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The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time


Updated with a new afterword, "What A Difference A Year Makes."

"A meticulous expose of corporate America's intentions in the Gulf." - The Organizer-India
"Excellent." - Amy Goodman
"A resounding call to action." - John Perkins
"Essential Reading." - Congressman John Conyers
"One of the crispest, most insightful books yet to expose the Bush regime." - The Georgia Straight, Canada
"Lucid, fact-filled and nonrhetorical." - The North Bay Bohemian
"Spine tingling." - The Ecologist Magazine
"Bravo for Juhasz!" - Greg Palast
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Iraq Oil and Gas Law Information
Updates on the Hydrocarbon law

This page compiles a variety of information - including articles written by Antonia, interviews with Antonia, and wider press coverage - on the current proposed Iraqi Oil Law. Also inlcuded are a link to the text of the most current draft of the legislation and information on what you can do to take action. This page will be continually updated as new developments occur.
Update: We have recently added an on-line petition written by Yanar Mohammed, President of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, stating opposition to the Iraq Oil Law. Sign the statement and join a chorus of voices from across the globe.
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Benchmark Boogie: A Guide to the Struggle Over Iraq's Oil

Your guide to the ongoing dance between Bush, the Congress, and the Iraqi government; an update on the current status of the proposed oil laws; and some steps you can take to stop the hijacking of Iraq's oil.
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Jacob Magraw-Mickelson
Whose Oil Is It, Anyway?
New York Times Op-Ed

Today more than three-quarters of the world’s oil is owned and controlled by governments. It wasn’t always this way.  Until about 35 years ago, the world’s oil was largely in the hands of seven corporations based in the United States and Europe. Those seven have since merged into four: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP. They are among the world’s largest and most powerful financial empires. But ever since they lost their exclusive control of the oil to the governments, the companies have been trying to get it back.

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A Game As Old As Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption

Antonia Juhasz is contributing author with John Perkins and others to A Game As Old As Empire. John Perkins' New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 500,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men. A Game As Old As Empire exposes many more shocking secrets, exposing the schemes and subterfuges that multinational corporations, governments, powerful individuals, financial institutions, and quasi-governmental agencies use to enrich themselves behind a façade of "foreign aid" and "international development."

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Spoils of War: Oil, The U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area, and The Bush Agenda

Now with his war under attack, even President George W. Bush has gone public, telling reporters last August, “[a] failed Iraq … would give the terrorists and extremists an additional tool besides safe haven, and that is revenues from oil sales.” Of course, Bush not only wants to keep oil out of his enemies’ hands, he also wants to put it into the hands of his friends.
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The Corporate Invasion of Iraq

The Iraq Study Group is right to flag Iraq's flawed reconstruction-but wrong in identifying the cause.
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Don't Iraq Iran

By virtually any measure, Iraq is a disaster. Tragically, those who bear responsibility for the ruin in Iraq not only fail to view it as such, they also appear headed down a similar path in Iran. Unless we change course, Iran is poised to become the next victim of a dangerously misguided U.S. foreign policy.
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Bechtel (Finally) Leaves Iraq

After making billions and then pulling out of Iraq, the company has big plans for raking in more lucre in Bush's Middle East Free Trade Area.
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Fixing the Failed U.S. Reconstruction in Iraq

As violence in Baghdad spirals out of control, it is easy for Americans to overlook the fact that the people there live with an average of just eight hours of electricity a day, while water and sewage systems remain intermittent at best. After more than three and half years and $3 billion spent, water, electricity, and sewage services only recently crept above pre-war levels in some other parts of Iraq.
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Trading on Terror to Profit a Few

The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement deserves greater scrutiny as it makes its way in Congress under the radar.
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Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible

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