water

Belfast anti-water charges picket forces recruitment cancellation

xConorx — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:45:19 +0000

Echo would collect on behalf of the new water company Northern Ireland Water Ltd.

Secretary of the We Won't Pay Campaign Gary Mulcahy speaking at the protest today warned Echo that today's protest was the first of many to target it's headquarters on Upper Queen St in Belfast.

Phiri water struggles, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:18:02 +0000

Short article about a water struggle in 2004 in South Africa.

Water struggles in Mpumalanga

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:08:41 +0000

An article about struggle over water supplies Mpumalanga , South Africa.

Water struggles in South Africa

Steven. — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:07:25 +0000

An article on struggles over water supplies in South Africa since 2000

1993-1996: The Dublin fight against water charges

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:16:19 +0000

Winning the water war

Hydro-jihad: water conflict and the class struggle

libcom — Sat, 20 May 2006 23:08:08 +0000

"To the man who refuses his surplus water, Allah will say: 'Today, I refuse thee my favor, just as thou refused the surplus of something that thou hadst not made thyself."

Water torture - Privatisation leaves us high and dry

Steven. — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:33:41 +0000

Corporations have to splash out billions every year to persuade us to buy unneeded crap. But no such problems exist when they have a grip on more essential, life-sustaining, natural resources, like water. You don’t need to fork out millions for flashy PR men and mount big dollar advertising splashes to flog H2O. Who has to persuade us to use water? They’ve got us over a barrel on that one.

UK: Water meters may be forced on millions

Freedom — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:33:41 +0000

Sound similar to the news stories every year around this time? Well not quite.

1989-2001 UK water privatisation

libcom — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:08:49 +0000

UK Water privatisation - a briefing

February 2001

NI: Water privatisation delayed until 2007

Steven. — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:19:28 +0000

Ineptitude, opposition and a desire to dissipate growing resistance may all play their part in the further delay.

The most damaging aspect of this announcement is that it becomes harder to focus attention on the issue and build effective resistance.