[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Enron and India

[Susan]

Thumbs up from me too!!   Way to go, Gentry!!

Couple of notes:

* let's see if we can get an alternative link to msnbc (on AlterNet? Common 
Dreams? etc.)
* are there related stories to link to on IMC India 
?  (http://india.indymedia.org ) - we should at least include a link to 
their site, at the bottom
* we did a feature on the seattle site a long while back about a dam in 
India .... different situation, I think, but it might be worth linking to 
as well (as 'related news')
* can we dig up a photo or image for this feature (maybe on IMC Indymedia?)

That's all ----  excellent work!!

- Susan

At 03:01 PM 7/25/02, Jason Reep wrote:
>Sounds good to me.
>
>Subtitle: "ENRON"S WORLDWIDE IMPACT" --> "ENRON'S....."
>
>second paragraph, second sentence: "....guarunteed..." (sp) --> guaranteed
>
>third paragraph, second sentence: "Relocation of Villagers and towns..." 
>--> "Relocation of villagers and towns..."
>
>fourth paragraph, first sentence: does "Globalize" get capitalized?
>
>-Jason
>
>
>At 08:20 PM 7/25/2002 +0000, gentry lange wrote:
>>[Subtitle] ENRON"S WORLDWIDE IMPACT <br>
>>
>>[Title] Enron and India's Biggest Dam <br>
>>
>>
>><P>While the fact that US citizens <a 
>>href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/785565.asp">recently lost their jobs and 
>>retirement funds</a> is apparently a story the national media cannot 
>>ignore. <a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=457"> 
>>Enron's track record </a> prior to its spectacular collapse is shocking 
>>and rarely makes headline news even now.</P>
>>
>><P><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0203-03.htm"> Enron 
>>helped to create thousands of environmental refugees in India</A> where
>>they forced through the development of the Dahbol Dam Project.  India's 
>>Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) guarunteed $30 Billion in
>>payment to Enron for building the Dahbol Power Project. Now with Enron 
>>Collapse, <a 
>>href="http://www.corpwatchindia.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=543"> the Dam 
>>is apparently closed, and the people who lost their land are demanding it 
>>back</a>. </P>
>>
>><P>Way back in January 25, 1999, <a href="http://www.hrw.org">Human 
>>Rights Watch</a> published an <a 
>>href="http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/enron/"> 166 page book 
>></a>documenting exstensive human rights in connection to the construction 
>>of the dam. Relocation of Villagers and towns affected by the project 
>>never occured, while the completed dam projects have only produced 20% of 
>>the electricity projected during construction. Despite India's <a 
>>href="http://www.narmada.org/nvdp.dams/index.html#map_links"> long 
>>history with Dam projects</a>, there are <a 
>>href="http://www.narmada.org/maps/nvdp.jpg">plans for several more dams 
>>in the works</a>.<P>
>>
>><P>For some background on the rest of the Enron story that the major 
>>media is not covering, including George Bush's long history of working
>>to Globalize Enron's destructive potential, read Pratap Chatterjee's 
>>article, <a href="http://www.sfbg.com/News/32/17/WorldView/">Global
>>Gospel of Gas</a>, printed way back in January of 1998. Or for a more 
>>recent account, check out the book <a 
>>href="http://www.southendpress.org/books/powerpolitics.shtml">Power 
>>Politics by Arundhati Roy</a>.
>>
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