The fight for water as a human right

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A scene from the Sacred Stone Camp, started in April to protect the Standing Rock Sioux’s water from the Dackota Access Pipeline, which threatens the water of over 17 million people downstream from contamination by fracked oil. PHOTO/BRETT JELINEK

 
These stories show the struggle for clean, safe, running water across the country. Water is a basic human right. The struggle for water is posed against a corporate government and new laws that have as their goal the privatization of all that remains public. The only solution is public ownership of water and distribution of water to all who need it. This is a fight to take over the corporations before they take over all of America. – The People’s Tribune
Articles from the print edition:
Flint Water Crisis: Why I voted for Jill Stein

Flint Water Crisis: Why I voted for Jill Stein


Standing Rock, 24 Hours, 2400 miles, 600 words

Standing Rock, 24 Hours, 2400 miles, 600 words


Global anti-poverty and pro-humanity activists present to the Vatican

Global anti-poverty and pro-humanity activists present to the Vatican


California water: a human right or private property?

California water: a human right or private property?


The struggle to protect Appalachians from poisonous water and air pollution

The struggle to protect Appalachians from poisonous water and air pollution


Legalizing civil disobedience to stop fracking wastewater project

Legalizing civil disobedience to stop fracking wastewater project


 
 

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