The Heavy and Unsustainable Price of Chile's Privatized Water

Daniel Gallagher The Guardian
Promoted by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the Chilean model for the commodification of water has changed the way water is valued and managed globally. But with water availability to Chile’s capital predicted to fall 40% by 2070, Chileans are demanding the government prioritize human and ecological needs over profit and scrap the neoliberal scheme that began with the privatization of the nation’s water under the Pinochet dictatorship.

Friday Nite Videos -- September 23, 2016

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Reverend Barber: We Need To See The Video. Jordan Klepper Finds Conspiracy Theories Thrive at a Trump Rally. Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf. The Trump Taj Mahal Is Closing: Did It Make Atlantic City Great? Movie: Command and Control.

Reverend Barber: We Need To See The Video

Reverend Dr. William Barber, President of the North Carolina state chapter of the NAACP, talks about the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott and the unrest that has followed in Charlotte.

Movie: Command and Control

A chilling, Dr. Strangelovian nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in September, 1980. A deadly accident – a falling socket puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile  – leads Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders to work feverishly to prevent a calamitous explosion. 

The Left Underestimates the Danger of Trump

Arun Gupta The Anarres Project
This election is a choice between two movements. Movements like Black Lives Matter, Climate Justice, low-wage workers, and immigrant rights. Or Neo-Nazis, the Klan, and the Alt-Right backed by a Trump administration.