is the author of We the Corporations - How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Review of Books, Washington Post, Atlantic, Slate, and The New Republic.
Although never oppressed like women and minorities, corporations too have fought to win equal rights under the Constitution-and today have nearly all the same rights as ordinary people. Uncovering the roots of the Citizens United case, Prof. Winkler will discuss how that controversial Supreme Court decision was the capstone of a two-hundred-year struggle over corporate personhood. Bringing to life the legendary lawyers and justices involved in the dramatic yet often overlooked cases that extended our most fundamental rights to corporations, Professor Winkler will reveal how powerful companies transformed the Constitution into a bulwark against the regulation of big business and a tool to serve the ends of capital.
February 21st, 2019 Skirball Cultural Center
Address: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
12:45 Coffee and Cookies 1:30-3:00 Program
Free parking. Open to the Public
RSVP at the front office or office@theplatosociety.org or 310-443-7676
The PLATO Society
Lifelong Learning Center - Where Learning Never Ends
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles, a Domestic Nonprofit Organization, with 501(c)(3) status
At PLATO, the emphasis is on the enjoyment of learning, in a supportive environment where peers lead weekly study-discussion groups in which everyone participates. More than 70 different seven to fourteen-week courses are offered every twelve months. The topics change three times a year and are selected by the over 400 active members.
Whether it's opera, forensic science, the American Revolution, hominids, great jury trials, films of noted directors like David Lean, literature, art, baseball or any provocative topic members choose to study, discussions are in depth. PLATO members come from a variety of backgrounds, but all share a love of learning.
PLATO encourages people to arrange for a visit its office in Westwood to sample the "PLATO experience." For more information, please go to its website or call the office Monday through Friday and talk with members at the Welcome desk. You can also learn about the many social opportunities at PLATO, where members come together to share common interests both on and offsite.
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles
Phone: 424-835-9181
Email: office@ThePlatoSociety.org
Website: www.ThePlatoSociety.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePlatoSociety
Although never oppressed like women and minorities, corporations too have fought to win equal rights under the Constitution-and today have nearly all the same rights as ordinary people. Uncovering the roots of the Citizens United case, Prof. Winkler will discuss how that controversial Supreme Court decision was the capstone of a two-hundred-year struggle over corporate personhood. Bringing to life the legendary lawyers and justices involved in the dramatic yet often overlooked cases that extended our most fundamental rights to corporations, Professor Winkler will reveal how powerful companies transformed the Constitution into a bulwark against the regulation of big business and a tool to serve the ends of capital.
February 21st, 2019 Skirball Cultural Center
Address: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
12:45 Coffee and Cookies 1:30-3:00 Program
Free parking. Open to the Public
RSVP at the front office or office@theplatosociety.org or 310-443-7676
The PLATO Society
Lifelong Learning Center - Where Learning Never Ends
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles, a Domestic Nonprofit Organization, with 501(c)(3) status
At PLATO, the emphasis is on the enjoyment of learning, in a supportive environment where peers lead weekly study-discussion groups in which everyone participates. More than 70 different seven to fourteen-week courses are offered every twelve months. The topics change three times a year and are selected by the over 400 active members.
Whether it's opera, forensic science, the American Revolution, hominids, great jury trials, films of noted directors like David Lean, literature, art, baseball or any provocative topic members choose to study, discussions are in depth. PLATO members come from a variety of backgrounds, but all share a love of learning.
PLATO encourages people to arrange for a visit its office in Westwood to sample the "PLATO experience." For more information, please go to its website or call the office Monday through Friday and talk with members at the Welcome desk. You can also learn about the many social opportunities at PLATO, where members come together to share common interests both on and offsite.
The PLATO Society of Los Angeles
Phone: 424-835-9181
Email: office@ThePlatoSociety.org
Website: www.ThePlatoSociety.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePlatoSociety
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Rudy Sabaratnam
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www.ThePlatoSociety.org
Rudy Sabaratnam
310-770-1104
www.ThePlatoSociety.org
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