Oneness vs. the 1%

Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom

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Pub Date Aug 31 2020 | Archive Date Aug 28 2020

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Description

In Oneness vs. the 1%, world-renowned activist Vandana Shiva takes on the Billionaires Club of Gates, Zuckerberg, and others, whose greed has wrought havoc across the globe. Widespread poverty and malnutrition, a refugee crisis, social unrest, economic polarization and the spread of diseases, such as the coronavirus, have become our lived reality. Meanwhile the top 1% of the world’s seven-billion-plus population pushes the planet—and all its people—to the social and ecological brink of extinction by deploying unaccountable money to bypass democratic structures, derail diversity, and impose totalitarian ideas dictated by a mechanistic and militaristic worldview.

But we can seed another future when we deepen our democracies, reclaim our commons, and regenerate the earth “rich in our diversity and freedom, one in our unity and interconnectedness.” This, then, is a healthier, necessary way forward—where humans reconnect to other life. This is the Oneness we must fight for.

In Oneness vs. the 1%, world-renowned activist Vandana Shiva takes on the Billionaires Club of Gates, Zuckerberg, and others, whose greed has wrought havoc across the globe. Widespread poverty...


A Note From the Publisher

“Breaking free of the 1% and their constructs is not just possible, it has become necessary. . . . It is a human necessity because participating in a world of limitless greed, profit, violence and power robs us of our humanity.”—VANDANA SHIVA

“Breaking free of the 1% and their constructs is not just possible, it has become necessary. . . . It is a human necessity because participating in a world of limitless greed, profit, violence and...


Advance Praise

"All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting, degrading and ultimately destroying the natural world."—Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace

"Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world." —Ms. magazine

"A rock star in the worldwide battle against genetically modified seeds." —Bill Moyers

"Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power." —The Progressive

"One of the world’s most prominent radical scientists." —The Guardian

"All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva. Her voice is powerful, and she is not afraid to tackle those corporate giants that are polluting, degrading...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781645020394
PRICE $19.95 (USD)