One bite and you'll be hooked "One of our region's better tittle dining secrets." — Danny Raskin *** Detroit Free Press nal pathology, the filmmakers offer a formidable case history of corporate criminality and abuse of power ranging from IBM's aforementioned business dealings with the Nazis to the creation of prison-like sweatshops in the devel- oping world, from a list of 42 violations of the law between 1990 and 2001 by General Electric to marketing schemes that are based — literally — on encour- aging children to nag their parents more effectively, and make a startling and frequently hilarious case for an essential psychopathy at the heart of this profit-driven institution. Like a psychopath, the corporation is oblivious to the needs of others, feels no guilt or remorse, is driven entirely by self-interest, making it amoral, callous and deceitful. But it can mimic such basic human feelings as empathy and altruism, even if it is incapable of feel- ing them. And like a psychopath, the corporation leaves disaster in its wake in the-form of exploited workers, a poi- soned environment and rampant crimi- nal activities. Intriguingly, Bakan says that his Jewish upbringing is an integral part of what led him into a career as a legal big-garrie hunter stalking the corporate predator. "My Jewish background was crucial to this kind of work and to the intellec- tual work I do," he said. "My grandpar- ents worked in the garment industry in Manhattan and were very involved in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and very concerned about issues of exploitation. They were also very religious, very observant, and they were schooled in the Jewish tradi- tion that emphasizes the good that you are supposed to do here on Earth, in your own lifetime. They were very concerned about deeds now, not in the afterlife, and very concerned with trying to ensure that there is a connection between law and justice. I think all of that percolates in my mind and soul and causes me to have a skeptical view of power." He also asserts that the sequences of The Corporation that retell the story of IBM's relationship with the Nazis are treated very passionately" for that rea- son. "I'm sure non-Jewish filmmakers would have included a similar story, but I think the passion we brought to it had a lot to do with our backgrounds," he said. Perhaps his Jewish background informed another key sequence of the film and the book, although he may not have been aware of it. One of the most uplifting stories told in The Corporation concerns the insidious pri- vatization of local water systems in the developing world. The film shows how local organizers in Cochabamba, Bolivia, were able, after a long and cost- ly struggle, to seize back control of their water from the Bechtel Corporation, which was even charging them for water from their own wells and rainwa- ter. Watching that extraordinary story play out in the final hour of the film, one is reminded that the single qc't in the Torah that distinguished Isaac as his father's son and true heir to the Covenant with God was that he re- opened the wells that the Philistines had covered over. Anyone who views this excellent film and reads Professor Bakan's book will feel a desperate need to dig a few wells of his own. 0 A Sampling of Our New Menu Items... 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