Taking on a corporate behemoth

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Sun, 09/27/2015 - 12:00am
Columbia Gorge residents file ballot initiative to stop Nestle bottling plant
Guest Aurora del Val of Local Water Alliance announces new ballot measure to ban commercial water bottling facilities in Hood River County, which was launched Wednesday, September 23 in Hood River.

Nestle is one of the biggest food and beverage companies in the world, and the largest bottled water company in North America. They have aggressively expanded across the continent, making enemies in every community they've set up operations. For that and a host of other reasons, they are one of the most hated corporations in the world.

Perhaps they've met their match here in Oregon. We've been covering this issue a lot because we see it as a critical case of grassroots anti-corporate organizing. Recent events have given renewed energy to the anti-Nestle movement, and activists around the world have their eyes on Cascade Locks. The Warm Springs tribe has come forward to assert their treaty rights to protect Oxbox Springs, in the traditional territory of the Wasco band, who were removed to the Warm Springs Reservation in the 1800's. Now, Hood River County residents have stepped up to file a precedent-setting ballot initiativeprecedent-setting ballot measure to ban bottled water operations in drought-strickenCounty in the face of Nestlé’s plan to export water from the Columbia River Gorge. Local Water Alliance  (http://www.localwateralliance.org/) member Aurora del Val will explain the ballot initiative.

Relevant links and articles:
Theme song for this show: "Dancing on the Ruins of Multinational Corporations" by Casey Neill, from "Riffraff," 1995. Hear the song on a cool video done by Undercurrents News Service here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTcoKl0aN4
Casey was one of the Earth First! troubadours during the Forest Wars of the 90's. "Dancing on the Ruins" became one of our "anthems," and is still sung in protest communities around the world. Check out his Wikipedia entry and the Facebook page for his current band, who still perform around the region:
https://www.facebook.com/caseyneillandthenorwayrats/posts/10154050780805192

New website for Local Water Alliance: http://www.localwateralliance.org/


Excellent, comprehensive article on Nestles's corporate crimes and malfeasance: http://www.zmescience.com/science/nestle-company-pollution-children/

KBOO News-in-depth 9/17/15, featuring two speakers from the 'Nchee Wana Fishing People Against Nestle Rally" in Salem: http://kboo.fm/nativefishingpeoplespeakoutagainstnestle

Complete audio from Salem Rally in two parts (highly recommended!): http://kboo.fm/ncheewanafishingpeopleagainstnestlepart1 http://kboo.fm/ncheewanafishingpeopleagainstnestlepart2

Also:
Great video on the history of the bottled water industry, from "The Story of Stuff":
http://kboo.fm/nativefishingpeoplespeakoutagainstnestle

And look for previous KBOO shows on this issue, by typing key words "Nestle in Cascade Locks" in search box at upper right of our website.

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