On the Rampage: Corporate Predators and the Destruction of Democracy [Paperback]

Robert Weissman (Author), Russell Mokhiber (Author)

Book Description

Series: Corporate Focus Series | Publication Date: December 1, 2004

“Incisive.”—Noam Chomsky

From Worldcom to Coke, from Enron to the White House, these columns offer trenchant revelations of corporate dirty deeds. Featuring the 10 worst corporations and 10 reasons to dismantle the World trade organization, Mokhiber and Weissman take on the single greatest threat to Democracy: corporate power.

The 10 most wanted corporations:
Arthur Andersen
British American Tobacco(BAT)
Caterpillar
Citigroup
DynCorp
M&M/Mars
Procter & Gamble
Schering Plough
Shell
Wyeth

Editorial Reviews

Review

A cool, clear and sprightly down-to-earth series of stories about how the relentless greed of corporations control human beings. -- Ralph nader

Dogged muckracking, exposing corporate criminals and bought politicians in the spirit of Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and I.F. Stone. -- Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

Trenchant essays on corporate soulessness from two of America's leading reporters on corporate misbehavior. -- Representative Dennis Kucinich

Veteran trackers on the tail of GM, Exxon, and others, showing how they prey on people and the environment. -- Jim Hightower, radio commentator and author of Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

About the Author

Robert Weissman is editor at Multinational Monitor; Russell Mokhiber is publisher of the Corporate Crime Reporter Russell Mokhiber is publisher of the Corporate Crime Reporter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Common Courage Press; 1st edition (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567512143
• ISBN-13: 978-1567512144
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,224,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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