Antonia Juhasz
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Antonia Juhasz is the Director of the Energy Program at Global Exchange
, a San Francisco-based human rights non-profit organization. She is a policy-analyst, author and activist.
Juhasz is the author of The Tyranny of Oil: the World's Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do To Stop It, and The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time. Her new book, "Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill" will be published by Wiley in April 2011. Juhasz is also the lead author and editor of The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report, 2009 and 2010 editions. The explanation of the report on the report's website is: "Chevron's 2008 annual report is a glossy celebration of the company's most profitable year in its history. What Chevron's annual report does not tell its shareholders is the true cost paid for those financial returns, or the global movement gaining voice and strength against Chevron's abuses. Thus, we, the communities and their allies who bear the consequences of Chevron's operations, have prepared an alternative annual report of Chevron entitled 'The True Cost of Chevron'."
degree in Public Policy at Brown University
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She then earned her M.A.
degree in Public Policy
from Georgetown University
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, Democracy Now!
, NPR, and Cambridge University International Relations Journal.http://www.thebushagenda.net/article.php?id=43 She wrote "Global Uprising: The Web of Resistance" for the 2007 book A Game as Old as Empire
, and was the object of a Terry Gross
interview about The Tyranny of Oil.
policies at its annual shareholder meeting and was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and "disrupting a meeting or procession".
Global Exchange
Global Exchange is an advocacy group and non-governmental organization , based in San Francisco, California, United States. The group's mission is to promote human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice around the world.-History:...
, a San Francisco-based human rights non-profit organization. She is a policy-analyst, author and activist.
Juhasz is the author of The Tyranny of Oil: the World's Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do To Stop It, and The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time. Her new book, "Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill" will be published by Wiley in April 2011. Juhasz is also the lead author and editor of The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report, 2009 and 2010 editions. The explanation of the report on the report's website is: "Chevron's 2008 annual report is a glossy celebration of the company's most profitable year in its history. What Chevron's annual report does not tell its shareholders is the true cost paid for those financial returns, or the global movement gaining voice and strength against Chevron's abuses. Thus, we, the communities and their allies who bear the consequences of Chevron's operations, have prepared an alternative annual report of Chevron entitled 'The True Cost of Chevron'."
Education
Juhasz earned her UndergraduateUndergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
degree in Public Policy at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
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She then earned her M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
degree in Public Policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
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Current or past positions held
- Director of the Energy Program at Global Exchange
- National Advisory Board Member, Iraq Veterans Against the War
- National Advisory Board Member, GI Voice/Coffee Strong
- Senior Policy Analyst for Foreign Policy in FocusForeign Policy In FocusForeign Policy In Focus is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. FPIF describes itself as a "Think Tank Without Walls" that brings together over 600 writers, scholars, academics, artists and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global...
- Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy StudiesInstitute for Policy StudiesInstitute for Policy Studies is a left-wing think tank based in Washington, D.C..It has been directed by John Cavanagh since 1998- History :...
- Fellow at Oil Change International
- Instructor at the New College of CaliforniaNew College of CaliforniaNew College of California was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 by former Gonzaga University President, Father John Leary. After 37 years, it ceased operations in early 2008....
- Guest Lecturer at McMaster UniversityMcMaster UniversityMcMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
- Project Director at International Forum on Globalization
- Director of the International Trade Program at the American Lands Alliance
- Legislative AssistantLegislative assistantA legislative assistant is a legislative staffer who works for a legislator by monitoring pending legislation, conducting research, drafting legislation, giving advice and counsel, and making recommendations....
to the Honorable Elijah CummingsElijah CummingsElijah Eugene Cummings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just over half of Baltimore City, as well as most of Howard County...
, Member of the United States CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
(D-MD) - Legislative AssistantLegislative assistantA legislative assistant is a legislative staffer who works for a legislator by monitoring pending legislation, conducting research, drafting legislation, giving advice and counsel, and making recommendations....
to the Honorable John Conyers Jr., Member of Congress (D-MI)
Books
- Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill (Wiley, 2010) ISBN 0470943378
- The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry—and What We Must Do to Stop It. (HarperCollins, 2008) ISBN 0061434507
- The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time. (HarperCollins, 2006) ISBN 0060878789
- Contributing author to A Game As Old As Empire: The Secret World of Economic Hit Men and the Web of Global Corruption. (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007)
- Contributing author to Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible, 2nd Ed. (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004)
Awards
- 2009 San Francisco Library Laureate, honoring the best in Bay Area literature. To be awarded by the Friends of the San Francisco Library on April 17, 2009.
- Women Peacemakers Honor Roll, “For women who have made a unique and lasting contribution to work for peace and justice in the world.” Awarded by Peace ActionPeace ActionPeace Action is a peace organization formed through the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign...
, July 30, 2007. - The Sentinel, “For those who have engaged in a lifelong activism.” Awarded by the Nevada Alliance for Workers Rights, October 25, 2004.
- Project Censored Award 2003/2004, “For the 25 most important news stories of the year that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country’s major national news media.” Awarded by Project CensoredProject CensoredProject Censored is a non-profit, media criticism and investigative journalism project within the Sonoma State University Foundation. It is managed through the School of Social Sciences at the university....
, October 23, 2004.
Miscellaneous
Publications carrying her work have included the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...
, NPR, and Cambridge University International Relations Journal.http://www.thebushagenda.net/article.php?id=43 She wrote "Global Uprising: The Web of Resistance" for the 2007 book A Game as Old as Empire
A Game as Old as Empire
A Game as Old as Empire is a collection of accounts from investigators, journalists and activists calling themselves "economic hitmen", about global affairs...
, and was the object of a Terry Gross
Terry Gross
Terry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio....
interview about The Tyranny of Oil.
Activism
In May 2010, Juhasz spoke in protest of Chevron CorporationChevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...
policies at its annual shareholder meeting and was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and "disrupting a meeting or procession".
External links
- Antonia Juhasz: 'Tyranny of Oil' Is A Grave Threat" - Interview by NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross
- Antonia Juhasz: "BP’s Missing Oil Washes Up in St. Mary’s Parish, LA" - video report by Democracy Now!Democracy Now!Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...