Thirst: Fighting The Corporate Theft of Our Water.

AuthorWeinberg, Laura
PositionFURTHER READING - Book review

THIRST: FIGHTING THE CORPORATE THEFT OF OUR WATER

Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman and Michael Fox

(San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2007), 304 pages.

Since the North American Free Trade Agreement defined water as a commodity, many have been concerned that it will become less accessible. Three particularly concerned journalists, Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman and Michael Fox released Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of our Water. The book argues that the growth of the world population has corresponded with a steep decline in water infrastructure as well as an increase in water privatization. In investigating these phenomena, the book focuses on the United States.

The authors successfully take a topic that could be dry, and by bringing in people, make a critical and complex subject comprehensible and engaging. They present several situations where citizens turn into activists and fight the big companies and political leaders who are attempting to privatize the local water system. The authors emphasize the apolitical nature of these grassroots movements and provide reasons why water privatization should be of concern, such as an increase in water costs and job loss...

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