Dow’s had a good year. In 2005, Dow enjoyed revenues of $46 billion and profits – profits alone, mind you – of $4.5 billion (yes that’s with a ‘b’). 2005 was so much better than 2004, when Dow earned only $2.8 billion in profit. Cry yourself a river. But Dow is nice, Dow is sweet; [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz January 31, 2006 PRESS STATEMENT 150 survivors of the December ’84 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal will march on foot to New Delhi from February 20, 2006 demanding justice and a life [...]
Our previous story tells of how Babulal Gaur, the erstwhile Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal) – ignored a Supreme Court order to provide clean water for communities whose wells have been poisoned by Union Carbide’s factory, – broke his promise to local women that he would supply clean water, – and is now proposing [...]
The report below appeared in today’s Hindustan Times newspapers. In May 2004, getting on for two years ago the Indian Supreme Court ordered the government of Madhya Pradesh to supply clean safe drinking water to communities in Bhopal, some 20,000 people, whose wells were poisoned by chemicals leaking from the abandoned Union Carbide factory. The [...]
Students and Activism Reflections invites you to a talk on Students and Activism by Ryan Bodanyi on Sunday(15th Jan) at 7:30 pm. Turn up if you want to know what really is activism, what are activists like and how it is relevant to student life. Venue: MBA – 2 classroom, DOMS. (the new management department [...]
The following account of the strike’s collapse appeared in today’s Hindustan Times THE AGITATING staff of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre today called off their one month and nine day old strike almost unconditionally. The staff reportedly agreed to apply afresh individually and also sign on the regret letter as the BMHRC management [...]
The only picture we can find of Judge Keenan Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action Bhopal ki Aawaaz January 12, 2006 Press Statement Organizations of survivors today celebrated a favourable decision from Judge John F Keenan of the District Court in [...]
Diane Wilson, activist and author of An Unreasonable Woman, is serving 150 days in a Texas jail for a misdemeanor trespassing charge. The charge stems from a political action at a Dow Chemical facility in her hometown of Seadrift, TX, in 2002, when Wilson climbed a tower at the plant and hung a banner reading [...]
On December 3rd, the 21st anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Diane visited Anderson’s winter estate in Vero Beach, Florida. This is her account of the trip (some names have been changed to protect the innocent): The plush estate Sheila and I were in Vero Beach for two days checking out Warren’s place on Catalina Court. [...]
