Author: Rox Carter
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On 30th Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Disaster, Cambridge (MA) City Council adopts Policy Order to divest from DOW stocks
The Council members of the City of Cambridge Mass. (USA) unanimously adopted a Policy Order on Mon Nov 24 2014 initiated by the office of Councilor Nadeem Mazen. The Order, among other things, asks the City Manager to “confer with the Board of the Cambridge Retirement System to determine if they hold Dow stocks and…
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पत्रकार वार्ता – 20 नवम्बर 2014
20 नवम्बर 2014 दिसम्बर 84 के भोपाल में यूनियन कार्बाइड हादसे के पीड़ितों के पाँच संगठनों ने आज एक पत्रकार वार्ता में नई दिल्ली में उनके हाल के आंदोलन में ऐतिहासिक जीत हासिल करना का दावा किया। संगठनों ने कहा कि उन्हें यह उम्मीद है की केंद्रीय मंत्री और अधिकारियों के साथ हुई चर्चा के…
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Bhopal Gas Victims claim historical victory due to their agitation in Delhi
November 20th, 2014 At a Press Conference today, five organizations of survivors of the December ’84 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal claimed historic victory in their recent protest at New Delhi. They said that the Minister of Chemical & Fertilizers had agreed to both their demands on additional compensation for the disaster. The organizations said…
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CALL TO ACTION: Public Eye Awards – Please vote for Dow Chemical
The Public Eye Awards are an event held every year since 2000 to counter the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year, Dow Chemical is one of the companies nominated for public “naming and shaming.” Voting begins November 19. Please click this link http://publiceye.ch/ and vote for DOW Chemical.
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VOTE FOR ICJB TO WIN A BENNY Award FROM Corporate Ethics International!
We’ve been nominated for a BENNY Award by Corporate Ethics International! Please vote for the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal at this link: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/43105750757960
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Bhopal Survivors historical victory; Government to revise disaster related figures
Press Release 15 November 2014 Survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal ended their protest at Jantar Mantar last evening after assurance by the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of meeting their demands. Five women survivors and their supporter broke their water-less fast on the fourth day with sips of water offered by Joint…
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20 eminent Delhiites visit the five women survivors on indefinite waterless fast
November 12, 2014 20 eminent Delhiites today visited five women survivors of the Union Carbide gas disaster and their supporter who are on the second day of their water-less fast and spoke in support of their protest at Jantar Mantar. They also called upon the Prime Minister and the Minister of Chemicals to resolve the…
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AWARENESS SELFIE ACTION
AWARENESS SELFIE 2-MINUTE ACTION WHAT * Send a selfie to Dow Chemical on twitter WHY * Put pressure on Dow to clean up Bhopal * Act in Solidarity with Bhopalis HOW 1) Write any message of solidarity on a piece of paper. Be as creative as you like! 2) Take your selfie holding up your…
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Hindustan Times: Bhopal court asks Dow to explain Union Carbide’s absence from trial
Survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy may have failed to bring Warren Anderson, the prime accused in the fatal accident to justice, but they have managed to get Dow Chemicals to face trial in a Bhopal court. The US-based Dow Chemicals, which took over Union Carbide Corp (UCC) in 2001, has been summoned by…
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Five women survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal fasting in New Delhi
November 11, 2014 Five women survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal fasting in New Delhi since yesterday stopped taking water at noon today. One thousand survivors of the disaster, mostly women, continued their dharna for the second day without a word from officials of the government. The five women survivors, Premlata, Vishnu Bai,…
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“We are dying anyway – this way at least my death will make a difference” – Kamla Bai Airhwar, Indefiniate Waterless Faster Speaks
“Mother of 4 sons is considered blessed but because of the disaster I have a cursed life. I want to tell the government that we are dying anyway – this way at least my death will make a difference. I am not afraid – if I was not afraid when the poison clouds hit me,…
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“Our neighbourhood was among the worst hit by the poisonous gas from Union Carbide.” – Indefinate Faster Kasturi Bai Speaks
“Our neighbourhood was among the worst hit by the poisonous gas from Union Carbide. Yet 91 % of residents in our neighbourhood have been categorized as only temporarily injured by the government. I am happy to be doing something to correct this terrible wrong.” Kasturi ran through the poison clouds along with her children on…