Truth to Power

When Steven Donziger secured a landmark 9.5 billion dollar judgment against Chevron on behalf of over 30,000 Indigenous and farming communities in Ecuador's Amazon, Chevron hit back with a 60 billion dollar lawsuit, his disbarment, and nearly 1,000 days of detention.

The Amazon Chernobyl case became a global symbol, drawing support from 68 Nobel Prize winners and 34 members of Congress. In this mainstage interview, Donziger unpacks how corporations use legal systems to silence critics, what it takes to survive persecution, and what can be done with it.

Introduction by Ida Engberg. Hosted by Aurelie Boffe.