John Perkins on "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"

From DEMOCRACY NOW - Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Today, we spend the hour with a man who claims to have worked deep inside the forces driving corporate globalization. In his first book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the U.S. government and corporations -- what he calls the "corporatocracy." John Perkins has just come out with a new book. It's called "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption." [includes rush transcript]

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are gathering in Germany ahead of tomorrow's G8 meeting of the world's richest nations. The three-day summit is being held in the coastal resort of Heiligendamm. German police have spent $18 million dollars to erect an eight-mile-long, two-meter-high fence around the meeting site. Global warming will be high on the agenda. Going into the meeting, President Bush has proposed to sideline the UN-backed Kyoto Accords and set voluntary targets on reducing emissions of greenhouse gas. Other top issues will include foreign aid and new trade deals.

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WHEE-MD Observations

This expose of modern Western economic piracy helps to explain how countries like the US have achieved such high standards of living - at the brutal expense of less savvy nations. Loans were made to these countries, ostensibly for their benefit but actually to enable the plundering of their resources.

Ethical US lawyers are now representing Ecuador in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Chevron for pollution of their rainforests that led to the poisoning of many Ecuadorians.

This article also explains why the US is hated by many countries around the world.

Dan Benor