Richard L. Grossman (August 10, 1943 – November 22, 2011) was best known for his work challenging the legality of corporate authority. According to

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he 'pioneered the rediscovery of American corporate charter history'. He was the former Executive Director of

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, founder of Environmentalists for Full Employment, and former co-director of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (

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). 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

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, and

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. Grossman attended

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, graduating in 1965. He then served as a

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volunteer in the

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. In 1968, he signed the "

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" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War."Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''

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Lecture: Richard Grossman "Defining the Corporation, Defining Ourselves"Conniff Interview with Richard GrossmanBarsamian interview, Challenging Corp PowerRichard L. Grossman ObituaryFull Employment: A Solution for the Job Blackmail problem
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grossman, Richard Anti-corporate activists American anti-globalization writers American male non-fiction writers American tax resisters 20th-century American philosophers Columbia College (New York) alumni 1943 births 2011 deaths

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