Gates to a Global Empire: Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy

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Dr. Vandana Shiva is an author physicist ecologist and advocate of biodiversity conservation and protection of farmers' and women's rights. Her pioneering work around food sovereignty traditional agriculture and womens rights created fundamental cultural shifts in how the world views these issues. Along with Jerry Mander Edward Goldsmith Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin Dr. Shiva is a leader and board member of the International Forum on Globalization and a prominent figure of the global solidarity movement known as the alter-globalization movement.  Dr. Shiva founded Navdanya an organization that promotes agroecology seed freedom and a vision of Earth Democracy seeking justice for the Earth and all living beings. She has authored more than 20 books including Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity Indigenous Knowledge and the Rights of Mother Earth (Synergetic Press 2020) Philanthrocapitalism & The Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizens Report on the Corporate Control of Technology Health and Agriculture (Synergetic Press 2022) and Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture:  Sustainable Solutions for Hunger Poverty and Climate Change (Synergetic Press 2022).  Dr. Shiva is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS Spain's Socialist Party's think tank and the International Organization for a Participatory Society. She received the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 an honor known as an Alternative Nobel Prize. She has received numerous other awards and honors for her work including the Save the World award in 2009 and the Sydney Peace Prize in 2010. Dr. Shivas life and work is the subject of the award-winning 2021 documentary Seeds of Vandana Shiva. Navdanya International promotes a new agricultural and economic paradigm a culture of food for health where ecological responsibility and economic justice replace the present greed consumerism and competition which have become dominant in society. It aims at regaining the common good as a foundation for a renewed sense of community solidarity and culture of peace. Co-Executive Director and Researcher focusing on emerging technologies on human rights biodiversity equity and food systems ETC Group. Molecular Biologist and former Genetic Engineer. Currently Editor of Independent Science News website. Satish Kumar is an Indian British activist and speaker. He has been a Jain monk nuclear disarmament advocate and pacifist. Hs is the founder of Schumacher College England UK. Timothy A. Wise is a senior researcher at the Small Planet Institute collaborating with director Frances Moore Lappé to start its new Land and Food Rights Program. He is also a senior research fellow at Tufts University's Global Development and Environment Institute. He is a Senior Advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)