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The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It
by Antonia Juhasz > 2008-10-07 > HarperCollins
Finally, the inside story on Big Oil.
A "timely, blistering critique... white-hot... Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices."
- Kirkus Reviews.
"A worthy successor to 'The Prize'... A riveting read with a bold blueprint for ending the madness."
- Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
"In a time of crisis, Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception. She offers the crucial hard evidence -- without which public awareness and reform are impossible. Read this book and refuse to be tyranny's accomplice."
- Daniel Ellsberg, author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.
"At last, a no-holds-barred book that traces the story of Big Oil from the rise of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company to the scandals and obscene profits of today. In the spirit of Ida Tarbell, the legendary muckraker who first exposed Rockefeller's monopolist schemes, Juhasz convincingly demonstrates how Standard Oil's descendants—Exxon, Mobil, and Chevron—have reassembled much of the power once wielded by their progenitor. As she shows, the world environment, the U.S. economy, and the lives of millions have suffered in consequence."
- Professor Michael T. Klare, author, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy.
The hardest-hitting exposé of the oil industry in decades answers today's most pressing energy questions:
• Why did oil and gasoline prices rise (and fall) so quickly?
• Where will prices go in the future?
• Who’s really controlling those prices?
• How much oil is left?
• How far will Big Oil go to get it?
• And at what cost to the economy, environment, human rights, worker safety, public health, democracy, and America’s place in the world?
Juhasz investigates the true state of the U.S. oil industry—uncovering its virtually unparalleled global power, influence over our elected officials, its lack of regulatory oversight, the truth behind $150-a-barrel oil, $4.50-a-gallon gasoline, and the highest profit in corporate history. Exposing an industry that thrives on secrecy, Juhasz shows how Big Oil manages to hide its business dealings from policy makers, legislators, and most of all, consumers. She reveals exactly how Big Oil gets what it wants—through money, influence, and lies.
The Tyranny of Oil offers both a new take on problems and a new set of solutions as Juhasz puts forward an immediate call to action—a formula for reining in the industry, its governmental lobbying power, environmental destruction, and violence while reducing global dependence on oil. Her thought-provoking answers to the most pressing energy questions speak directly to readers concerned about oil and gas prices, global warming, wars for oil, and America’s place in the world. With the major players in the world’s most powerful industry charged with collusion, price-gouging, anti-competitive behavior, and unabashed greed, Juhasz calls boldly for the breakup of Big Oil.
Drawing on considerable historical research, Juhasz explores the parallels between today’s companies and Standard Oil, the most powerful corporation of the early 20th century, whose stranglehold on the economy and government was broken only by the vision and persistence of activists and like-minded politicians. We are in a similar position today, she argues, with the 2008 elections offering a unique opportunity for ordinary Americans to come together, reclaim their voices, and shore up our nation’s crumbling democratic foundation.
A tool for meaningful change that blends history, original investigative research and reporting, interviews with key industry insiders, and a unique focus on activism, The Tyranny of Oil is required reading for every concerned global citizen.
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| The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time
by Antonia Juhasz > HarperCollins, paperback release May 8, 2007
Updated with a new afterword, "What A Difference A Year Makes."
"A meticulous expose of corporate America's intentions in the Gulf." - The Organizer-India
"Excellent." - Amy Goodman
"A resounding call to action." - John Perkins
"Essential Reading." - Congressman John Conyers
"One of the crispest, most insightful books yet to expose the Bush regime." - The Georgia Straight, Canada
"Lucid, fact-filled and nonrhetorical." - The North Bay Bohemian
"Spine tingling." - The Ecologist Magazine
"Bravo for Juhasz!" - Greg Palast
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Whose Oil Is It, Anyway?
New York Times Op-Ed
by Antonia Juhasz > 2007-03-13 > New York Times
Today more than three-quarters of the world’s oil is owned and controlled by governments. It wasn’t always this way. Until about 35 years ago, the world’s oil was largely in the hands of seven corporations based in the United States and Europe. Those seven have since merged into four: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP. They are among the world’s largest and most powerful financial empires. But ever since they lost their exclusive control of the oil to the governments, the companies have been trying to get it back.
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| How Big Oil's Lobbyists Contributed to Big Finance's Crash.
by Antonia Juhasz > 2008-10-23 > Alternet.org
In 2000, Big Oil teamed up with the nation's largest investment banks and Enron to achieve the mother-of-all deregulatory loopholes. We are all paying the price today.
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| Another Big Win for Big Oil (Let's Make it the Last)
by Antonia Juhasz > 2008-10-01 > The Huffington Post
They are today the most profitable corporations in world history. The political power garnered by all of this wealth was firmly on display last week when Congress handed Big Oil two big wins--the lifting of the Congressional moratoriums on offshore drilling and the development of oil from shale.
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| Will the Next War for Oil be in Africa?
by Antonia Juhasz > 2008-06-17 > Foreign Policy in Focus
The number of Americans who believe that the war in
Iraq was a mistake has surpassed the number who felt the same way about
Vietnam during that war. At the same time, a much quieter U.S. military
build-up is underway on another continent. The ultimate objective of
the two efforts is the same: securing Big Oil's access to the regions'
oil. The impact in Africa will likely be the same as in Iraq: perpetual
occupation, instability, and growing anti-Americanism.
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| Iraq Oil and Gas Law Information
Updates on the Hydrocarbon law
by Antonia Juhasz and Others > 2007-03-14
This page compiles a variety of information - including articles written by Antonia, interviews with Antonia, and wider press coverage - on the current proposed Iraqi Oil Law. Also inlcuded are a link to the text of the most current draft of the legislation and information on what you can do to take action. This page will be continually updated as new developments occur.
Update: We have recently added an on-line petition written by Yanar Mohammed, President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, stating opposition to the Iraq Oil Law. Sign the statement and join a chorus of voices from across the globe.
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| A Game As Old As Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption
by Various Authors > Berrett-Koehler Publishers, February 2007
Antonia Juhasz is contributing author with John Perkins and others to A Game As Old As Empire. John Perkins' New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 500,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men. A Game As Old As Empire exposes many more shocking secrets, exposing the schemes and subterfuges that multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, financial institutions, and quasi-governmental agencies use to enrich themselves behind a façade of "foreign aid" and "international development."
Order a copy of the book through Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
| Spoils of War: Oil, The U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area, and The Bush Agenda
by Antonia Juhasz > 2006-12-19 > In These Times
Now with his war under attack, even President George W. Bush has gone public, telling reporters last August, “[a] failed Iraq … would give the terrorists and extremists an additional tool besides safe haven, and that is revenues from oil sales.” Of course, Bush not only wants to keep oil out of his enemies’ hands, he also wants to put it into the hands of his friends.
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| Don't Iraq Iran
by Antonia Juhasz, Rostam Pourzal, and Raed Jarrar > 2006-11-19 > ZNet and Common Dreams
By virtually any measure, Iraq is a disaster. Tragically, those who bear responsibility for the ruin in Iraq not only fail to view it as such, they also appear headed down a similar path in Iran. Unless we change course, Iran is poised to become the next victim of a dangerously misguided U.S. foreign policy.
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| Trading on Terror to Profit a Few
by Antonia Juhasz > 2006-06-26 > The Los Angeles Times
The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement deserves greater scrutiny as it makes its way in Congress under the radar.
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| Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible
by Antonia Juhasz, contributing author > 2004-10-01 > Berret-Koehler Publishers
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