This 4^th of July a different kind of independence is to be proclaimed. Canadian magazine “Adbusters” is calling people to proclaim independence from corporate consumerism. “Citizen or Consumer?” says the header of their public letter. Here is the first part of this letter.

On July 4, declare independence from corporate rule.

A corporation is not a person. It’s an organizational structure that has no morality and feels no remorse. Yet the modern corporation enjoys the same rights as you or I: free speech, the ability to own property, the right to lobby government officials and protection against self-incrimination. Decades of deregulation and laissez-faire capitalist ideology have allowed corporations to steer the world's political, economic, environmental and cultural agendas.

We need a contemporary insurrection to reclaim our democracy, our freedom and our country. We must challenge corporations and take back what is rightfully ours. Flying the Corporate America Flag as a symbol of our rebellion, let's make this July 4 the beginning of the second American Revolution. Let’s declare our independence from corporate rule!