Category: Community Blog
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United Nations Campaign Launch
On the occasion of the United Nations Social Justice Day (February 20th), ICJB has launched our United Nations Campaign. The Bhopal gas disaster has reached its 30th year, and has gotten significantly worse for the affected communities. We ask: (1) Why has the United Nations been…
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Bhopal activists highlight ongoing plight of survivors, hold protest at Dow Chemical headquarters – May 2013
This past May, ICJB-NA Advisory Board Member Caitlyn Schuchhardt and a group of students and alumni from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, geared up to protest outside of Dow Chemical’s annual shareholder meeting in Midland, Michigan. Students Shanna Krogh, Taylor Huwe, Katie Miller, and alumna Megan John joined Caitlyn on a 16-hour road trip to…
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Bhopal occupies the world: 27 years of campaigning for justice
By Swapna Kollu, ICJB Boston December 3rd, 2011 marked 27 years since the night of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, which has since continued to escalate due to corporate negligence and government-bending by Union Carbide and its owner, Dow Chemicals. 2011 was also the year that Dow put another feather in its marketing cap by being…
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"Beat the bitches with lathis"Police brutally beat old ladies with cudgels
Mullo Bai, 65, gas affected and her mother Jamvati, 82 I left my house with my mother and 18 other women from my neighbourhood to be part of the rail roko. At 11:00 am we all reached Barkhedi crossing. We sat on the tracks for almost an hour and there were thousands of people all…
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What is the value of an Indian life?
Do you know how much the US corporation had to pay to its victims in Bhopal? Can you guess? First look at what was paid in other disasters: * In the Mangalore air disaster, compensation extended to an offer of employment for one family member No one will forget the horror of September 11,…
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Fair and adequate compensation
According to figures published by the Indian government’s apex medical research organization, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), at least 20,000 people had died by 2009 from injuries caused by the gas leak. ICMR’s research shows also that between 1984 and 1989 there were 3,500 spontaneous abortions as a result of gas exposure. These…
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Rail Roko (Stop the trains) December 3, 2011
Enquiries and updates: justiceinbhopal@yahoo.co.in We are stopping trains to: 1. Get adequate compensation from Union Carbide Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company. 2. What we have got is too little and it has not had any deterrent impact on the corporation. 3. This is because the government sold us out in 1989 and let the corporation walk away. 4. Last…
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Government of India says it will reply in 10 days
3-November-2011 The representatives of five survivors organizations met with the Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals on Fertilizers. The Ministry of Chemicals is the nodal ministry on all issues concerning the disaster and this official is nominated by the Government of India for negotiations with the survivors. The meeting was focused on Government of India revising figures…
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2011 Bhopal Conference
Register for the 7th Annual North American Bhopal Conference! WHEN: Saturday October 15 & Sunday October 16, 2011 (with social event Friday evening)WHERE: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Register Now! Early Bird Registration: Register by September 21nd and the fee is $35 for professionals and $20 for students.Registration Deadline: Everyone must register by October 10!…
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Listen to 4 powerful stories from Bhopal
Sep 2011: Dr. Satinath Sarangi has been honored with Man of the Year 2010 Award by The Week Magazine. Satinath Sarangi has kept the Bhopal gas tragedy unforgotten in the past 26 years and remains the primary contact for those who are concerned about the victims. Sathyu (Satinath) has championed the cause of Bhopal…
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Sound of Struggle: A classical concert for Bhopal by Pavitra Kumar (Piano) & Frank Graves (Violin) // Sept 17th // Killian Hall, MIT
On September 17th Pavitra Kumar and Frank Graves will play a classical concert in support of the Bhopal survivors and campaigners for justice.
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January 22nd, 2007: “We all live in Bhopal” – a talk by Rachna Dhingra
Rachna Dhingra is working in Bhopal with survivors from the world's worst industrial disaster – the gas leak from Union Carbide's plant that has killed 20,000 people since 1984 and impacted over 200,000 people. A compassionate, determined and resourceful woman, Rachna moved to Bhopal from Ann Arbor in January 2003. Since then, she has immersed…
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Past Actions
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007: Protest at Dow-sponsored "Blue Planet Run" On June 3rd, the non-profit organization "Blue Planet Run" held an event in Boston Common as the participating long-distance runners were arriving in Boston. The blue planet run goes across 16 countries and covers 15200 miles in 95 days. At each stop, the organization holds…
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Dispatches from the Supreme Court – Day 5
Blog from Shalini Sharma, Phd Candidate at SOAS who is currently on fieldwork in India studying the media experience and strategies of Bhopal Movement. 27-04-2011, DAY 5 Today was a busy day inside the court. The discussion in last few days revolved around the scope of a curative, its ground and whether by admitting a…