Water monopolies sought by multinationals like Coke and Pepsi deny people access to water. This work forcefully establishes the relationship between globalisation as an economic war and militarism and fundamentalisms as political and cultural wars in the project of global hegemony.
A world-renowned environmental leader and recipient of the 1993 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), Shiva has authored several bestselling books, most recently Earth Democracy. Activist and scientist, Shiva leads, with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin, the International Forum on Globalization. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists.
