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Bhopal: An Ongoing Tragedy, 25 years later
This week was the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster. And, 25 years later, the disaster continues.
On Dec. 2nd and 3rd, 1984, the criminal negligence killed some 20,000 people and left over 100,000 affected. And corporate America, responsible for this disaster, has done almost nothing to clean up the mess and take responsibility in the past 25 years.
From an article on BBC News this last week:
In Bhopal no-one uses the term "accident" to describe the calamity that took place here in the early hours of 3 December 1984.
For "accident" implies blamelessness. And in Bhopal the hunger for justice among those who suffered seems undiminished.
Those who survived remember the terrible randomness of it.
Eyewitnesses saw a dense cloud of poisonous gas settle on the slum areas that crowded the Union Carbide pesticide plant...
The Chingari Rehabilitation Centre is a small charitable organisation - a drop-in day centre for children born with severe disabilities, whose parents were exposed to the gas.
"These are the second generation affected," says Tarun Thomas, who runs Chingari. read more »
What are "the markets" looking like today?
That's Lehman and the whole banking industry there. Say buh-bye to any all of what's left of the US as an economic power. Am afraid though, the Wicked Witch is not dead yet and that we will need to go through way more pain than mere melting away.
Bhopal: An Ongoing Tragedy, 23 years later
A year ago today I wrote about the suicide of Sunil Kumar Verma. Sunil was born in Bhopal, India, in 1972. On Dec. 2nd and 3rd, 1984, the negligence of Union Carbide (now part of Dow Chemicals) killed Sunil's parents and five siblings, and left him with ongoing psychological problems. Those psychological problems dogged him for twenty two years, and a year ago today, Sunil hung himself. Meanwhile, those who were responsible for the death of his family have gotten off largely scott free. This one is for Sunil.
What negligence am I talking about? Well, some of our younger readers may not know about Bhopal, one of the most disgusting moments in American corporate colonialism. It was an event that killed some 20,000 people and left over 100,000 affected. And corporate America, responsible for this disaster, has done almost nothing to clean up the mess and take responsibility. Here is a description of what happened from the International Capaign for Justice in Bhopal: read more »
