Hi Risa, Here's part of an excerpt from a longer article on AlterNet from the "Thirst" bunch - same ones who made the movie.
-- Kate* * *Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water* * By Tara Lohan <http://www.alternet.org/authors/8104/>, AlterNet <http://www.alternet.org>. Posted April 25, 2007 <http://www.alternet.org/ts/archives/?date%5BF%5D=04&date%5BY%5D=2007&date%5Bd%5D=25&act=Go/> * *http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50994/?page=1 * [Excerpt] Even if you don't live somewhere under threat at the moment, there is something for everyone to do. We can work to create a trust for drinking water and wastewater; to drop conditions in federal funding that favor privatizing water resources; to block water corporations from obtaining access to public funding through tax-exempt private activity bonds; and to promote strong public management of water resources. Or you can work to support organizations like Corporate Accountability International <http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/cms/index.cfm?group_id=1000>, Food and Water Watch <http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water>, Sierra Club <http://www.sierraclub.org/committees/cac/water/> and others who are organizing around the issue. "There has to be preemption -- companies come in secretly and people don't know there are negotiations going on, and communities that are organizing are coming from behind," said Snitow. "If there is more consciousness about this and more mayors know that their political lives are going to be spent fighting this issue, then I think fewer and fewer of them are going to say this not the way for me to leave my mark on the city. They'll choose something else. I think there is a lot of potential for victories, for changing the water policy in this country and it won't be a minute too soon, given what's going to be happening with global warming." Taking a stand against corporate control of water means believing that some things, like the lifeblood of our communities, should not be for sale. "Whether clean and safe water will remain accessible to all, affordable and sustainable into the future, depends on us," write Snitow, Kaufman and Fox. "The stakes could not be higher. The outcome will surely be a measure of democracy in the 21st century." Source: *http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/50994/?page=3* _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
