Campaigns

The City of Berkeley today passed a resolution supporting justice for survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster on its 25th anniversary. In it, the city resolved to write a public letter to the Dow Chemical Company asking it to accept liability for the disaster and divest from Dow Chemical Company shares till such a time. In addition, proclaimed December 3, 2009 as Berkeley Day of Remembrance for Victims of Industrial Pollution in Bhopal.

City of Cambridge. Resolution passed by the City Council. Sept. 25th 2006. Resolved to vote it shares in favor of Bhopal resolution, refrain from purchase of Dow bonds, and audit of Dow products purchased and substitute where possible.

House letter with 17 signatories. March 24th, 2006. Letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to meet the Bhopal survivors who had marched 500 miles from Bhopal to New Delhi to ask him for justice and the required services to continue living with dignity.