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DESCRIPTION:David Korten’s classic bestseller, When Corporations Rule the World, was 
 one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature 
 of the global corporate economy. Now, ten years later, Korten shows that 
 the problem runs deeper than corporate domination—with far greater 
 consequences.  In The Great Turning, Korten argues that corporate 
 consolidation of power is merely a contemporary manifestation of what he 
 calls “Empire”: the organization of society by hierarchies of 
 domination grounded in violent chauvinisms of race, gender, religion, 
 nationality, language, and class. Advocating for a turning from “Empire 
 to Earth Community,” Korten shows how we can turn this moment of 
 potential terminal human crisis into a new era, grounded in the 
 life-affirming values of community, caring and cooperation that are shared 
 by most of the world’s people and reflected in the majority of human 
 history.  Dr. David C. Korten has authored numerous books, including When 
 Corporations Rule the World, and The Post-Corporate World: Life After 
 Capitalism. He is a co-founder and board chair of the Positive Futures 
 Network, which publishes YES! A Journal of Positive Futures; founder and 
 president of The People-Centered Development Forum; an associate of the 
 International Forum on Globalization; and a member of the Club of Rome. A 
 former Harvard Business School professor, Air Force captain, and USAID 
 advisor, he has more than thirty years experience living and working in 
 Africa, Latin America, and Asia. He also serves on the boards of the 
 Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.   “…a masterpiece…”-- 
  Frances Moore Lappé, author Hope's Edge and Democracy's Edge  “…a 
 work of amazing scope and depth…”—Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice 
 and the Blade  With Shailja Patel, Poet and Spoken Word Artist  Panel 
 Respondents:  •	Alli Chagi-Starr, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights  
 •	Maryam Roberts, Global Exchange  •	Xiomara Castro, Art in Action   
 Tickets: $10 advance, $12 door. Benefits Global Exchange.  Available at 
 independent bookstores: Black Oak Books; Cody’s Books (both East Bay 
 stores); Pegasus Books (both stores); Pendragon; DIESEL, A Bookstore; 
 Global Exchange Store (College Ave.)   Phone order: 415-255-7296 X200  
 Co-sponsored by Global Exchange, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Art in 
 Action, and KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.  Information: 
 http://www.globalexchange.org, http://www.kpfa.org  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/13/95043.php
SUMMARY:The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland  2501 Harrison (at 27th St)  Oakland 
  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/04/13/95043.php
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