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Oneness vs. the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom

Vandana Shiva

With a new epilogue about how we can resist the billionaires' war on life

Widespread poverty, social unrest, and economic polarization have become our lived reality as the top 1% of the world's seven-billion-plus population pushes the planet―and all its people―to the social and ecological brink.

In Oneness vs. the 1%, Vandana Shiva takes on the billionaire dictators of Gates, Buffet, and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as other modern empires like Big Tech, Big Pharma, and Big Ag, whose blindness to the rights of people, and to the destructive impact of their construct of linear progress, have wrought havoc across the world. Their single-minded pursuit of profit has undemocratically enforced uniformity and monocultures, division and separation, monopolies and external control―over finance, food, energy, information, healthcare, and even relationships.

Basing her analysis on explosive facts, Shiva exposes the 1%'s model of philanthrocapitalism, which is about deploying unaccountable money to bypass democratic structures, derail diversity, and impose totalitarian ideas based on One Science, One Agriculture, and One History. Instead, Shiva calls for the resurgence of:

  • Real knowledge
  • Real intelligence
  • Real wealth
  • Real work
  • Real well-being

With these core goals, people can reclaim their right to: Live Free. Think Free. Breathe Free. Eat Free.

"All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting, degrading and ultimately destroying the natural world."--Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace

Book Details

  • Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
  • Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2020
  • Pages: 208
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.70in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9781645020394
  • Categories: Political EconomyPublic Policy - Economic PolicyGlobalization

About the Author

Shiva, Kartikey: -

Kartikey Shiva is a shatterer of illusions, grower of freedom, and agent of light.

Praise for this book

"All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting, degrading and ultimately destroying the natural world."--Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace

"Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world."--Ms. magazine

"A rock star in the worldwide battle against genetically modified seeds."--Bill Moyers

"Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power."--The Progressive

"One of the world's most prominent radical scientists."--The Guardian