In case you had never heard of the “Powell Memo” I thought I’d take its anniversary as a chance to mention it to you. This month is the 40th anniversary of a memo written by Lewis Powell, two months before his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The memo was written to the director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and laid out a plan for corporations to gain control of the institutions that create public opinion, policy and law in the U.S. Powell was a corporate lawyer, tobacco lobbyist and counsel to the Richmond Chamber of Commerce at the time. It was a plan to not only take control of government and the courts, but media, universities, publications (books and journals) and think tanks. 40 years later — it worked!
http://itsoureconomy.us/2011/08/how-did-corporate-power-get-a-stranglehold/
KZ
