water
Hands off our water!
Resistance to water privatization
A range of European and Majority World activist organizations used World Water Day (22 March) to register their resistance to the European Commission’s continuing efforts to include water as part of free trade talks with governments of the Global South. They point out that ‘experiences in Bolivia, Guyana and Tanzania and elsewhere demonstrate that privately operated water services do not bring the necessary investment or efficiency gains to deliver affordable water to the urban poor’. They demand an end to private profiteering in water and the necessary public investment to provide for this basic need.
- www.worldwaterday.eu
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
