Defend the Global Commons
Food & Water Watch’s international activist magazine provides news updates from water struggles from around the world and communities defending the right to water.
Defendamos los Bienes Comunes • À la Défense du Patrimoine Commun • Defenda o Bem Comum Global
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December 2007
Read about: The effect of the international flower industry on Lake Naivasha; Blue October 2007; the right to water referendum in the Amazon; and much more.
December 2007: English | Diciembre 2007: Espanol
Archives
English: Defend the Global Commons
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October 2007
Read about: Protecting America’s water; Citizens in Córdoba, Argentina win water referendum; Mass support for water rights in Italy; and much more.
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June 2007
Read about: The first U.S. Social Forum meets in Atlanta; Prepaid water meters in South Africa; Bolivia stands up to the World Bank; and much more.
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March 2007
Read about: Norway pulls support from World Bank Privatization Fund; Colombian citizens seek Constitutional amendment on water rights; American Water going public; and much more.
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October 2006
Read about: the Peruvian water mafia; South Africans define the right to water; Tanzanians work to stop Biwater’s unjustified claims; new evidence in the case against Suez in La Paz; and much more.
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March 2006
Read about: colonization of water rights on Guam; Ghana’s water privatization and cronyism; Biwater files claim in Tanzania; and much more.
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August 2005
Read about: major gains in the Coca-Cola campaign in India; Puerto Rico - guinea pig for water privatization; Suez prepares to bring legal action against Bolivia in World Bank Court; and much more.
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January 2005
Read about: the struggle to protect Ghanaian Water as a common good; South Africa policies challenge the constitutional right to water; citizens organize against Aguas de Barcelona in Saltillo; and much more.
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July 2004
Read about: Soyapango women fight for public, quality drinking water; prepaid water meters in Phiri, Soweto; conflict keeps supplies scarce and polluted in Palestine; and much more.
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January 2004
Read about: the dispute over private water in Manila; protecting public rivers from the corporate grab-bag; bottled water; and much more. -
August 2003
Read about: water wars in Spain and the recolonization of the Americas; water privatization in French West Africa; World Bank pushes water privatization on Mexico; and much more.
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January 2003
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August 2002
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February 2002
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