Tag: students
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Jairam Ramesh gets a roasting from TISS students in Mumbai
Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment and Forests, visited the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai on 28 June, 2010 to deliver an address. Students had planned to hold a silent protest outside the auditorium, but the Director dissuaded them, and offered a meeting with the Minister. Between 30 and 40 students attended the…
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Henna for Bhopal at University of Washington
You are invited to view Arvind & Janani’s photo album: Henna for Bhopal Raghav Kaushik writes: Here are the photos from the booth we held at the UW street fair yesterday and the day before. We have raised a little more than $800. If we include matching contributions, it will in my estimate add around…
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Students call for University of California to sever links with Dow
In another manifestation of what has become the largest students campaign against Dow since the Vietnam War, students at the University of California called for the university to divest from Dow and refuse further donations. Among the reasons given were the unresolved Bhopal liabilities of Dow’s 100%-owned subsidiary Union Carbide, which is officially “an absconder…
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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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36 years on, outraged students again unite against Dow
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…