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DESCRIPTION:Antonia Juhasz will be at Bookshop Santa Cruz on Wednesday, October 15th at 
 7:30 pm to discuss her new book and answer questions, such as:\n\nWhy are 
 oil and gas prices so high?\n\nWho's really controlling those 
 prices?\n\nHow much oil is left?\n\nHow far will Big Oil go to get 
 it?\n\nAnd at what cost to the environment, human rights, the economy, 
 worker safety, public health, and democracy?\n\nThe answers aren't what you 
 think. They're much worse. But there's also plenty that we can do about 
 it.\n\nAs oil prices—and public outrage—skyrocket, Antonia Juhasz, a 
 leading industry critic and expert on corporations and globalization, gives 
 us the hardest-hitting exposé of the oil industry in decades. In The 
 Tyranny of Oil she investigates the true state of the U.S. oil 
 industry—uncovering its virtually unparalleled global power, influence 
 over our elected officials, and lack of regulatory oversight, as well as 
 the truth behind $150-a-barrel oil, $4.50-a-gallon gasoline, and the 
 highest profit in corporate history. Exposing an industry that thrives on 
 secrecy, Juhasz shows how Big Oil manages to hide its business dealings 
 from policy makers, legislators, and, most of all, consumers. She reveals 
 exactly how Big Oil gets what it wants—through money, influence, and 
 lies.\n\nThe Tyranny of Oil offers both a new take on problems and a new 
 set of solutions as Juhasz puts forward an immediate call to action—a 
 formula for reining in the industry, its governmental lobbying power, 
 environmental destruction, and violence while reducing global dependence on 
 oil. Her thought-provoking answers to the most pressing energy questions 
 speak directly to readers concerned about oil and gas prices, global 
 warming, wars for oil, and America's place in the world. With the major 
 players in the world's most powerful industry charged with collusion, 
 price-gouging, anticompetitive behavior, and unabashed greed, Juhasz calls 
 boldly for the breakup of Big Oil.\n\nDrawing on considerable historical 
 research, Juhasz explores the parallels between today's companies and 
 Standard Oil, the most powerful corporation of the early twentieth century, 
 whose stranglehold on the economy and government was broken only by the 
 vision and persistence of activists and like-minded politicians. We are in 
 a similar position today, she argues, with powerful opportunities available 
 for ordinary Americans to come together, reclaim their voices, and shore up 
 our nation's crumbling democratic foundation.\n\nA tool for meaningful 
 change that blends history, original investigative research and reporting, 
 candid interviews with key insiders, and a unique focus on activism, The 
 Tyranny of Oil is required reading for every concerned global citizen.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/14/18544610.php
SUMMARY:Antonia Juhasz Speaks at Bookshop Santa Cruz about her new book, The Tyranny Of Oil
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\n1520 Pacific Avenue\n\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/14/18544610.php
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