Razia Bee's testimony is one person's account of what happened when toxic gases leaked from Union Carbide's chemical factory near Bhopal, in India, on 3 December 1984. Around 3,000 people died in the days following the leak, with many tens of thousands more suffering ill effects.
Campaigners estimate that as many as 20,000 people ultimately died from exposure to the poisonous gases. The company, now part of Dow Chemical, has been bitterly criticised for making woefully inadequate compensation payments.
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
Essay: Political organisation in transition Hilary Wainwright opens the new year ambitiously! She discusses how to transform the state and why radical politicians find it so difficult to maintain their radical momentum once in parliament or the council chamber. How could this change?
If they can do it, we can too – cleaners get organised Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes report on cleaners’ success organising against poverty pay
Workfare comes to the classroom While academies have drawn the headlines, the government’s new ‘studio schools’ are making children work for corporate sponsors. Alex Diaz reports
February 15, 2003: The day the world said no to war Phyllis Bennis argues that while the day of mass protest did not stop the war, it did change history
Egypt: The revolution is alive Just before the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, Emma Hughes spoke to Ola Shahba, an activist who has spent 15 years organising in Egypt
Workfare: a policy on the brink Warren Clark explains how the success of the campaign against workfare has put the policy’s future in doubt
Tenant troubles The past year has seen the beginnings of a vibrant private tenants’ movement emerging. Christine Haigh reports
Co-operating with cuts in Lambeth Isabelle Koksal reports on how Lambeth’s ‘co-operative council’ is riding roughshod over co-operative principles in its drive for sell-offs and cuts in local services
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