Hosed: Big water is starting to look like big oil
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A brief discussion regarding the privatization of water supply whether to be done or not is presented. Supporters argue that public utilities in developing countries cannot always provide access to clean water while opponents of water privatization feel that clean water is a basic human right and should not be commodified by money-minded multinationals.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
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Beyond romance
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Nine types of intimacy in the everyday life that goes beyond romance are described. These include coffee-shop connections, circle of friends, co-worker confidants, bumper-sticker bonding, the new homosociality, the mother-nanny relationship, animal kinship, object relations, cyber fan clubs.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2004
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Learning from the right
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Van Jones is an activist who admires the ability of conservatives to reach everyday people. Jones says the right has been doing a good job of building up their mass-media capabilities, their capacity to mobilize and their grassroots organizations.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2003
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