A Struggle for Environmental Justice

A Struggle for Environmental Justice

The Bhopal Struggle: A struggle for Environmental justice. Weblinks, Multimedia and Further Readings Weblinks (Talks, Lectures etc.) • Bhopal: A prayer for rain is a movie that got released in 2014. Directed by Ravi Kumar, it features Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton, Kal Penn, Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Fagun Thakrar in important roles. • http://www.bhopal.net/resources/films/ Has a list of Documentaries as well as list of other visual resources. • Miles to go, Documentary film by Nina Subramani is a good introduction to movement for environmental justice by survivors of chemical disaster in Bhopal. Further Readings • For a collection of articles on industrial pollution in India, see Special Issue of Agenda on ‘Industrial Pollution’ http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/industrial-pollution/ • Animal's People by Indra Sinha • Exposure: Portrait of a corporate crime. A photo-book by Raghu Rai. • http://www.bhopal.net/resources/books/ Did you know? • The government of India wanted to make a museum at the factory site. In response, the survivors’ organisations curated their own museum, The Remember Bhopal Museum, which was inaugurated on the 30th Anniversary of the disaster. http://www.museumcommons.com/2014/12/remember-bhopal-museum- victory-museums-difficult-history.html • Dow acknowledged UCC's asbestos liabilities in the US, stretching back as far as 1972. The company set aside $2.2bn to deal with these historical UCC cases, yet rejects the suggestion that successor liabilities (a buyer being held liable for a seller's obligations) apply in relation to the Bhopal disaster. http://www.mesothelioma.com/asbestos- exposure/jobsites/chemical-plants/dow-chemical-plant.htm.

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