Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477134514
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
We are at war. Weve been in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet... This war is aimed at you, your family, your country, and at Western civilization as a whole. The name of your enemy is Soviet Fascism. To survive and win the war, awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. This nonfi ction work chronicles the development of world politics in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. Discover the single driving force behind todays threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam and oil are being used as weapons by a very determined enemy that is fi ghting for world domination. The author sets the stage with fi rst-hand narrative from her unique and horrifying experiences as a child in Russia. Then, she demonstrates how a global war set in motion nearly a century ago continues to pose the largest and most imminent threat to the United States and the world. Decide for yourself once you have seen Ms. Pipkos evidence ranging from Russias aggressive foreign policy and growing intelligence apparatus to infi ltration into foreign governments, businesses, and institutions, including UN. What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction is Ms. Pipkos third book. It continues exposing the roots of modern terrorism, its ideology and modus operandi. The book is a profound contribution of fi rst-hand experience and information, which brings to light the as-yet uncovered truth about Russia and its role in the ongoing global strife we see every day. With Simona Pipkos heartfelt voice, this book is also an intriguing retelling of a life lived purposefully.
What Is Happening to America?The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction
Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477134514
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
We are at war. Weve been in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet... This war is aimed at you, your family, your country, and at Western civilization as a whole. The name of your enemy is Soviet Fascism. To survive and win the war, awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. This nonfi ction work chronicles the development of world politics in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. Discover the single driving force behind todays threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam and oil are being used as weapons by a very determined enemy that is fi ghting for world domination. The author sets the stage with fi rst-hand narrative from her unique and horrifying experiences as a child in Russia. Then, she demonstrates how a global war set in motion nearly a century ago continues to pose the largest and most imminent threat to the United States and the world. Decide for yourself once you have seen Ms. Pipkos evidence ranging from Russias aggressive foreign policy and growing intelligence apparatus to infi ltration into foreign governments, businesses, and institutions, including UN. What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction is Ms. Pipkos third book. It continues exposing the roots of modern terrorism, its ideology and modus operandi. The book is a profound contribution of fi rst-hand experience and information, which brings to light the as-yet uncovered truth about Russia and its role in the ongoing global strife we see every day. With Simona Pipkos heartfelt voice, this book is also an intriguing retelling of a life lived purposefully.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477134514
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
We are at war. Weve been in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet... This war is aimed at you, your family, your country, and at Western civilization as a whole. The name of your enemy is Soviet Fascism. To survive and win the war, awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. This nonfi ction work chronicles the development of world politics in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. Discover the single driving force behind todays threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam and oil are being used as weapons by a very determined enemy that is fi ghting for world domination. The author sets the stage with fi rst-hand narrative from her unique and horrifying experiences as a child in Russia. Then, she demonstrates how a global war set in motion nearly a century ago continues to pose the largest and most imminent threat to the United States and the world. Decide for yourself once you have seen Ms. Pipkos evidence ranging from Russias aggressive foreign policy and growing intelligence apparatus to infi ltration into foreign governments, businesses, and institutions, including UN. What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction is Ms. Pipkos third book. It continues exposing the roots of modern terrorism, its ideology and modus operandi. The book is a profound contribution of fi rst-hand experience and information, which brings to light the as-yet uncovered truth about Russia and its role in the ongoing global strife we see every day. With Simona Pipkos heartfelt voice, this book is also an intriguing retelling of a life lived purposefully.
