Published onApr 3, 2012byImaginari Pacem
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"...In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, "This is our revolution, this is our war". A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?..."
Malcolm McDowell
Ric Davidge
Andres Barreda Marin
Danielle Mitterrand
Oscar Olivera
Jim Olson
Tony Clarke
Maude Barlow
Octavio Rosas Lando
Eduardo Hernando Halez
Robert Glennon
Ryan Schwebach
Michael Kravcik
Vandana Shiva
Peter Warshall
Helen Sarakinos
Wenonah Hauter
Kyang Hae Lee
Clair Muller
Oliver Hoedmann
Raymond Aurillier
Harry Ott
Daniel Vermeer
Wangari Maathai (Dr. Wangari Muta Maathi)
Jack Simes
Jon Steinhaus
Terry Swier
Chris Swier
Peggy Schwebach
Al-Hassan Adam
Virginia Setshed
Ryan Hreljac
Nancy Prest
George Morara Ugendi
Dr. Rosinha
Nelton Friedrich
Merle H. Jensen
Howard Dearborn
Noah Cottrell
