Archive for December, 2003

Satire confirmed dead: a Bhopal.net feature

Dec 18, 2003 No Comments by

Regular readers of bhopal.net might be under the impression that the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal generally stands for things like environmental justice, solidarity with abused and downtrodden people, respect for the sanctity of human life and such like. Dow, though touchingly numbered among our most regular readers, appear to see things differently. A [...]

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Stuck in a hole? Dow can help dig it deeper.

Dec 16, 2003 No Comments by

Let’s face it, if you happen to be an international fugitive looking for shelter, you’re going to need help. When the chips were really down for Saddam Hussein, he turned to Dow, renowned experts in the art of concealing fugitives such as Union Carbide. So revealed the UK’s Daily Mirror yesterday, who, in a description [...]

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Dow under global siege on December 3rd

Dec 04, 2003 No Comments by

More than 65 events in 16 countries marked the first Global day of Action Against Corporate Crime in commemoration of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster. Members of unions, students, grassroots organisations, politicians, NGOs, individuals and Bhopal survivors were amongst the people taking part yesterday. Directors of Dow and regional headquarters have been confronted by [...]

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The Day Dow Dared Not Answer The Door

Dec 03, 2003 No Comments

DECEMBER 3, 2003 Pants on Fire’ Stavropoulos, who wouldn’t come to the door even though the Midland chief of police was there to protect him “The callousness, anger, irritation and most evident the fear – fear of four very ordinary people with a just cause – was evident in member Ringler’s action.” A Bhopal supporter [...]

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Dec 3rd is 'No Pesticides Day': PAN calls for Paraquat ban

Dec 03, 2003 No Comments

STOP Paraquat! On the occasion of global “No Pesticides Use Day” this December 3, the international Pesticide Action Network (PAN) calls for the global ban and phase out of the production and use of paraquat, one of the most dangerous and controversial herbicides in the world. The international Pesticide Action-Network launched December 3 as the [...]

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The invisible war waged against us all

Dec 03, 2003 No Comments

“The (chemical) industry has avoided any serious restrictions on its chemicals for nearly twenty years. During this time lapse, we have continued to learn more about the dark side of the chemical revolution. We have learned that today we all carry the chemical industry’s toxic products in our bodies. Every man, women and child in [...]

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Dec 3rd, 2003: the day Dow dared not answer the door

Dec 03, 2003 No Comments

“The callousness, anger, irritation and most evident the fear – fear of four very ordinary people with a just cause – was evident in member Ringler’s action.” A Bhopal supporter from Milwaukee describes her brief encounter – on the night of Dec 3, 2003 – with Dow board member James M Ringler, who did at [...]

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Poetry, songs and new resolve usher in the 20th year after 'that night'

Dec 03, 2003 No Comments

BHOPAL, DECEMBER 3, 2003. — At a night-long vigil outside the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the 19th anniversary of the disaster, survivors resolved to channel the global groundswell of public opinion in their favour to force the Government of India and the perpetrator of the disaster, Dow-Carbide, to address the pending liabilities in [...]

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Tell Dow to face Bhopal now

Dec 02, 2003 No Comments

Union members and academics from all over the world can now lend their names to the fight to make The Dow Chemical Company accept its liabilities in Bhopal by signing our online petitions. By submitting your name you’ll not only help to make it impossible for Dow to continue with its intransigence towards Bhopal, you’ll [...]

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