What Is Happening to America?The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction
Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781477134504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
We are at war. We've been in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet..." This war is aimed at you, your family, your country, and at Western civilization as a whole. The name of your enemy is Soviet Fascism. To survive and win the war, awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. This nonfi ction work chronicles the development of world politics in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. Discover the single driving force behind today's threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam and oil are being used as weapons by a very determined enemy that is fi ghting for world domination. The author sets the stage with fi rst-hand narrative from her unique and horrifying experiences as a child in Russia. Then, she demonstrates how a global war set in motion nearly a century ago continues to pose the largest and most imminent threat to the United States and the world. Decide for yourself once you have seen Ms. Pipko's evidence ranging from Russia's aggressive foreign policy and growing intelligence apparatus to infi ltration into foreign governments, businesses, and institutions, including UN. What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction is Ms. Pipko's third book. It continues exposing the roots of modern terrorism, its ideology and modus operandi. The book is a profound contribution of fi rst-hand experience and information, which brings to light the as-yet uncovered truth about Russia and its role in the ongoing global strife we see every day. With Simona Pipko's heartfelt voice, this book is also an intriguing retelling of a life lived purposefully.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781477134504
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
We are at war. We've been in WWIII for many decades now. We have been systematically targeted on different fronts and locations. Alas, my beloved America has not recognized it yet..." This war is aimed at you, your family, your country, and at Western civilization as a whole. The name of your enemy is Soviet Fascism. To survive and win the war, awareness and knowledge about the enemy is imperative. This nonfi ction work chronicles the development of world politics in the twentieth and twenty-fi rst centuries. Discover the single driving force behind today's threat of global terrorism. Learn why the 9/11 attack was just one link in a long chain of battles against Western civilization and how Islam and oil are being used as weapons by a very determined enemy that is fi ghting for world domination. The author sets the stage with fi rst-hand narrative from her unique and horrifying experiences as a child in Russia. Then, she demonstrates how a global war set in motion nearly a century ago continues to pose the largest and most imminent threat to the United States and the world. Decide for yourself once you have seen Ms. Pipko's evidence ranging from Russia's aggressive foreign policy and growing intelligence apparatus to infi ltration into foreign governments, businesses, and institutions, including UN. What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction is Ms. Pipko's third book. It continues exposing the roots of modern terrorism, its ideology and modus operandi. The book is a profound contribution of fi rst-hand experience and information, which brings to light the as-yet uncovered truth about Russia and its role in the ongoing global strife we see every day. With Simona Pipko's heartfelt voice, this book is also an intriguing retelling of a life lived purposefully.
Socialist Revolution in America
Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664193960
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
We are at war. This war is aimed at you, your family, your country and the Western Civilization as a whole. Afghanistan and the Socialist Revolution in America are parts of this long war... As a compilation of articles written during the last thirty years this book represents the history of ideology that brought the world and America to its current crisis. The pages of this book reveal the faceless and nameless enemies that have been secretly operating under the radar for decades. The book exposes the driving force behind the International Terrorism today: Russia and her Counterintelligence operations. Being a profound and meaningful work, this book is a rich arsenal of information based on the author’s first-hand experiences and factual data. This book will bring to light myriads of compelling and grim secrets behind such names as Joseph Stalin, who married the Communist ideology with Islamic Jihad, Yuri Andropov who designed the monumental infiltration into the midst of our society by simultaneous intrusion of our intelligence apparatus and the media, and Vladimir Putin who is successfully implementing their strategy in the 21st century. Exposing the core of today’s terrorism, its roots, ideology and operations, Socialist Revolution in America is an eye-opener in comprehending the major underlying problems in America and the world. To survive and win this war, awareness and knowledge of the enemy is urgent and crucial.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664193960
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
We are at war. This war is aimed at you, your family, your country and the Western Civilization as a whole. Afghanistan and the Socialist Revolution in America are parts of this long war... As a compilation of articles written during the last thirty years this book represents the history of ideology that brought the world and America to its current crisis. The pages of this book reveal the faceless and nameless enemies that have been secretly operating under the radar for decades. The book exposes the driving force behind the International Terrorism today: Russia and her Counterintelligence operations. Being a profound and meaningful work, this book is a rich arsenal of information based on the author’s first-hand experiences and factual data. This book will bring to light myriads of compelling and grim secrets behind such names as Joseph Stalin, who married the Communist ideology with Islamic Jihad, Yuri Andropov who designed the monumental infiltration into the midst of our society by simultaneous intrusion of our intelligence apparatus and the media, and Vladimir Putin who is successfully implementing their strategy in the 21st century. Exposing the core of today’s terrorism, its roots, ideology and operations, Socialist Revolution in America is an eye-opener in comprehending the major underlying problems in America and the world. To survive and win this war, awareness and knowledge of the enemy is urgent and crucial.
