Showing posts with label public water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public water. Show all posts
Saturday, 13 August 2022

Why public ownership is key: private water and the problems of sewage pollution and leaks.

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Britain’s private water companies are yet again in the news. After reports on high and regular discharge of raw sewage into the country’s ri...
Saturday, 30 November 2019

Public Water for the Many

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While Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to turn the current general elections into a contest over Brexit, it is Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour...
Sunday, 24 March 2019

Wellsprings of resistance – struggles over water in Europe

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The question of who controls water and for what purpose makes water inherently political. Whether it’s water sources, water production su...
Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Privatising Water as an Effective Route Towards Development?

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In June 2010, the UN declared safe access to ‘clean drinking water and sanitation’ a human right. For many this highlighted the importanc...
Monday, 30 July 2018

Holding on – The public water company Acqua Bene Comune in Naples.

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In the ongoing struggles over public water in Italy, it is the municipality of Naples and its water company Acqua Bene Comune (ABC), whic...
Thursday, 28 June 2018

Privatisation by stealth: ongoing struggles for public water in Italy.

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On 12 and 13 June 2011, the Italian Water Movements Forum secured a clear victory in the referendum against water privatisation. More th...
Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Greece under the Troika: colonialism and resistance in the 21st century - the struggle for public water.

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When in May 2014 98 per cent of Thessaloniki’s citizens voted against the privatisation of their municipal water company EYATH and the Gr...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

‘We shall strike, we shall fight, water is a human right!’ Defending public water in Ireland.

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When the Irish government decided in 2013 first to establish the company Irish Water and then introduce water charges for users in order ...
Monday, 25 September 2017

Resisting water privatisation in Greece and Portugal

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In response to the Eurozone crisis, austerity and restructuring has been imposed on the European Union’s (EU) peripheral member states in...