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Baobab

(4,667 posts) Thu Apr 21, 2016, 01:43 AM Apr 2016

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People are reversing privatization and taking the people's water back- saying no to neoliberalism.

Water remunicipalization is gaining strength

https://www.tni.org/en/article/the-hidden-citizens-revolution-for-public-water

https://www.tni.org/en/blog/overcoming-challenge-right-water-asia

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People are reversing privatization and taking the people's water back- saying no to neoliberalism. (Original Post) Baobab Apr 2016 OP

Water and health care are too important, too vital to life to leave to private interests. JDPriestly Apr 2016 #1

This ^^^ Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #2

+1,000,000,000 n/t TIME TO PANIC Apr 2016 #3

We need to take back ALL the Commons... ReRe Apr 2016 #4

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

1. Water and health care are too important, too vital to life to leave to private interests.

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 02:11 AM

Apr 2016

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)

2. This ^^^

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 02:19 AM

Apr 2016

Essential services should not be left to the vagaries of the market.

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)

3. +1,000,000,000 n/t

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 03:21 AM

Apr 2016

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

4. We need to take back ALL the Commons...

Reply to Baobab (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 03:39 AM

Apr 2016

Period.

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