The battle against corporate domination

In the dead of night a group of men dressed as Indians and armed with hatchets and clubs, they filed though the streets of Boston. Their target was a group of three British merchant ships docked at Griffin’s Wharf.

The year was 1773, and according to a young man who was a member of the group, they were out to do damage to a cargo of tea belonging to the massive corporation called the East India Company.

George Robert Twelves Hewes (August 25, 1742 – November 5, 1840) recounted what happened that night as he and others took the first step to throw off the yoke of corporate domination.

So began the Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution. In Mr. Hewes' own words, this was not an action against the crown of England but against the corporate rule of a company that was intent on monopolizing the tea trade in the colonies. He remained a poor man his entire life, and it wasn’t until he was in his 90’s that he was recognized as the last revolutionary hero from that era.

Once again we are witnessing corporations rising in domination, intent on making their profits at the cost of human life if necessary. Today, however, the names of those who unknowingly began the march to independence and the birth of a new nation are being dishonored. They are being backed and funded by the same origins that the former group had fought against.

How can people be so misaligned as to disregard history simply for greed? The push against corporations has taken a worldwide stage. Not only is it no longer limited to one nation, but it is spreading and growing.

The movement is young and little is known about how it will turn out. We hope it can remain peaceful, but we have seen that corporations are not willing to surrender the power and money they have gained though the corruption of governments. The people are looking at yet another long hard fight against them.

Let’s hope that this time we make it harder for them ever to regain their former power by enacting the laws needed to limit them before that happens.

The founders never dreamt that corporations would ever again be allowed to take control ....... or that other Americans would aid them in doing so. Unfortunately this is what happens once history is allowed to become distorted and forgotten.

We do this in the memory of men like George Hewes, whose only thought was to improve his life and that of the other colonists ...........not to amass riches and fame, but to right an injustice. We must build momentum on Main Street. We will not be deterred or distracted until we achieve our goal.