دانلود کتاب Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water

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THIRST......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
The 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto......Page 11
Filming a Movement......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Chapter 1: Water: Commodity or Human Right?......Page 19
A Limited and Defining Resource......Page 21
Public Water in the United States......Page 22
The Players......Page 25
Public vs. Private......Page 28
Strategies of Corporate Control......Page 32
Communities Take Action......Page 34
Unexpected Coalitions......Page 37
Landscape of Battle......Page 39
Battles for Water in the West......Page 41
Chapter 2: Hardball vs. the High Road......Page 43
The Front Line of the California Water Wars......Page 44
Round One: “Let Us Vote”......Page 51
Round Two: The Referendum......Page 57
Round Three: Into the Courts......Page 62
The Results......Page 63
Chapter 3: Small-Town Surprise for a Corporate Water Giant......Page 67
Eminent Domain......Page 70
Rate Shock......Page 72
A Damaging Leak......Page 76
Eyes on the Prize......Page 78
Scandals in the South......Page 81
Chapter 4: The Price of Incompetence......Page 83
A Decaying Infrastructure......Page 84
Privatization and Its Discontents......Page 87
United Water Takes Charge......Page 93
Problems Pile Up......Page 96
A Changing of the Guard......Page 98
Campbell Redux......Page 100
Unfinished Business......Page 102
Chapter 5: The Hundred-Year War......Page 103
Bluegrass FLOW and the Case Against Kentucky American......Page 108
The Corporate Campaign......Page 114
Playing Politics......Page 117
Taking It to the Voters......Page 120
The Bombshell......Page 123
New England Skirmishes......Page 127
Chapter 6: Keeping the Companies at Bay......Page 129
Veolia Comes to Town......Page 131
The Opposition Grows......Page 134
The Showdown......Page 137
Chapter 7: Cooking the Numbers......Page 143
Questions Emerge......Page 145
Holyoke Citizens for Open Government......Page 150
The Conflict Escalates......Page 153
Will the Voters Decide?......Page 155
Corporate Target......Page 159
Bottling Nature......Page 161
The Defenders......Page 164
Perrier Arrives......Page 165
“We’re Going to Be Destroyed”......Page 169
Strategic Differences: Legal Contests and Public Pressure......Page 172
Chapter 9: To Quench a Thirst......Page 185
The Battle for the Great Lakes......Page 186
The Unlikely Activist......Page 188
Nestlé on the Offensive......Page 190
“Whose Water Is It?”......Page 194
Reinforcements Arrive......Page 198
Pumping Begins......Page 200
Justice......Page 205
Chapter 10: Whose Water, Whose World Is It?......Page 213
The Learning Curve......Page 217
Corporate Initiatives......Page 219
A Return to Public Stewardship......Page 220
The 4th World Water Forum, Mexico City......Page 224
Notes......Page 229
Resources......Page 287
Index......Page 291
The Authors......Page 305