Power Elites

Defeat The War Against The African/Black People In The US And Abroad

June 6, 2020 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Black America, Police violence, Power Elites, Rebellion2020

The ruling class is befuddled and confused about how to respond to the ongoing street demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd. The mobilizations clearly disrupted their plans for “normalcy” with the forced opening of the economy. The ferocity of the demonstrations that had not been seen since the brief uprising in 92 in response to the Rodney King verdict seems to have caught the authorities completely by surprise. In the 1992 street actions in Los Angeles the nation and the world saw the first multi-racial, multi-national street action that was very different from the Black rebellions that rocked the U.S. in the 1960s. The racial configuration of the participants captured the range of non-European national minority communities and migrant peoples from across the Americas’ region.

Ever Wonder Who “They” Are? We Name Names And Explain How The Global Elites Operate

October 8, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Finance and the Economy, Power Elites, wealth inequality

In 2017, eight men controlled half of the world's wealth and 70% of the world controls 5% of the wealth. Global elites, the 1%, are consolidating their fortunes without regard for the remaining 99% or the welfare of the planet. It is important to understand how this small number of people control the world and who they are so that we know what we're up against and whom to hold accountable. We speak with Peter Phillips, author of "Giants: The Global Power Elite," about his decades of work tracking the power holders and what we do to create a more just and sustainable world.

Meet The 1%: “Giants: The Global Power Elite”

August 26, 2018 Marc Eliot Stein, World Beyond War. Educate! Finance and the Economy, Globalization, Governance, Power Elites

Peter Phillips, professor of Political Sociology at Sonoma State University and media researcher for Project Censored and Media Freedom Foundation, presented a summary of his groundbreaking new book “Giants: The Global Power Elite” last week at Fordham University’s campus in Manhattan. This was an information-packed session that explained the unique purpose of this new book: exposing to public view the private workings of the influential investment partnerships, global councils, think tanks, consortiums and other non-governmental organizations that...

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