The new opiate of the masses
Boris KagarlitskyIf the new law recently passed by the State Duma goes into force, it will deliver a big blow to the Russian culture, education and public health.read more
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Saul Landau Nelson Valdes Instead of Pentagon fighting healtcare for the lion's share of US budget, introducing a National Defense Medicare bill, lodged inside the Pentagon budget, would assume health...
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Yawning nuclear void
Praful BidwaiThe Mayapuri cobalt-60 episode shows Delhi University scientists were reprehensible and proves again that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is too inept, unreliable and compromised to...
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Creating a Nation of Poor, Sick and Ignorant
Boris KagarlitskyA new bill has been passed in Russia that will extensively roll back Government funding of education, the arts and social services - by introducing per capita financing - that will...
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Revenge of the Deficit-Haters
Death and Taxes Saul LandauIronically, the loudest complainers about paying taxes become the most eloquent advocates of spending more on the military.read more
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Controlling People Through Language
Boris KagarlitskyMarket reforms have given rise to new revisions of the language, and all personal activities are now expressed in terms of buying and selling.read more
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The resistible rise of corporate power
Hilary WainwrightThe massive concentration and growth of corporate power poses a major threat to what remains of public services, highlighting the ever-deepening crisis of democracy, and the urgent...
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Public Community Partnerships in Peru and Uruguay
Philipp Terhorst talks to Alicia Araujo, Luis Isarra and Adriana Marquisio from the Platform for Public Community Partnerships of the Americas Water JusticeCitizen struggles for public water in Peru...
View ArticleThe Way Forward - Voices from the Global Water Operator Partnership Alliance
MultimediaSorry, you need to install flash to see this content.GWOPA brings together public water operators, trade unions, workers and civil society on a platform to discuss, learn and develop model...
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Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 2 Satoko KishimotoHow an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.read more
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Fighting corruption with the Water TAP plus A
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 3 Satoko KishimotoUsing research, workshops and local user's committies to help tackle corruption in the governance of private and public utilities - a...
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Pro-poor water management: community participation and ownership
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 4 Satoko Kishimoto‘Pro-poor urban water provision’ was a big theme at World Water Week in Stockholm this year. But what is pro-poor water provision, in...
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Japan’s role in global water: big choice ahead
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 5 Satoko KishimotoJapanese water companies should avoid investing in for-profit water service ventures abroad, and should focus on non-profit,...
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600.000 new water connections due to Asian WOPs
Water Justice report from World Water Week Day 6 Satoko KishimotoStockholm Water Week included a whole day of seminars with a regional focus and I opted to attend 'Eye on Asia: Partnerships for Water:...
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