Silent Coup: Confronting the Big Business Takeover of Canada Book

Silent Coup is the story of how the CEOs of the largest corporations in Canada planned and executed their takeover of our country. It alerts us to the destructive effects of corporate rule on our economy, our jobs, our social programs, and our political democracy.

This book outlines a detailed and workable plan for challenging and ultimately rescuing Canada from its corporate masters. Tony Clarke shows how social movements and community organizations can be retooled and revitalized, how they can effectively confront the transnational corporations and restore true economic, social and political democracy in Canada.

About the Author:
Tony Clarke is the director of the Polaris Institute in Canada which works with citizen movements to develop new tools for democratic social change. As chair of the committee on corporations for the International Forum on Globalization, he works with social movements around the world on the theme of challenging corporate rule. He has served as the national chair of the Action Canada Network, and social policy director for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in the field of social ethics. Tony Clarke's publications include The Emergence of Corporate Rule - And What We Can Do About It and Behind the Mitre: The Moral Leadership Crisis in the Canadian Catholic Church.