Robin Broad, John Cavanagh

The Water Defenders (eBook, ePUB)

How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country's main water source In a time when countless communities are resisting powerful corporations-from Flint, Michigan, to the Standing Rock Reservation, to Didipio, Philippines, to the Gualcarque River in Honduras--The Water Defenders presents the inspirational story of a community that took on Big Gold at seemingly insurmountable odds and won two historic victories. In the early 2000s, many people in El Salvador were at first excited by the prospect of jobs, progress, and prosperity that the Pacific Rim mining company promised. However, farmer Vidalina Morales and brothers Marcelo and Miguel Rivera soon discovered that the river system that supplies water to the majority of Salvadorans was in danger of catastrophic contamination. With a group of unlikely allies, both local and global, they committed to stop the corporation and the destruction of their home. Based on over a decade of research and their own role as international allies of the community groups in El Salvador, Robin Broad and John Cavanagh unspool this untold story, replete with corporate greed; a transnational lawsuit at a secretive World Bank tribunal in Washington, DC; violent threats; murders; and, surprisingly, victory. The husband-and-wife duo immerses the reader in the lives of the Salvadoran villagers, the journeys of the local activists who sought the truth about the effects of gold mining on the environment, and the behind-the-scenes maneuverings of the corporate mining executives. The Water Defenders demands that we examine our assumptions about progress and prosperity, while providing valuable lessons for other communities and allies fighting against destructive corporations in the United States and across the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807029053
• Artikelnr.: 59756448

Autorenporträt

Robin Broad is an expert in international development and was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship for her work surrounding mining in El Salvador, as well as two previous MacArthur fellowships. A professor at American University, she served as an international economist in the US Treasury Department, in the US Congress, and at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Broad and her husband, John Cavanagh, have been involved in the Salvadoran gold mining saga since 2009. They helped build the network of international allies that spearheaded the global fight against mining in El Salvador. They have co-authored several previous books together. John Cavanagh is director of the Washington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies, an organization that collaborates with the Poor People's Campaign and other dynamic social movements to turn ideas into action for peace, justice, and the environment. Previously, he worked with the United Nations to research corporate power. Cavanagh and his wife, Robin Broad, have been involved in the Salvadoran gold mining saga since 2009. They helped build the network of international allies that spearheaded the global fight against mining in El Salvador. They have coauthored several previous books together.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
White Men in Suits (2002–2004)
CHAPTER 2
A New Pact with the Devil (2005)
CHAPTER 3
State of Siege (2006–2008)
CHAPTER 4
Local Terror, Global Extortion (2009)
CHAPTER 5
With a Fat Cat and Sun Tzu, the Resistance Goes Global (2010–2015)
CHAPTER 6
Judgment Day at the Kangaroo Court: “El Salvador Always Loses” (2016)
CHAPTER 7
Decision Time: Water for Life or Water for Gold? (2017)
EPILOGUE
The Vote Heard Around the World . . . but Who Killed Marcelo?
Acknowledgments
Sources