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Anti-basin protests: “It’s not something local, it’s global,” explains author Nicolas Marjault
Anti-basin protests: “It’s not something local, it’s global,” explains author Nicolas Marjault
(franceinfo)
Nicolas Marjault has published a book on megabasins and the “water war”. In the 12/13 info, he explains that the mobilizations underway in La Rochelle, Saturday July 20, are part of a global issue.
Guest of the 12/13 info weekend, Nicolas Marjault is the author of “Bassines, la guerre de l’eau”. He explains that the blocking of the port of La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) by anti-bassines demonstrators, Saturday July 20, explains the symbolic dimension of this choice. The mobilizations attack “a system that is completely disconnected from climate issues and the long-term conditions of habitability of the biosphere“.
These issues of water use, which is becoming increasingly rare, are pitting protesters against certain farmers.It’s not something local, it’s global“, he explains, referring in particular to the rationing of water in New Delhi (India), where “water mafias“. This underlying water war risks “not only radicalize, but arbitrarily simplify positions” warns the author.
