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Water Rights
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryBlue Gold: The battle against corporate theft of the world's water  Barlow, Maude; Clarke, Tony Book 2002 International tensions around water are rising in many of the world's most volatile regions.This book exposes the enormity of the problem, the dangers of the proposed solution and the alternative, whi... Blue Gold: World Water Wars Bozzo, Sam (director); Barlow, Maude; Clarke, Tony (writers) Film/Video 2008 A documentary, based on the book Blue Gold, by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, which examines environmental and political implications of the planet's dwindling water supply, and posits that wars in the... Citizens Mobilize Against Corporate Water Grabs: A Human Right, Not a Commodity Collier, Victoria Article 2015 New Jersey became the latest state to subvert democracy by authorizing the fast-track sale or lease of water utilities without public notice, comment, or approval. The controversial decision highlight... Citizens worldwide mobilize against corporate water grabs Collier, Victoria Article 2015 The US and other governments are pushing a failed model of water privatization, but water is a human right, not just a commodity to be traded for profit or monopolized by corporations. Citizens and co... The Cochabamba Water War of 2000 in 2014: Today's Betrayers Will Not Erase Our Memory Olivera, Oscar Article 2014 Today's betrayers will not erase our memory: Fourteen years ago we won, today it seems like we lost, but we have to rise again to win, and we already know how to do it. From April 4 to 14 in the year ... Connexions Digest: Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Library: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Water Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on water, rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, rivers, oceans, marine life. Farmers vs Coca-Cola in Water Wars Article 2009 As India faces its worst drought in four decades, a dispute over water resources between farmers in the Kala Dera area of western Rajasthan state and a Coca-Cola bottling plant located there has sharp... For the Reconstitution of the Movements from Below: Autonomy and Independence: A Reflection almost Ten Years After the Water War Olivera, Oscar Article 2009 Within the grassroots there are mixed feelings of dissatisfaction, sadness and anger. The demand of re-appropriating the commons and natural resources like gas, petrol, minerals and water has fundamen... The History Behind the Organizer of the Water War: Oscar Olivera remembers how the Bolivian people took back their land and their power Blanc, Chen Article 2013 Many know Oscar Olivera as the voice and the organizer of the water war in Cochabamba in 2000. Others remember his experience as a factory worker. How Israel Uses Water as a Weapon of War Baroud, Ramzy Article 2016 Entire communities in the West Bank either have no access to water or have had their water supply reduced almost by half. This alarming development has been taking place for weeks, since Israel’s nati... Is Israel an Apartheid State?: Rhetoric or Reality? Summary of a Legal Study by the Human Sciences Research council of South Africa Article 2010 Do Israel's practices in occupied Palestinian territory, namely the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, amount to the crimes of colonialism and apartheid under international law? Nestlé: Malevolent Corporation Capitalizes on Global Water Crisis Barlow, Maude Article 2012 Demand for water is outstripping supply at an accelerating rate. Nestlé’s goal is to shift government policy away from providing public municipal water supplies to people, and toward a dependency on b... Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid?: A re-assessment of Israel's practicies in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law The Middle East Project, Democracy and Governance Program Article 2009 A study of the Israel-Palestine situation from the standpoint of international law. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 13, 2014: Libertarian Socialism Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 The topic of the week is Libertarian Socialism. Articles on no-state solutions in Kurdistan; right-wing dirty tricks used to attack labour and environmental groups; scientists unravelling the risks of... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 27, 2014: Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 The theme for this issue, and the topic of the week, is Climate Change. Groups and websites engaged in the fight for action on global warming and climate justice are featured. Book of the week is Magd... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015: SYRIZA Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This week we're featuring the 40-point program which SYRIZA, the Greek coalition of the radical left, put forward to win the Greek election. Oliver Tickell writes about the mass media's latest campaig... Palestine's 'Prayer for Rain': How Israel Uses Water as a Weapon of War Baroud, Ramzy Article 2016 Israel has been 'waging a water war' against Palestinians, according to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah. The irony is that the water provided by "Mekorot' is actually Palestinian ... Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West Worster, Donald Book 1992 A history of the agribusinessmen and engineers who financed and built the system of damns, reservoirs, and canals which transformed the American West from a sparsely inhabited dry region to the site o... Tear Down the Dam; Restore the Commons: Temacapulin Fights for Its Survival Moss, Daniel Article 2010 Over 47,000 large dams around the world have displaced some 40,000,000 people. The World Bank has invested more than $60 billion in 600 dams. Think California's drought is bad? Try Palestine's Shakir, Laith Article 2015 While Israelis water their lawns, irrigate crops and swim in Olympic-sized pools, Palestinian communities a few kilometers away face drought and water scarcity issues. Their roughly equal proximity to... Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Chomsky, Noam; edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel Book 2001 In a series of enlightening and wide-ranging discussions, all published here for the first time, Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades, covering topics from foreign polic... 'Water man of India' makes rivers flow again Krishnan, Pramila Article 2015 The revival of traditional rainwater harvesting has restored flow to rivers in India's driest state, Rajasthan - thanks to the tireless efforts of Rajendra Singh, recent winner of a Stockholm water pr... Water War in Bolivia: Against The Current vol. 117 Hearse, Phil Article 2005 ¡Cochabamba! is a window on the potential for liberation, and on the strategic challenges, of our times. Oscar Olivera, one of the key leaders of the struggle, and Tom Lewis, a member of the editorial... We are everywhere: The irresistable rise of global anticapitalism Notes from Nowhere Collective Book 2003 Global voices presenting alternative visions of democracy.
We Must Support Detroit's Fight for the Right to Water Wedes, Justin Article 2014 Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wa... When Water is a Commodity Instead of a Human Right: The Agony of Detroit Dolack, Pete Article 2014 The shutoff of water to thousands of Detroit residents, the proposed privatization of the water system and the diversion of the system’s revenue to banks are possible because the most basic human requ... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryChina and India 'water grab' dams put ecology of Himalayas in danger Vidal, John 2013 More than 400 hydroelectric schemes are planned in the mountain region, which could be a disaster for the environment. |
