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Chevron's
2008 annual report is a glossy celebration of the company's most
profitable
year in its history and one in which company CEO David O’Reilly became
the 15th highest paid U.S. CEO, with nearly $50 million in
total 2008 compensation. What Chevron's annual report does not tell its
shareholders is the true cost paid for those financial returns, or the
global
movement gaining voice and strength against Chevron's abuses. Thus, the
communities and their allies who bear the consequences of those
operations
released their own Alternative Annual Report. Read more
A "timely, blistering critique... white-hot... Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices."
- Kirkus Reviews.
A "thorough, readable takedown of Big Oil."
- Publishers Weekly.
"...part homage to 150 years of anti-monopoly muckraking and trust-busting and part signpost to where the leading edge of the environmental and social activist movements are headed."
- The Toronto Star.
"...a brave, groundbreaking case study.... A good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book."
- The Christian Science Monitor.
"...well-written.... presciently criticizes the weak oversight of the oil futures market."
- The Washington Post.
Juhasz "reminds us that those who don't learn the lessons of history are fated to repeat its mistakes."
- USA Today.
"A Must Read."
- Earthjustice.
"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.
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?
"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
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.
Chevron's Hype Los Angeles Times Op-Ed by Antonia Juhasz > 2008-11-21 > The Los Angeles Times The oil company's ads say it is investing heavily in alternative and renewable fuels, but corporate reports indicate otherwise.
Obama's Top Three Foreign Policy Priorities by Antonia Juhasz (contributing author) > 2008-11-07 > Foreign Policy in Focus Foreign Policy In Focus asked our senior analysts to identify the foreign policy priorities of the new Obama administration. Here's what they said:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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. Read More »