Socialist Lies
Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514485230
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This nonfiction work chronicles the last seven years of catastrophic world events during the Obama administration and points out its secret collaboration with socialism worldwide and Russia in particular. Socialist Lies is a quick read thats hard to put down, showing the aggressive role Russia plays in its war against Western civilization and how the Democratic Party is destroying its free enterprise legacy and adopting socialism. Meanwhile, the Republican establishment is being shaken to its core by member anger at its inaction on critical issues. The author sets the stage with the prologue, a firsthand narrative from her unique childhood under socialism in Russia. Then she demonstrates how Marxist theory, which opened a Pandoras Box in the nineteenth century, marched across the globe to the twentieth century. The author calls Marxism a combination of fraud with a utopian concept, which has been used by adventurers, charlatans, and criminals to acquire power. The leader who exemplified all these characteristics was Joseph Stalin. A dogmatic Marxist, brought up within the Islamic culture, Stalin invented the marriage of communism and Islamthe reason we have been dragged into war today; it is the ideology I called Soviet Fascism. Stalin laid out the agenda for a One World Government under the Kremlin auspicesthe agenda of WWIII against Western civilization.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514485230
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This nonfiction work chronicles the last seven years of catastrophic world events during the Obama administration and points out its secret collaboration with socialism worldwide and Russia in particular. Socialist Lies is a quick read thats hard to put down, showing the aggressive role Russia plays in its war against Western civilization and how the Democratic Party is destroying its free enterprise legacy and adopting socialism. Meanwhile, the Republican establishment is being shaken to its core by member anger at its inaction on critical issues. The author sets the stage with the prologue, a firsthand narrative from her unique childhood under socialism in Russia. Then she demonstrates how Marxist theory, which opened a Pandoras Box in the nineteenth century, marched across the globe to the twentieth century. The author calls Marxism a combination of fraud with a utopian concept, which has been used by adventurers, charlatans, and criminals to acquire power. The leader who exemplified all these characteristics was Joseph Stalin. A dogmatic Marxist, brought up within the Islamic culture, Stalin invented the marriage of communism and Islamthe reason we have been dragged into war today; it is the ideology I called Soviet Fascism. Stalin laid out the agenda for a One World Government under the Kremlin auspicesthe agenda of WWIII against Western civilization.
What Is Happening to America?
Author: Simona Pipko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638924562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We are at war. This war is aimed at you, your family, your country and the Western civilization as a whole. To survive and win the war, awareness of the enemy is imperative. This book offers first-hand analyses of the Russian KGB government that brought America and the world to its current crises in 2022. Though China's military is a great danger to the US, however, Russia presents an existential threat covertly destroying our republic from within. Do you know Putin's policy toward America and the world? If not, this book is a rich arsenal of information based on both first-hand personal experiences and factual data. It exposes the core of modern terrorism, its ideology and operations. Finally you will learn about America's problems derived from decades of Collusion between Russia and the Democratic Party.The author sets the stage with a firsthand narrative from her unique and tragic childhood under socialism in Russia, calling the Marxist concept a combination of a utopia and a fraud, which has been used by adventurers, charlatans, and criminals to acquire power. The author also reveals the grim secrets behind such names as Joseph Stalin, who married the Communist ideology with Islamic Jihad, the KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov, who designed the infiltration into the midst of the American society by simultaneous intrusion of the American Intel apparatus and the media, and Vladimir Putin who successfully uses their strategy in the 21st century. The book tells you the full story of the Democratic Party's conversion to Socialism by the Russian Intelligence. You will learn terms you have never heard before, like Stalinism, Soviet Fascism, WWIII, the KGB's Mafia/Army, and Socialist Charlatans. What is Happening to America? Part III exposes the driving force behind the International Terrorism today: Russia and her global Counterintelligence operations. The book is an eye-opener in comprehending the major underlying problems in America and the world. Everyone pursuing the Truth should read What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction Part III.