The bard rests on his laurels, and swipes left and right
Against corporate power
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Gloriosa victoria, mural by Diego Rivera which satirizes the role of the US, UFC, Catholic Church and the military in the Guatemalan coup. The individuals giving the handshake are John Foster Dulles and general Castillo Armas.
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Silent Coup; How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, Bloomsbury, £15
CORPORATION: dictionary definition: noun; a large company or group of companies authorised to act as a single entity and recognised as such in law.
Provost and Kennard’s take is to ask: by whose authority?
Silent Coup is investigative journalism at its best, charting the rise of corporate power after World War II, where the freedoms fought for were redefined. The freedom to exploit a country’s workers and resources was robust. Freedom from hunger, homelessness and poverty, not so much.
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