WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

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Many of the events described here are highly topical. Dedicated environmental protection groups are currently trying to stop the construction of the Ilisu Dam in Eastern Turkey because ancient places of cultural interest would be flooded as a result and more than 50,000 families would be forced to leave their homes. Syria and Iraq, as neighbouring states on the River Tigris, would literally have their water supplies cut off. Equally topical is the contamination of drinking water supplies by radioactive substances or waste from nuclear reactors. As I write, the status of the former German salt mine Asse II, near Wolfenbüttel, which houses 125,000 corroding metal barrels containing low-level and medium-level radioactive waste, is in the process of being “redefined”. Originally a research project, it is now being wrongfully and illegally used as a permanent disposal site for nuclear waste. These facts have gone largely unnoticed by the general public. For a long time now, we have been given repeated assurances that there are no safety risks involved. Every day, however, around 12,000 litres of water find their way into the mine, so we have to assume that radioactive substances are going to get into the ground water sooner or later. This turn of events leaves me both speechless and angry, but it also makes me want to intervene. My impression is that those responsible are neither able to recognise the full extent of the situation nor are they able to respond to it in a sensible way. This is why I feel the need to point out possible solutions and, above all, to raise questions about civil rights and the democratic voice of the people in matters of consequence, e.g. with regard to the holding of national or local referenda, which would allow the public to actively influence political events and put an end to such complete and utter madness. I can well imagine dark clouds gathering in the reader’s mind as he or she digests some parts of this book, allowing a feeling of powerlessness to set in. It is not my intention, however, to portray these problems in the style of investigative journalism or in the way disasters are reported in the media. My detailed analysis should rather serve to contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the situation, to provide alternative solutions and to encourage people to become actively involved. 15
There are numerous examples to prove that alternative solutions can be found and put into practice. In the Netherlands and in Uruguay, water privatisation has since been prohibited; in towns such as Potsdam and Grenoble or in Cochabamba (Bolivia), famous for its so-called “water wars”, water supplies have been returned to local authority control. Many other heartening success stories could be told here. Water is synonymous with life – and at this moment in time, when the water on our planet is in such grave danger, it is as dependent on our courage to act as we are on its life-giving qualities for our survival. “What we now need is not fearlessness with regard to our own personal safety, but rather perseverance in day-to-day matters. The courage that life demands of us is this: to keep on fighting in the face of apparent hopelessness.” Plinio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian activist and President Lula’s former fellow party member 16
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS 1 FOREWORD__13 2 THE FINAN
Page 7 and 8: 9 THE NEOLIBERAL CONSPIRACY -THE RO
Page 9 and 10: 14 USEFUL WEBLINKS WITH COMMENTS__2
Page 11: With this in mind, I have made a de
Page 15 and 16: solely from its trade in derivative
Page 17 and 18: THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER 3 We citizen
Page 19 and 20: y Alexander the Great whilst cleani
Page 21 and 22: several hundred metres, because loc
Page 23 and 24: aim is to spread. Genetically-engin
Page 25 and 26: well aware of this fact, of course,
Page 27 and 28: 3.5 The Climate Change - Pretext fo
Page 29 and 30: main building and some of them were
Page 31 and 32: take into account those positive re
Page 33 and 34: 4.2 The Philippines - Manila and th
Page 35 and 36: “Reconstruction Programme”, an
Page 37 and 38: to halt the construction of the can
Page 39 and 40: transparency and public participati
Page 41 and 42: and irrigated for sugar cane planta
Page 43 and 44: At the present moment in time, i.e.
