The Corporate Coup D'État
2018A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the insights of experts with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the Midwest where the steel industry once flourished, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate. It is here where Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters.
Acted in
Chris Hedges
as Self - Journalist
Cornel West
as Self - Philosopher
John Ralston Saul
as Self - Philosopher
Lee Fang
as Self - 'The Intercept' Journalist
Philip Martin
as Self - WGBH Radio Presenter
Sarah Jaffe
as Self - Writer and Journalist
Anna Para
as Self - Housewife, Youngstown, Ohio
Bill Almashy
as Self - Unemployed Steel Worker
Bill Mullane
as Self - Former School Director
Chris Almashy
as Self - Inhabitant of Youngstown, Ohio
Christopher Hunger
as Self - Inhabitant of Camden, New Jersey
Daniel E. Moore
as Self - Former Steel Worker
Darryl Parker
as Self - Inhabitant of Warren, Ohio
David Betras
as Self - Mahoning County Democratic Party
Delton Adams
as Self - Soup Kitchen Volunteer
Denise King
as Self - Soup Kitchen Cook
Doris Layfield
as Self - Delphi's Ex-Employee, Youngstown, Ohio
Frances Townsend
as Self - MacAndrews & Forbes Vice President
Gar Alperovitz
as Self - Economist and Historian
George Huncik
as Self - Inhabitant of Youngstown, Ohio
Harry Wollett
as Self - Ex-Policeman, Youngstown, Ohio
Jim Himes
as Self - Democrat Representative
Jim Novicky
as Self - Ex-Trucker
Joe White
as Self - Inhabitant of Camden, New Jersey
John Delaney
as Self - Democrat Representative
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
as Self - Royal Oaks Bar Owner, Youngstown, Ohio
John Para
as Self - Ex-Installer, Youngstown, Ohio
Karen Talarico
as Self - Soup Kitchen Manager
Larry Mayfield
as Self - Former Railway Worker, Youngstown, Ohio
Mary Whisenant
as Self - Inhabitant of Camden, New Jersey
Matt Taibbi
as Self - 'Rolling Stone' Journalist
Maude Barlow
as Self - Writer and Activist
Pramila Jayapal
as Self - Democrat Representative
Richard Logan
as Self - Inhabitant of Youngstown, Ohio
Ron Verb
as Self - 570 WKBN Radio Presenter
Siddiq Salahuddin
as Self - Small Village Property, Youngstown, Ohio
Tracy Winbrush
as Self - Mahoning County Electoral Committee
Antonin Scalia
as Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)
James Michael Roche
as Self - General Motors CEO (archive footage)
Joe Atkins
as Self - Minnesota Democrat (archive footage)
Kevin O'Leary
as Self - Businessman (archive footage)
Ralph Nader
as Self - Lawyer and Consumer Advocate (archive footage)
Steve Gottwalt
as Self - Minnesota Republican (archive footage)
Barack Obama
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald Trump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hillary Clinton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
