Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy

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Gates to a Global Empire gathers evidence and throws light on the dangers of philanthrocapitalism, which is boosting the corporate takeover of our seed, agriculture, food, knowledge and global health systems--manipulating information and eroding democracies globally. Over the last 30 years it has emerged as a major force, able to derail the international agenda and push our future, and the future of our planet, towards extinction and ecological collapse.Throughout this book, we see how the patterns of technocratic solutionism, powered by an unholy alliance between big-capital, science and technology, institutions and states, are embodied by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and put into accelerated action through philanthropic development. Through its various initiatives, sub-organizations, development schemes and funding mechanisms, the Gates weave an intricate web of wide-ranging power and influence, obscured through all its separate strands. Gates to a Global Empire addresses a large part of this web of power which deliberately ignores the past failures of the very technologies they wish to push, and which disregards any potential problem their initiatives might yield. This power is one focused primarily on profit and market expansion.This democratic emergency is analysed in detail throughout this book by leading experts and civil society movements' leaders, such as: Dr. Vandana Shiva, Farida Akhter, José Esquinas Alcàzar, Nicoletta Dentico, Fernando Cabaleiro, Seth Itzkan, Dru Jay, Satish Kumar, Jonathan Latham, Aidé Jiménez-Martínez, Chito Medina, Zahra Moloo, Silvia Ribeiro, Adelita San Vicente, Ali Tapsoba, Jim Thomas, Timothy A. Wise. In addition to, the participation of international organisations and national movements, such as ETC Group, Community Alliance for Global Justice/AGRA Watch, Soil4Climate, Bioscience Resource, GM Watch, Naturaleza de Derechos - Argentina, Masipag - Philippines, Terre à Vie - Burkina Faso, UBINIG - Bangladesh.