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BLAST THE RIGHT

126 - Past As Prologue: Multinationals Take Another Step To Steal Iraq's Oil / Demoralize A Right-Winger: Tell Them The Truth About US Public Opinion

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2008

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, you'll hear how the multinational oil companies have taken another step towards stealing Iraq's oil.The very companies Iraq took the oil back from 36 years ago, are now being invited back in, by the US-propped-up Iraqi government.In the second segment, you'll get some great public opinion stats on the hottest issues, guaranteed to demoralize your right-wing friends and acquaintances. The

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0:00.0

Greetings, y'all listening to Podcast number 126 of Blast the Right.

0:24.4

I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.

0:27.9

You'll hear how the multinational oil companies have taken another step towards stealing

0:34.0

a rack's oil.

0:35.6

And in the second segment, you'll get some great public opinion stats on the hottest

0:40.3

issues guaranteed to demoralize your right-wing friends and acquaintances.

0:45.6

Let's get right into it.

0:47.7

Sources you'll hear in this first segment include The New York Times, The Washington Post,

0:52.8

The British Newspaper, The Independent, DemocracyNow.org, The Los Angeles Times, The Book Overthrowed

0:59.8

by former New York Times reporter Stephen Kinzer, The New York Daily News, and The Interpress

1:05.6

Service News Agency.

1:07.4

Last week, The New York Times revealed details of new agreements currently being negotiated

1:13.0

between multinational oil companies and the government of Iraq.

1:16.8

The Times did give this from page play, but the story hasn't gotten much traction elsewhere.

1:22.8

The public's undoubtedly largely unaware of it.

1:26.7

But it's critically important that you understand the significance of this development.

1:31.8

To do that, you need to hear some background.

1:35.0

For roughly the first half of the 20th century, seven Western corporations controlled the

1:40.3

world's oil, though seven are now merged into four, Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Shell, and

1:47.2

British Petroleum.

1:49.2

The oil firms achieved their corporate stranglehold by imposing a severe form of contract called

1:55.8

a production-sharing agreement, or PSA.

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