March 2012: Beating Corporate Goliaths
Summary The Democracy Center presents three primary lessons for climate activists on corporate campaigning, pulled from the training resource, ‘Beating Goliath.’ When faced with the heft of...
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Summary Published in October 2011, ‘Beating Goliath’ gathers case studies from previous successful campaigns against corporations, looking at how they won and what we can learn from them. It provides...
View ArticleGetting Action: More Powerful than Governments
Summary An in depth look at the strategies corporations use, drawing on global investment rules, to get around democracy. Includes a video produced by the Democracy Center through the Network on...
View ArticleBolivia and its Lithium
Summary Underneath Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni lies the world’s largest supply of lithium, presenting the country with both a potential opportunity, as well as the next line in a series of resource wars....
View ArticleBolivia and its Lithium: Video
Summary This video (a compilation of approximately 50 interviews) is part of the special report by the Democracy Center entitled “Bolivia and Its Lithium – Can the gold of the 21st century help lift a...
View ArticleBolivia Investigations: The Water Revolt
Summary In 2000, in response to massive hikes in water prices by the newly privatized water provider, a Bechtel Corporation subsidiary, the city of Cochabamba took to the streets to demand justice and...
View ArticleDeadly Consequences
Summary Deadly Consequences tells the story of Bolivia’s Febrero Negro, Black February. It is not just the story of two tragic days in La Paz, but of the global economic system that set that violence...
View ArticleTaxes and Budgets: Following the Money
Summary Chapter 3 from Jim Shultz’s The Democracy Owner’s Manual, this chapter details the economics behind taxes and budgeting. The chapter breaks down what is often a highly politicized topic into...
View ArticlePromises to Keep
Summary Public Budgets as a Tool to Advance Economic Social and Cultural Rights A report by the Democracy Center’s Jim Shultz, drawing from a three-day conference held in Cuernavaca, Mexico in January...
View ArticleInvisible Hands
Summary Tracing the Connections Between the Policies of International Financial Institutions and Country Budget Policies: A Conference Report In April 2005, two international civil society networks —...
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