{"id":29308,"date":"2023-10-23T11:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29308"},"modified":"2023-10-23T11:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:32:41","slug":"book-silent-coup-how-corporations-overthrew-democracy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/23\/book-silent-coup-how-corporations-overthrew-democracy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: \u201cSILENT COUP: HOW CORPORATIONS OVERTHREW DEMOCRACY\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1658244574i\/59808402.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/19793766.Claire_Provost\">Claire Provost<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5755071.Matt_Kennard\">Matt Kennard<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup \u2013 namely, the unstoppable rise of global corporate power.<br>Exposing the origins of this epic power grab as well as its present-day consequences, Silent Coup is the result of two investigative journalist\u2019s reports from 30 countries around the world. It provides an explosive guide to the rise of a corporate empire that now dictates how resources are allocated, how territories are governed, and how justice is defined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Goodreads.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy Claire Provost,&nbsp;Matt Kennard As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup \u2013 namely, the unstoppable rise of&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/23\/book-silent-coup-how-corporations-overthrew-democracy-2\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29309,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29308\/revisions\/29309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}