Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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India's Dam-Building Boom Fuels Water Wars Between Pakistan and Afghanistan
As India finances a series of dams along the Kabul River, aiding its neighbor Afghanistan, Pakistan considers the move part of an Indian conspiracy against the increasingly water- and food-stressed nation.
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Rebel Cities 7: Water Wars for the Human Right to Water in Athens and Beyond
In Greece, which has faced austerity-on-steroids since 2010, privatization and asset stripping have driven the story as cities fight to preserve their water systems from corporate takeover.
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California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping?
It’s no longer just the farmers against the ranchers or the urbanites – it’s the people against the new “water barons” like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Monsanto and the Bush family, who are buying up global water at unprecedented pace.
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Drought Dystopia: Are We Seeing the Prelude to the California Water Wars?
California is the only U.S. state that doesn't monitor groundwater thanks to the political clout wielded by corporate farming – but that may be changing as the drought creates sharp new divisions.