Page 45 and 46: Excavators dig out a new river bed
Page 47 and 48: Protests in Sobradinho in December
Page 49 and 50: The sociocultural damage which the
Page 51 and 52: ut also on the country’s cultural
Page 53 and 54: organisations to its cause, so that
Page 55 and 56: the architect of the scheme, Voith-
Page 57 and 58: 4.8 Indonesia - Water Suppliers Dan
Page 59 and 60: not been delivered. In practice, ho
Page 61 and 62: ased on water rights the company ac
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their position - between the IMF, t
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WARS FOR WATER IN BOLIVIA 5 Evo Mor
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companies. Chile used the revenues
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the contract with Suez/Aguas del Il
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The institutions named here seem to
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country”. In reality, it has devi
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The GTZ, in consultation with the D
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5.3 From the Struggle for Water to
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just who is in greater need of deve
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who oppose President Evo Morales’
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philosophy that forms the foundatio
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A CITY’S MAD PRIVATISATION SPREE
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today - that Stuttgart’s water su
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6.2 The Strategy of Insidious Priva
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2004, these deals were finally decl
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thus became the 100 per-cent owner
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1.) Water belongs to the public. -
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liberalised because different suppl
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there can be no real democracy - is
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In October 2004, the Water Forum br
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Turning these into private monopoli
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not need to be reintroduced but the
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“Bread for the World” and other
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CROSS BORDER LEASING - FICTITIOUS D
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of the transaction volume and the b
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and 2003 - in other words, to almos
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A protective human chain encircles
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(not to mention a national bankrupt
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to build a bridge in the grounds of
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arrangement, these corporations, wh
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partner offered to rescind the cont
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• When CBL deals are in the proce
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HOW POLITICS, THE BUSINESS WORLD AN
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with one another. Under the motto
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eal beneficiaries of this “develo
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manner, as a great number of exampl
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who, as early as 1903, developed th
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epresents the Federal Republic of G
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e successfully continued - which is
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who have the necessary instruments
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these interests continue to assert
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organisations,48 all of which have
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in January 1995 (see page 156). At
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9.7 The GATS Agreement The General
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poses a minimum of restriction and
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existence today, WIPO has dwindled
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modified canola, which is why Monsa
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the then French Foreign Minister, R
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This document of ratification will
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- which has meanwhile lost its “s
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sents the interests of the business
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associations which play no role at
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and international level and in the
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unspectacular title Public-Private
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even further into the financial aby
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get into the sewage disposal market
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1996 onwards, which resulted in the
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means. Matters concerning the gener
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that it would not have to pay back
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same goals and striving to heighten
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electricity and gas supplies as wel
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the hammer and the community of Wan
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comes to around €50,000, money wh
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10.11 The Anti-Privatisation Networ
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The industrial nations continue to
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EWG set the limiting value at 50mg
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The production of fertilisers is in
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are also poisoning our drinking wat
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11.5 A Century of Industry - A Cent
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Brunswick against the Minister for
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11.7 Nuclear Weapons - Radioactive
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uranium enrichment, manufacturing t
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to its destination. Every single on
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Worldwide, there are 40,000 huge da
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are released, a greenhouse effect i
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12.1 Problems and the Search for Po
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lines. His high-tech “separation
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The council has no choice but to se
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the resultant financial damage - e.
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water in order to increase the sale
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In the Netherlands, a water act was
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As far as the pollution and contami
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13.6 Foreign Aid Programmes - Who A
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set in such a way as to relieve peo
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13.9 Alternative Methods of Supplyi
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USEFUL WEBLINKS WITH COMMENTS 14 14
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Center for Corporate Policy Non-pro
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sustainable manner and public, rath
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Inside the Bottle Project initiated
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Peoples Health Movement w w w . p h
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Shiva, Vandana Physicist, environme
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Water Privatization (Wikipedia) w w
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The Ecologist UK-based monthly maga
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Undercurrents Alternative news and
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decentralised water treatment, usua
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14.5 Useful Websites in German Arbe
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Stuttgarter Wasserforum is a citize
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evenue amounting to US$31∙4 billi
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which has aquired a number of water
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was charged with bribery and fined
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and gas to more than 30 million cus
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Suez Environnement Suez Environneme
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the firm announced a 31% rise in pr
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15.2 Water-Bottling Giants Coca Col
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PepsiCo Company PepsiCo Incorporate
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BusinessEurope After the ERT, this
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ERT European Round Table of Industr
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International Financial Services, L
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) One of
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WWC World Water Council Think tank
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H2O up for Sale - The Privatisation
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The Never Never Water By Alessandra
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fashionable panacea is privatisatio
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The series tells the dramatic story
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Cohen, Saul The Geopolitics of Isra
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Hinz-Karadeniz, Heidi und Rainer St
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Lenglet, Roger and Jean-Luc Touly L
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Pearce, Fred WATER - The Defining C
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Roy, Arundhati The Shape of the Bea
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von Arnim, Hans Herbert Das Europa-
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ANA Agência Nacional de Águas Bra
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BT Bacterium Thuringiensis Bacteriu
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the votes cast and establishes that
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ECB European Central Bank One of th
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EU Constitution Treaty establishing
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GMO Genetically-Modified Organism (
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IHK Industrie- und Handelskammer (G
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MSR Multistakeholder Review Study i
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covering the area to the east of th
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y the Bolivian government in the co
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SWAMP Sustainable Water Area Manage
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WSF World Social Forum Drafted as a
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UN-INSTRAW United Nations Internati
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Criminal Courts ICJ International C
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NOTES 18 1. UN prognosis of 2008; s
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23. Recommendations for resolutions
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in 2002 contains around 2,600 pages
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61. The lawyer John Roberts, presid
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19 The list of peo
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 20 Jens Loewe live
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