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638924562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We are at war. This war is aimed at you, your family, your country and the Western civilization as a whole. To survive and win the war, awareness of the enemy is imperative. This book offers first-hand analyses of the Russian KGB government that brought America and the world to its current crises in 2022. Though China's military is a great danger to the US, however, Russia presents an existential threat covertly destroying our republic from within. Do you know Putin's policy toward America and the world? If not, this book is a rich arsenal of information based on both first-hand personal experiences and factual data. It exposes the core of modern terrorism, its ideology and operations. Finally you will learn about America's problems derived from decades of Collusion between Russia and the Democratic Party.The author sets the stage with a firsthand narrative from her unique and tragic childhood under socialism in Russia, calling the Marxist concept a combination of a utopia and a fraud, which has been used by adventurers, charlatans, and criminals to acquire power. The author also reveals the grim secrets behind such names as Joseph Stalin, who married the Communist ideology with Islamic Jihad, the KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov, who designed the infiltration into the midst of the American society by simultaneous intrusion of the American Intel apparatus and the media, and Vladimir Putin who successfully uses their strategy in the 21st century. The book tells you the full story of the Democratic Party's conversion to Socialism by the Russian Intelligence. You will learn terms you have never heard before, like Stalinism, Soviet Fascism, WWIII, the KGB's Mafia/Army, and Socialist Charlatans. What is Happening to America? Part III exposes the driving force behind the International Terrorism today: Russia and her global Counterintelligence operations. The book is an eye-opener in comprehending the major underlying problems in America and the world. Everyone pursuing the Truth should read What is Happening to America? The Hidden Truth of Global Destruction Part III.
Seeds of Destruction
Author: F. William Engdahl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. "Control the food and you control the people." This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. Engdahl takes the reader inside the corridors of power, into the backrooms of the science labs, behind closed doors in the corporate boardrooms. The author cogently reveals a diabolical World of profit-driven political intrigue, government corruption and coercion, where genetic manipulation and the patenting of life forms are used to gain worldwide control over food production. Engdahl's carefully argued critique goes far beyond the familiar controversies surrounding the practice of genetic modification as a scientific technique. The book is an eye-opener, a must-read for all those committed to the causes of social justice and World peace.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. "Control the food and you control the people." This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. Engdahl takes the reader inside the corridors of power, into the backrooms of the science labs, behind closed doors in the corporate boardrooms. The author cogently reveals a diabolical World of profit-driven political intrigue, government corruption and coercion, where genetic manipulation and the patenting of life forms are used to gain worldwide control over food production. Engdahl's carefully argued critique goes far beyond the familiar controversies surrounding the practice of genetic modification as a scientific technique. The book is an eye-opener, a must-read for all those committed to the causes of social justice and World peace.
Gridlock
Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745670105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties and international institutions - have broken down. The result is gridlock, which manifests across areas via a number of common mechanisms. The rise of new powers representing a more diverse array of interests makes agreement more difficult. The problems themselves have also grown harder as global policy issues penetrate ever more deeply into core domestic concerns. Existing institutions, created for a different world, also lock-in pathological decision-making procedures and render the field ever more complex. All of these processes - in part a function of previous, successful efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it most. Ranging over the main areas of global concern, from security to the global economy and the environment, this book examines these mechanisms of gridlock and pathways beyond them. It is written in a highly accessible way, making it relevant not only to students of politics and international relations but also to a wider general readership.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745670105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties and international institutions - have broken down. The result is gridlock, which manifests across areas via a number of common mechanisms. The rise of new powers representing a more diverse array of interests makes agreement more difficult. The problems themselves have also grown harder as global policy issues penetrate ever more deeply into core domestic concerns. Existing institutions, created for a different world, also lock-in pathological decision-making procedures and render the field ever more complex. All of these processes - in part a function of previous, successful efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it most. Ranging over the main areas of global concern, from security to the global economy and the environment, this book examines these mechanisms of gridlock and pathways beyond them. It is written in a highly accessible way, making it relevant not only to students of politics and international relations but also to a wider general readership.
