Does the US have an empire? (part 2)
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Former economic hitman John Perkins sees positive change emerging from different quarters. He believes the social movements that have emerged in recent years point to real progress. This has been most evident at the World Social Forum, which started in Porto Allegre in Brazil. He explains why activism is important, be it in the form of consumer boycotts or demonstrations like the one that took place in Seattle at the WTO ministerial meeting in 1999. In short, we need to keep speaking out because our voices are heard.
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Filmed: Porto Allegre, Brazil on 28 January 2005
Credits: Interviewer and Camera - Zoe Young Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Zoe Young
About John Perkins
From 1971 to 1981 John Perkins was Chief Economist and Director of Economics and Regional Planning for Chas T. Main, an international consulting firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004 he published a best-selling memoir called ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman,’ in which he describes his work at Main and the duplicitous means by which corporate America has prospered at the expense of many of the world’s poorest nations.
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