Subvert

Subvert is a podcast produced by the organization Corporate Accountability about the broad, global movement for corporate accountability. On this podcast, we’ll bring you stories from all over the world of organizers and movements fighting corporate abuse, advancing people-centered solutions, and building a world that prioritizes people over profits.

Episodes

Big Oil's Big Tobacco moment

October 28, 2021 • 19 mins

In this episode, Lena interviews Geoffrey Supran. He’s one of the researchers who brought to light that ExxonMobil and others knew about the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction and covered it up. We discuss the implications of today’s Big Oil hearings.

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A powerful wave: dispatch from the Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation

October 12, 2021 • 13 mins

Stand in solidarity with water justice organizers rising up to say no to water privatization at corporateaccountability.org/ProtectTheWater. This episode featured Akinbode Oluwafemi of CAPPA; Dr. Everline Aketch of Public Services International, and Oumar Ba, via interpretation by Jeff Zerbo.

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EP 5: We have the tools: campaigning against the corporate playbook

June 22, 2021 • 48 mins

In the final episode of Season 1, Lena and Michél talk with Patti Lynn, Corporate Accountability’s executive director. Patti tells us about the organization’s involvement in developing the Global Tobacco Treaty, and how understanding the corporate playbook laid the foundation for decades of campaigning.

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EP 4: Housing justice: Southern Towers tenants stand up

April 23, 2021 • 39 mins

Southern Towers, located in Alexandria, VA, near Amazon’s proposed HQ2, is more of a village than a housing development, according to tenant organizers with the #ACT4SouthernTowers campaign. The towers are home to a deeply rooted community of African immigrants and working-class folks. Tenants have long looked out for each other, but when CIM Group, a massive real estate firm, purchased the housing complex in August of 2020, tenant...

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EP 3: UN Treaty Negotiations: protecting human rights from corporate abuse

March 1, 2021 • 38 mins

In this episode, Lena and Michél chat with three organizers about a treaty known as the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights. Despite the dry-sounding name, this treaty has the potential to close an enormous loophole—which allows corporations to violate human rights in pursuit of profits—and protect people from corporate abuse all over the world.

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Episodes

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EP 5: We have the tools: campaigning against the corporate playbook

EP 4: Housing justice: Southern Towers tenants stand up

EP 3: UN Treaty Negotiations: protecting human rights from corporate abuse

Popular Podcasts

Big Oil's Big Tobacco moment

A powerful wave: dispatch from the Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatisation