Tag: 20th Anniversary
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Declaration from Students for Bhopal: In the 20th Year of the Bhopal Disaster, A Joint Declaration To Fight For Justice
The following Student Declaration to Dow was issued on May 5th, 2005, and was presented to Dow at their annual Shareholder Meeting. See press release here. In the 20th Year of the Bhopal Disaster, A Joint Declaration To Fight For Justice To The Dow Chemical Company We are outraged. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 3rd,…
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Press Release: STUDENTS AT 60 SCHOOLS VOW TO FIGHT DOW
Click here for text of declaration. CONTACT: Ryan Bodanyi, Students for Bhopal, (401) 829-6192 STUDENTS AT 60 SCHOOLS VOW TO FIGHT DOW Threaten Divestment, Protests Over Bhopal Contamination Today students and organizations from more than 60 colleges, high schools and universities worldwide released a Student Declaration to Dow, vowing to press their schools to divest and…
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Students at 60 colleges on five continents demand justice for Bhopal
NEW MASS STUDENT MOVEMENT BUILDING AGAINST DOW CHEMICAL: LARGEST SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR Students from more than 60 colleges, universities, and high schools worldwide have organized events this week to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, and to demand that Dow Chemical resolve its legal and moral responsibilities for the “Hiroshima of the…
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Amnesty slams Dow
Amnesty International today released its report, “Clouds of Injustice” and called on Dow Chemical Company to ensure that Union Carbide Corporation • effectively and promptly decontaminates the Bhopal factory site, cleans up the groundwater and removes the stockpiles of toxic and hazardous substances left by the company when they abandoned the site; • cooperates fully…
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Congressman Frank Pallone’s bill on Bhopal passes to House International Relations Committee
Congressman Frank Pallone’s bill calls for Congress to recognise the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster and express commitment to work with the Government of India and others to ensure that Union Carbide provides environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected area and is held responsible for its actions. The full text can be found…
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Pallone slams Dow in Congress
Congressman Frank Pallone Jr or New Jersey has introduced a bill #503 to the US House of Representatives, calling for Congress to recognise the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster and express commitment to work with the Government of India and others to ensure that Union Carbide provides environmental and medical rehabilitation of the affected…
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UN Urged To Help Rehabilitate Bhopal
The Bhopal delegation visited the United Nations today to urge the organisation to end its “20-year long discriminatory stand” by intervening in Bhopal’s continuing humanitarian disaster. “UN agencies such as WHO, ILO and UNICEF remain silent as people continue to die at the rate of one a day, and babies are born with birth defects.…
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Chomsky joins 340 other academics in signing Bhopal petition
Professor Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a man many consider to be the Einstein of linguistics but perhaps best known for his outspoken opposition to American imperialism and foreign policy, has joined hundreds of other professors, scholars, and faculty members from around the world in signing the Faculty Petition for Justice in…
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Members of Congress tell Dow, Face Up to Your Bhopal Liabilities
WASHINGTON D.C. TUESDAY 22 JULY Eighteen members of Congress have sent a letter to Dow Chairman William Stavropoulos demanding that his company assume liability for the wrongdoings of Union Carbide (its 100% subsidiary) in Bhopal. The Congresspersons, led by Representatives Frank Pallone and Dennis Kucinich are demanding that Dow provide medical rehabilitation and economic reparations…
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Global hunger strike begins
Bapuji, if you could see the terrible things that are being done to the poor, we know that you would be fasting beside us. WASHINGTON DC, 12 MAY. Watched by the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, the three hunger strikers today marked the end of their personal fast by…