Fantasyland
Author: Kurt Andersen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588366871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588366871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The single most important explanation, and the fullest explanation, of how Donald Trump became president of the United States . . . nothing less than the most important book that I have read this year.”—Lawrence O’Donnell How did we get here? In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, Kurt Andersen shows that what’s happening in our country today—this post-factual, “fake news” moment we’re all living through—is not something new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true believers, by hucksters and their suckers. Fantasy is deeply embedded in our DNA. Over the course of five centuries—from the Salem witch trials to Scientology to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, from P. T. Barnum to Hollywood and the anything-goes, wild-and-crazy sixties, from conspiracy theories to our fetish for guns and obsession with extraterrestrials—our love of the fantastic has made America exceptional in a way that we've never fully acknowledged. From the start, our ultra-individualism was attached to epic dreams and epic fantasies—every citizen was free to believe absolutely anything, or to pretend to be absolutely anybody. With the gleeful erudition and tell-it-like-it-is ferocity of a Christopher Hitchens, Andersen explores whether the great American experiment in liberty has gone off the rails. Fantasyland could not appear at a more perfect moment. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the culture of twenty-first-century America, if you want to know how the lines between reality and illusion have become dangerously blurred, you must read this book. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE “This is a blockbuster of a book. Take a deep breath and dive in.”—Tom Brokaw “[An] absorbing, must-read polemic . . . a provocative new study of America’s cultural history.”—Newsday “Compelling and totally unnerving.”—The Village Voice “A frighteningly convincing and sometimes uproarious picture of a country in steep, perhaps terminal decline that would have the founding fathers weeping into their beards.”—The Guardian “This is an important book—the indispensable book—for understanding America in the age of Trump.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci
Will Big Business Destroy Our Planet?
Author: Peter Dauvergne
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509524045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise. Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily. Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise — perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509524045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise. Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily. Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise — perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.
Blowout
Author: Rachel Maddow
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0525575499
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All “A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today.”—The New York Times Book Review In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, revolutionaries in Ukraine raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry. With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election. She deftly shows how Russia’s rich reserves of crude have, paradoxically, stunted its growth, forcing Vladimir Putin to maintain his power by spreading Russia’s rot into its rivals, its neighbors, the West’s most important alliances, and the United States. Chevron, BP, and a host of other industry players get their star turn, most notably ExxonMobil and the deceptively well-behaved Rex Tillerson. The oil and gas industry has weakened democracies in developed and developing countries, fouled oceans and rivers, and propped up authoritarian thieves and killers. But being outraged at it is, according to Maddow, “like being indignant when a lion takes down and eats a gazelle. You can’t really blame the lion. It’s in her nature.” Blowout is a call to contain the lion: to stop subsidizing the wealthiest businesses on earth, to fight for transparency, and to check the influence of the world’s most destructive industry and its enablers. The stakes have never been higher. As Maddow writes, “Democracy either wins this one or disappears.”
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0525575499
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All “A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today.”—The New York Times Book Review In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia—including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove—was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, revolutionaries in Ukraine raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry. With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe, revealing the greed and incompetence of Big Oil and Gas along the way, and drawing a surprising conclusion about why the Russian government hacked the 2016 U.S. election. She deftly shows how Russia’s rich reserves of crude have, paradoxically, stunted its growth, forcing Vladimir Putin to maintain his power by spreading Russia’s rot into its rivals, its neighbors, the West’s most important alliances, and the United States. Chevron, BP, and a host of other industry players get their star turn, most notably ExxonMobil and the deceptively well-behaved Rex Tillerson. The oil and gas industry has weakened democracies in developed and developing countries, fouled oceans and rivers, and propped up authoritarian thieves and killers. But being outraged at it is, according to Maddow, “like being indignant when a lion takes down and eats a gazelle. You can’t really blame the lion. It’s in her nature.” Blowout is a call to contain the lion: to stop subsidizing the wealthiest businesses on earth, to fight for transparency, and to check the influence of the world’s most destructive industry and its enablers. The stakes have never been higher. As Maddow writes, “Democracy either wins this one or disappears.”