Tag: 19th Anniversary

  • Students for Bhopal Targets Dow’s Decision-Makers

    —

    by

    Adrian
    in

    By Ryan Bodanyi Over the past three years, students have made it difficult for Dow’s decision-makers to ignore Bhopal, much as they might like to. In fact our efforts have shown how much power even a few students can have when they bring Bhopal ‘home’ to Dow. In Mr. Parker’s Neighborhood  On Bhopal’s 18th anniversary,…

  • Dow under global siege on December 3rd

    —

    by

    Admin
    in

    More than 65 events in 16 countries marked the first Global day of Action Against Corporate Crime in commemoration of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster. Members of unions, students, grassroots organisations, politicians, NGOs, individuals and Bhopal survivors were amongst the people taking part yesterday. Directors of Dow and regional headquarters have been confronted by…

  • The invisible war waged against us all

    —

    by

    Admin
    in

    “The (chemical) industry has avoided any serious restrictions on its chemicals for nearly twenty years. During this time lapse, we have continued to learn more about the dark side of the chemical revolution. We have learned that today we all carry the chemical industry’s toxic products in our bodies. Every man, women and child in…

  • 36 years on, outraged students again unite against Dow

    —

    by

    Admin
    in

    Reviving memories of the fierce Vietnam War protests at universities in the 1960’s, students at 20 colleges across the United States are once again organizing against Dow, this time united in their demand that Dow accept its moral and legal responsibilities in Bhopal. They’ve banded together to form Students for Bhopal, a national network that…