Corporate Power & Human Rights—Community Resistance and Social Movements

Harvard FAS

How do the seemingly most marginalized take on the most powerful corporations in the world and win? In this seminar, we will delve into this question and what drives community resistance and social movements in the face of frequently daunting odds. We will zero in on community resistance in its many forms when confronting abusive corporations and authoritarian governments often supporting them.Through case studies involving natural gas in Myanmar, gold mining in Papua New Guinea, and…