The "Seven Sisters" was Big Oil--the cartel of corporations that came to own almost all the oil in the Middle East. They gained this treasure by hook and by crook, in violation of the law, with help from corrupt monarchs abroad and the U.S. government, armed forces, and CIA.
We adapt to radio a new documentary. This week, Part 1 takes us from the founding of the cartel in 1928 (by Standard Oil, Shell, and BP) to the creation of OPEC in 1960.
Introduction by K.D. (See "Notes" for more info.)
Previously broadcast in May 2013 (NWN #273).
"New World Notes" is produced under the auspices (Latin for "bad influence") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
Of note this week: The story of how BP came to own all of the oil in Iran -- and how, in 1953, Iran's parliament tried to regain control of the country's oil -- and how the United States government responded by overthrowing Iran's democratic government and installing the Shah as dictator of Iran. (We then gave Iran's oil to US-based oil companies, not back to BP.)
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download the Broadcast Quality version of this installment (but not the medium-fidelity version) also from The Internet Archive. Here is their Program Information page for New World Notes 273: https://archive.org/details/NewWorldNotes273-ThesevenSistersAndTheOilOfTheMiddleEastpart
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