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Bernie Sanders : ' Future Wars May be Fought for Water ' (Original Post) Bernie93 May 2016 OP
The WTO wants countries to privatize water so it can be taken to satisfy national debts. Baobab May 2016 #1
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Baobab

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1. The WTO wants countries to privatize water so it can be taken to satisfy national debts.
Sat May 21, 2016, 10:45 PM
May 2016

The Clinton Foundation also is heavily pushing water privatization around the world.

https://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/press-statement/clinton%E2%80%99s-corporate-water-initiative-contrary-development-aims

Also, this has a history- Despite repeated failures, many water privatizations having been been unmitigated disasters but still the US State department, the WTO and EU persist in trying to force countries to privatize water. electricity, and other services through trade agreements both past and now pending.

http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/sites/default/files/resources/shutting_the_spigot_on_private_water_corporateaccountabilityinternational.pdf

This is a report on the many successful remunicipalizations!

https://www.tni.org/en/publication/our-public-water-future

https://www.tni.org/files/download/ourpublicwaterfuture-1.pdf

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