On AlterNet: world water forum
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Jeff Conant, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.
If we learned anything from the World Water Forum it should be that the privatization model has failed and a grassroots movement is needed.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 23, 2009.
Activists slammed the event as a non-inclusive, corporate-driven fraud and called for a more open, democratic and transparent forum.
Ann Kathrin Schneider, International Rivers AlterNet: Water. March 21, 2009.
Payal and I traveled to the World Water Forum in Istanbul to inform the world about the risks of building large dams.
Yigal Schleifer, Christian Science Monitor. March 20, 2009.
A growing movement thinks so. But at a water conference in Turkey, officials voice concern about implementing such a right.
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch AlterNet: Water. March 19, 2009.
It's unbelievable to think that over 20,000 people traveled thousands of miles to hear shortsighted corporate spin.
Jeff Conant, AlterNet. March 18, 2009.
Behind the public posture as a trade expo and an educational forum for water advocates lies a labyrinth of political intrigue and corporate cronyism.
Meera Karunananthan, Council of Canadians. March 18, 2009.
It's a perfect statement about the World Water Forum's agenda serving the rich and powerful while the poor are denied access to water.
Jeff Conant, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.
A block of southern governments led by Uruguay is building support for an alternative, legitimate forum to be led by the United Nations.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. March 17, 2009.
Activists against privatization plans at the forum were met with police aggression.
Mark Hays, Corporate Accountability International. March 16, 2009.
Initiatives like the CEO Water Mandate allow corporations, not elected officials, to exert greater influence and control over global water policy.
Hilmi Toros, IPS News. March 16, 2009.
The fifth World Water Forum has just kicked off and pressure groups are ready to make sure private companies don't hijack public control.
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.
