Culture | May 03, 2011 | 6 comments

Dr. Vandana Shiva: Understanding the corporate takeover

source: http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/04/30

JanforGore
"The American people should see that corporations have abandoned them long ago," says scientist, environmentalist, and food justice activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, named one of the seven most influential women in the world by Forbes magazine. "The people will have to rebuild democracy as a living democracy."

Dr. Shiva has been fighting corporate takeover in every area in her native India, combating a nuclear plant one week and patented, genetically modified seeds another. She joins Laura in studio to advise American activists how they can fight the merging of corporations and government here at home and around the world.
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6 comments // Dr. Vandana Shiva: Understanding the corporate takeover

  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Dr. Shiva makes SO much sense ! I actually hung on her every word . Not since the 80s ( Joseph Campbell ) have i done that .

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Dreadful , that the corporate powers are STILL trying to pursue this ! I do not wish to resort to violence , yet , How else can these insane dictators be stopped ?! And they absolutely must be stopped , because they are ruining far too much .

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Thank you for posting this ! I wish we could have gotten this message out 20 years ago , though , i fear it is almost too late for us already ....

    • 1 year ago
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • And a living democracy begins when we recognize the rights of Mother Earth and respect her resources, becoming part of a symbiosis with nature that nutures both her and us. The world we have made is destined for destruction if we don't change our mindset.

      Dr. Vandana Shiva is a brilliant voice of reason in a world gone mad. There are no words to express how much I appreciate all of her contributions to the world in working to make it a better place for our children.

    • 1 year ago
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