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DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday, March 23, author, policy analyst and activist Antonia Juhasz 
 will be the special guest at an event hosted by Peace Action of San Mateo 
 County and San Mateo County Democracy for America. Juhasz’s topic is also 
 the title of her most recent book, “The Tyranny of Oil: the World’s 
 Most Powerful Industry – And What We Must Do To Stop It.” Copies of the 
 book, recently re-released as a paperback and updated with a new preface, 
 will be on sale, along with her previous book, “The Bu$h Agenda: Invading 
 the World, One Economy at a Time.” \nThe Toronto Star called “The 
 Tyranny of Oil”, “...part homage to 150 years of anti-monopoly 
 muckraking and trust-busting and part signpost to where the leading edge of 
 the environmental and social activist movements are headed.” The 
 Christian Science Monitor called it “...a brave, groundbreaking case 
 study,’ adding that “…a good first step toward true energy 
 independence is to read this insightful book.” \nAntonia Juhasz has been 
 with the San Francisco-based group Global Exchange since last July, as the 
 Director of its new Chevron Program which, as she says, “links 
 communities across California, the U.S. and the world to expose the true 
 cost of Chevron and reign in the entire oil industry.” The Program 
 focuses on the many environmental, human rights, and other crimes of the 
 ubiquitous San Ramon-based corporation, now the world’s fifth-largest 
 company. Juhasz is the lead author and editor of “The True Cost of 
 Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report”, which Global Exchange and other 
 organizations released at Chevron’s annual meeting last May. Among other 
 topics, she will discuss upcoming protest actions planned at Chevron’s 
 world headquarters in San Ramon this coming May. For more information on 
 Juhasz and her books, log on to www.TyrannyofOil.org. To find out more 
 about the Chevron program, go to www.GlobalExchange.org/chevron.\nThe oil 
 boom of the last century warmed and lit up our homes and powered our modes 
 of transportation, but it obviously did not come without its costs, both 
 financial and human. All around the world we have seen pollution of our air 
 and water, evidence of climate change, war, abuse of human rights and 
 economic injustice – as a result of the world’s dependence on oil. On 
 March 23 Antonia Juhasz will further address these circumstances and 
 articulate what citizens can do in response.\nIn addition to her work at 
 Global Exchange, Juhasz is on the National Advisory Board of Iraq Veterans 
 Against the War and is particularly well-known for her work uncovering the 
 oil industry’s pursuit of the Iraq Oil Law. She is also a Fellow at Oil 
 Change International and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Policy 
 Studies. Juhasz has also worked as a legislative assistant to two members 
 of Congress. \nAs will surely benefit the evening, Global Exchange’s web 
 site describes Juhasz as “a passionate writer and speaker who conveys 
 complex information in a manner that is both accessible and motivational to 
 others.”\nThe March 23 event is at 7:30 PM at Carpenter’s Hall, 1153 
 Chess Drive (off Foster City Boulevard) in Foster City. Admission is $5-10 
 sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds. Dessert, coffee 
 and tea will be available. The hall is wheelchair accessible.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/22/18638425.php
SUMMARY:Antonia Jushasz on "The Tyranny of Oil"
LOCATION:Carpenter's Hall, 1153 Chess Drive (off Foster City Boulevard) in Foster 
 City
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/22/18638425.php
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