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BM_discussion@googlegroups.com Today's topics: * Fwd: Kick Out Dow Save Pune FILM FESTIVAL on April 12, Saturday - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/213ea8a9a94433c0?hl=en * Fwd: Next hearing of PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL AGAINST DOW on April 19, Saturday - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/a1a8773a0265a065?hl=en ============================================================================== TOPIC: Fwd: Kick Out Dow Save Pune FILM FESTIVAL on April 12, Saturday http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/213ea8a9a94433c0?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Fri, Apr 11 2008 12:16 pm From: "अभिजित Abhijit" reminder.. don't forget to attend.. *Dear Friend,* * * *'KICK OUT DOW SAVE PUNE !' FILM FESTIVAL* The *Kick Out Dow Save Pune Movement* is organizing the next hearing of the PEOPLES COURT on April 19 and 20. As a part of creating awareness and mobilizing people for the anti-Dow campaign, *LOKAYAT* is organising a "*KICK OUT DOW SAVE PUNE FILM FESTIVAL*" to create awareness about the impact of companies like Dow on our health, environment and livelihoods. Date: 12 April, Saturday Time: 5 pm – 8 pm Venue: Lokayat Hall, opp. Syndicate Bank, Near Nal Stop, Law College Road, Pune. The following films will be screened: 1. *No More Bhopals *(5 minutes): A music video featuring the famous music band BANNED to create awareness about the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. 2. *Hunting Warren Anderson* (30 minutes): A documentary on the Bhopal Gas Disaster and the deliberate negligence of Union Carbide (which has since been taken over by Dow) for maximizing profits which led to the world's worst industrial disaster. 3. *Slow Poisoning of **India* (25 minutes): A short film on the indiscriminate use of pesticides in India and their impact on people's health. 4. *Battle**'s Poison Cloud* (50 minutes): Made in 2003, this film documents the impact of Agent Orange, a poisonous pesticide made by Dow Chemical, on the people of Vietnam, twenty years after the war ended. 5. *Exposure *(50 mins): On the impact of modern chemicals, plastics, pesticides and synthetic substances on our food, air and water, and their impact on our bodies, with special focus on breast cancer among women. Entry is free. All are invited. The screenings will be followed by a discussion. Do come. In solidarity, ============================================================================== TOPIC: Fwd: Next hearing of PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL AGAINST DOW on April 19, Saturday http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/a1a8773a0265a065?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Thurs, Apr 17 2008 11:21 pm From: "अभिजित Abhijit" Dear friend, The next hearing of the People's tribunal set up by the KICK OUT DOW SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT is going to take place this Saturday. Do join us for this wonderful program. Next hearing of PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL against DOW R&D Centre to take place this Saturday. Date: April 19, Saturday Time: 4 pm to 8 pm. Venue: Shramik Building, near Dengle Bridge, Near Corporation Bus Stand, Pune. The KICK OUT DOW, SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT is organising the next hearing of the PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL to hear the charges against the proposal to set up Dow's Research and Development Centre at Shinde Vasuli village next to Chakan near Pune, on Saturday, April 19, 2008. The tribunal will be presided over by Justice H. Suresh and Justice G. G. Loney, both retired judges of the Mumbai High Court. Notices to appear before the tribunal and defend the proposal to set up the Dow Research Centre have been issued on behalf of the tribunal to Dow Chemical, and notice has also been served on the Government of Maharashtra through the District Collector of Pune, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, and the Maharashtra Industrial Development Council (MIDC), to defend the permission granted to the Dow R&D centre. They have been invited to present their side of the case before the People's tribunal. It may be remembered that at the previous hearing, the People's tribunal had heard people from the village and activists of Kick Out Dow Save Pune Movement, and had concluded that the facts placed before the Tribunal were satisfactory enough to issue show cause notices to Dow Chemical and Govt of Maharashtra on : 1. Whether Dow Chemical can be permitted to do research for unknown products given the history of the company? 2. Whether the permission given by the environmental authorities and Govt of Maharashtra for setting up the R&D centre is proper and justified? 3. Was it proper to set up this Dow R&D centre at Shinde and Vasuli villages without the permission of the gram panchayat of the two villages? Advocate Sunil Dighe and Advocate Sunil Prabhu will represent KICK OUT DOW SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT before the tribunal. All are invited to witness the proceedings. In solidarity, Neeraj Jain / Alka Joshi -- Neeraj Jain D-705, Springfields Society, Kothrud, Pune - 411 038 Ph. 94222 20311 ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to BM_discussion@googlegroups.com or visit http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change the way you get mail from this group, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/subscribe?hl=en To report abuse, send email explaining the problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================================== Google Groups: http://groups.google.com?hl=en
