Richard Grossman (author) explained
Richard Grossman |
Birth Date: | August 10, 1943 |
Death Date: | November 22, 2011 |
Occupation: | Author, Lecturer |
Richard L. Grossman (August 10, 1943 – November 22, 2011) was best known for his work challenging the legality of corporate authority.[1] According to Ralph Nader he 'pioneered the rediscovery of American corporate charter history'.[2] He was the former Executive Director of Greenpeace USA,[3] founder of Environmentalists for Full Employment, and former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD).[4] He was co-author of Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation and Fear at Work. He lectured and organized widely on issues of corporate power, environmental justice, labor rights, and democracy.[5]
Grossman attended Columbia University, graduating in 1965.[6] He then served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[7]
See also
References
- https://www.thenation.com/article/remembering-richard-grossman/ The Nation, November 29, 2011
- Book: Ralph Nader. Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender. 1 April 2007. St. Martin's Press. 978-1-4299-7852-1. 123–.
- https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/12/world/around-the-world-greenpeace-says-ships-will-continue-protest.html New York Times, October 12, 1985
- http://www.poclad.org/ POCLAD
- Book: Philip Shabecoff. A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement. 26 September 2012. Island Press. 978-1-59726-759-5. 235–.
- https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/spring12/obituaries2 Columbia University: Richard Grossman ’65, Anti-Corporation Activist
- "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
Further reading
- Charles Derber, Corporation Nation: How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives -- And What We Can Do about It, St. Martin's Press, 1998.
- Ralph W. Estes & Ralph Nader, Taking Back the Corporation: A Mad as Hell Guide.
- Ted Nace, Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy, Barrett-Koehler, 2005.
- Dean Ritz (ed.), Defying Corporations, Defining Democracy: A Book of History & Strategies.
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