The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Reversing the Tide: Cities and Countries Are Rebelling Against Water Privatization, and Winning
From movements in Bolivia and Uruguay to voter rebellions in Nigeria, Holland, Italy, France and Ireland, citizens worldwide are demanding the return of their water to public hands.
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Justice Must Flow: Economic Democracy and the Water Commons
The water crisis has nothing to do with the actual availability of water – the culprit is local communities’ inability to control their wealth, their common resources and their institutions of lending and credit.
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People Mobilize Against Corporate Water Grabs From New Jersey to Detroit to Portland
New Jersey became the latest state to subvert democracy by authorizing the fast-track sale or lease of water utilities without public notice, comment or approval.
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Will New Federal Law Lead to Privatization of U.S. City Water Systems?
Much of America’s drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs attention, but critics worry that a new funding bill could be a pipeline to government-subsidized privatization.