WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

product, then we can predict that our essential resources and public
assets will increasingly come under attack. That is why we have to
find ways to protect the commons and our natural resources, as well
as to sustain them and control them democratically. Otherwise they
might easily end up as part of the bankrupt’s estate in the international
gambling casinos. At present here in Germany – and almost completely
unnoticed by the public at large – lakes and forests are being sold off
by the BVVG, one of the Federal Republic of Germany’s executive
organisations. Lakes are being auctioned off for a handful of cents
per square metre in order to generate income. But what are the few
million euros gained by such sales when billions are being squandered
on bankrupt financial institutions These vast sums of money, which
would be enough to alleviate hunger and poverty in our world, are
benefitting the banks in particular. So much for our government’s
priorities!
“We are not only responsible for the things we do,
but also for the things we allow to happen without
taking action.”
Lao Tse, Chinese philosopher who lived around the 6th century B.C.
The financial crisis and the billions of euros handed out as gifts will
inevitably lead to fiercer assaults on our public assets and resources.
In order to prevent this happening, it is absolutely crucial that we
remunicipalise those resources already privatised and take them back
under genuine democratic control.
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