Cult Expert Dr Steven Hassan
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Corporate Cults? How Big Oil Silences Climate Change Activists
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April 18, 2026
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1:04:25Now PlayingBig Oil, corporate power, climate denial, and legal warfare… what happens when one man takes on a multibillion-dollar fossil fuel giant and WINS? And what does it reveal about disinformation, coercion, and corporations behaving like high-control cults?
Dr. Steven Hassan hosts environmental lawyer and human rights advocate Steven Donziger for an important and timely livestream examining how corporate influence, climate change denial, and legal intimidation intersect in one of the most explosive and controversial environmental cases in history.
Donziger helped Indigenous peoples in Ecuador secure a multibillion-dollar judgment against Texaco for massive pollution of the Amazon Rainforest, Chevron later bought Texaco. What followed was a relentless corporate counteroffensive: decades of litigation, Donziger’s disbarment, and nearly 1,000 days of detention. These actions were condemned by the United Nations and Amnesty International, widely viewed as a corporate retaliation campaign designed to send a message to silence activists worldwide with Donziger as the unfortunate example of what would happen if anyone threatened to oppose them.
In this urgent conversation, Dr. Hassan applies his expertise in media control, propaganda, and coercion to explore a provocative question: can corporations function like cults? From narrative control to threats and intimidation of critics, this discussion will unpack how powerful corporations & institutions shape belief, suppress dissent, and maintain dominance especially around climate change. Climate activists are getting threatened to stop their acts of civil disobedience to protest the poisoning of our planet.
As climate crises intensify, disinformation campaigns and denialism continue to delay action, protect profits, and put livelihoods at risk globally. Donziger’s case offers a rare inside look at what happens when individuals challenge entrenched systems of power and what it takes to resist.
Together, they will explore questions including:
- How Donziger won one of the largest environmental judgments in history—and what happened next
- Whether fossil fuel corporations use tactics similar to cults to control narratives and silence opposition
- The role of climate change denial and disinformation campaigns in protecting corporate interests
- How legal systems can be weaponized against activists (SLAPP suits and beyond)
- Why environmental defenders are increasingly targeted and what that means for democracy
- How powerful entities weaponize disinformation and propaganda
- Strategies individuals can use to fight back and resist
📅 Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM Eastern | 1:00 PM Pacific Time
🔴 LIVE: Join us LIVE! Audience questions will be taken in real time.
#StevenDonziger #StevenHassan #Chevron #Texaco #ClimateChange #ClimateDenial #BigOil #EnvironmentalJustice #CorporatePower #Disinformation #UndueInfluence #SLAPP #HumanRights #AmazonRainforest #CultDynamics #FightBack
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