Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe – first reviews

My book Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe (Zed Books, 2021) was published one year ago. From the successful referendum against water privatization in Italy, via the European Citizens’ Initiative on ‘Water and Sanitation are a Human Right’, to the struggles against water privatization in Greece and water charges in Ireland, I demonstrate why water has been a fruitful arena for resistance against neoliberal restructuring.

Since the publication, several reviews have been published, all available on the internet. This blog post brings them together.

Put Out More Flags! The Platinum Jubilee and the long arm of history.

70 years on the throne are truly remarkable. Unsurprisingly, people up and down the country poured into the streets to celebrate the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II over four days from 2 to 5 June. Houses were decorated with Union Jacks and red-white-blue bunting, thousands of street parties organised across the country. While many of my left-wing British friends fled in horror either abroad or to some hidden place in the countryside to escape it all, I happily stayed back and joined in. After all, what can possibly be wrong with neighbourhoods coming together and celebrating jointly? This was not the moment to engage in critical discussions about unelected Heads of State or the virtues of Republics, I thought. It should not take long, however, before the darker undersides revealed themselves.