Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) interviews Alan Snitow, co-director of "Thirst"
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In this Democracy Now! video clip,
Amy Goodman interviews Alan Snitow, Co-director of “Thirst”—the award-winning 2004 PBS documentary on water privatization in Bolivia, India, and the United States. He is also a board member of Food and Water Watch and co-author of the book “Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water.”

Background
In late 2003, despite concerted efforts by a wide coalition of groups, the Stockton (California) City Council voted in favor of a 600 million dollar 20-year water privatization agreement. The deal gave a multinational consortium made up of the Colorado based OMI and the London-based Thames Water full control over the city’s water, sewage, and stormwater systems.

In July 2007 the city of Stockton reversed its earlier position and voted unanimously to undo the privatization deal and resume control of its water utilities.
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