The two clips below share a frightening insight into the exploitation, profiteering and control of water. The key issue at stake is whether we determine water to be a ‘need’, or a ‘right’. The former understanding labels water as a ‘good’ (product, commodity) that can be privatised and ‘managed’ for profit, the latter a basic right that should be denied no one, and kept in the public domain for the greater good of all.
The Looming Global Water Crisis

The Looming Global Water Crisis
(via www.celsias.com)
Submitted by Celsias on Wed, 2007-08-29 20:43. | Tags: politics | globalisation | globalization | water