On AlterNet: privatization
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "privatization"
Jay Walljasper, OnTheCommons.org. February 20, 2009.
Privatization is steadily undermining the things we all depend upon -- libraries, transit, parks, water systems, schools and public safety.
National Radio ProjectJanuary 29, 2009.
Here's a look at communities in the U.S. that are rising up against the private control of water.
Frank R. Rijsberman, Boston Review. January 21, 2009.
So, is the planet drying up? Not exactly, but a growing number of people are sharing a fixed amount of water that is badly managed and polluted.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
See how Obama and McCain compare on eight water issues from privatization to pollution.
Food & Water WatchOctober 16, 2008.
Another community joins the growing list of those fighting to defend their water against bottling companies.
David Bollier, OnTheCommons.org. September 9, 2008.
The New York Times has jumped aboard the corporate cheering squad for the privatization of America's bridges and roads.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. September 6, 2008.
If spending continues at the current rate, the U.S. will have spent 100 billion dollars on military contractors in Iraq by the end of the year.
Mark Engler, Nation Books. September 1, 2008.
All over the world, alternative approaches to capitalist greed are bubbling up from the grassroots.
Dan Graeber, Iraq Oil Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 7, 2008.
The Gentleman from Ohio does the right thing, again.
Julio Godoy, IPS News. June 30, 2008.
Paris is the latest city to take action to put water back into public hands, and they may be part of a new trend.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 24, 2008.
A new resolution from leading U.S. mayors shows that more cities may be ditching the bottled stuff in favor of tap.
Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.
Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.
Max Keiser, Huffington Post. June 16, 2008.
These two diminishing resources have a common cause for their disappearance: a broken neo-classic capitalist system.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. June 9, 2008.
The notorious mercenary company now offers spy "services" to Fortune 500 companies, for the right price.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 4, 2008.
Author Elizabeth Royte talks about problems with bottled water, the safety of tap, concerns with drugs in the water and whether filters really work.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 24, 2008.
A conversation about privatized war with John Cusack, producer of the new film, War, Inc., and Blackwater author Jeremy Scahill.
Olivier Hoedeman, Orsan Senalp, Corporate Europe Observatory. April 23, 2008.
The water privatization fever is hitting Turkey, just a year before the country will host the World Water Forum.
Emily Udell, In These Times. January 28, 2008.
Is it right that people are trying to make money off taking care of our most vulnerable population?
Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch. January 18, 2008.
Steven Cambone, an advocate of torture who was briefly sought for war crimes by German prosecutors, is raking it in.
Naomi Klein, The Nation. November 3, 2007.
With disaster services being privatized, the rich are buying their way out of catastrophe.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. September 18, 2007.
Bill Clinton has written a new book about charity, a "fitting subject" for a president who betrayed the poor and led his party into the arms of corporate America.
Naomi Klein, Henry Holt. September 14, 2007.
This excerpt from Naomi Klein's controversial new book, "The Shock Doctrine," explains how the U.S. set about to destroy the Iraqi national psyche and then push through a disastrous privatization of its economy.
Terrence McNally, AlterNet. September 4, 2007.
Johnathan Cohn, author of SICK, discusses why the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee access to medical care as a right of citizenship.
Doug Pibel, YES! Magazine. August 30, 2007.
The dumping of waste and the mining of resources by large corporations are bleeding communities dry.
Christopher Brauchli, The Human Race and Other Sports. August 14, 2007.
Can out-sourced tax collection survive the Democrat-controlled Congress?