Earth Democracy

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In this article the writer studies the book 'Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace'. The writer notes that the author, Vandana Shiva is a well known activist and respected physicist. The writer points out that the main idea of the book is that she attempts to take on the juggernaut that is neoliberal economic globalization.

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"This juggernaut is headed up by a tiny army of very powerful multinational companies. Their mission is simple: to enable a tiny minority of human beings to become incredibly rich. The cost is to use up the finite resources of the earth, to pollute the global ecosystem until it implodes, and also to sideline the welfare of all of the other human beings on the planet. "

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