[Marxism] Water: under the yoke of capitalism

[Fuat Ercan <ercanfu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Water: under the yoke of capitalism
   Date
22 March 2008   End Date
23 March 2008
   Location
Istanbul, Turkey
   Type of activity
conference
   Description
Venue: Yildiz Technical University, Oditorium Hall, Istanbul   

Programme

22nd March, Saturday


09.30 – 10.00   Conference Opening Speeches
10.00 – 11.00 Change in point of view in the process of capitalaccumulation: 
The Roles of Nation States and Institutions incommercialization of water

Moderator: Prof.Dr. Izettin Onder
- Water Crisis: A Fact or Fiction / Tahir Ongur – President of İstanbul Branch 
of the Chamber for Geology Engineers/TMMOB
- Privatization as a projection of the restructuring in state: With its 
prevalent coverage and unchanged consequences 
  / Prof. Mehmet Turkay – Marmara University
- The new rolles charged on municipalities by neo liberalism
* David Boys / PSI 
* Serhat Salihoglu / DISK – Municipality Workers’ Union 

11.00 – 11.15   Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.15   Contınue 

- From Commons to Commodification: Alternative Communities Against 
NewEnclosures Dynamics / Prof.Dr. Fuat Ercan – Marmara University
- New form of Privatization: Privatization through Expropriation / Turkey Case 
/ Prof. Turkel Minibas – İstanbul University
- Discussion

12.15 – 13.00   Lunch Break

13.00 – 13.45   Press Meeting For World Water Day in Besiktas Port Square 

14.00 – 15.45   The Impacts of Water Usage on Water Resources (1)
- Water Usage in Mining / Cetin Uygur – President of DISK-Mining 
  Workers Union
- Importance of Water For Energy Companies /  Chamber 
  of Electricty Engineers / TMMOB 
- Water Basins and Urbanization / Chamber of   
  Arthitectures / TMMOB 
- Water Usage in Machinery and Metal Manufacturing Industry / Selcuk Goktas 
–G.Secretary of DISK–United Metal workers’  
Union
- Domestic Usage of Water / İlknur Birol /Association of the Shelters for People


15.45 – 16.00   Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.30   Continue (2) 

- Impacts of water privatization on municipality workers / Saadet Yegin – 
Branch President of KESK-Municipality Employee Union
- Water in Food Chain / İbrahim Kaya / Chamber of Food Engineers / TMMOB
- Irrigation Systems and Water Privatization through IrrigationAssociations: A 
Practice From Turkey / Ahmet Atalık – President ofIstanbul Branch of Chamber of 
Agricultural Engineering / TMMOB
- The Impacts of Water Commercialization over agricultural productionfor 
livelihood / Abdullah Aysu – The President Of Peasants’ Federation
- The Impacts of Capitalist Transformation in Agricultural Sector over Water 
Usage in Agriculture / Shiney Varghese – IATP 
- Discussion

18.00 – 19.00   A Theatre Performance on Water:  “Like Water” / Marmara Theatre 
Performers


23rd March, Sunday


09.30 – 11.00   The Impacts of Water Commercialization On Public Health and 
Environment
- The Impacts of Water Commercialization on Environment and Cultural Heritage
1. Prof.Dr. Beyza Ustun
2. Eylem Tuncaelli / President of İstanbul Chamber of  
   Environmental Engineering / TMMOB   

- The Impacts of Commodification of Water on Public health 
1. Dr.Vahide Bilir /  TTB/ Association of Turkish Medical Doctors
2. Arzu Çerkezoglu / President of DISK/ Revolutionary Health Workers’ Union
- Discussion 

11.00 – 11.15  Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.45     WWF / 2009 ISTANBUL 

- International Water Institutions and Their Impacts on National Policies /    
Anil Naidoo, Council of Canadians
- What Are the Aims of Opposition Movements? / Olivier Hoedeman, CEO
- Emilio Molinari / Italian Water World Contract Committee
- Discussion

12.45 – 14.00   Lunch Break

14.00 – 16.00   `       Struggle Examples from the World 
- Hilda Salazar – Mexico, COMDA
- Carlos Sosa – Uruguay, FFOSE 
- Afsar H. Jafri - India
- Renato Di Nicola – Italy, Foro Italiano Movimenti per                         
 l'Acqua
- Oscar Olivera Bolivia, Red-Vida
- Mary Ann Manahan – Philipinnes, Focus on the Global South
- Afsar Jafri – India, Focus on the Global South and Mumbai Paani 
- A Representative from Edirne City Council for Water      
                        
16.00 – 16.15   Coffee Break

16.15 – 18.00   FORUM: Alternatives to WWF 2009

18.00 – 19.00   Documentary Film On Mobilisation Against WWF in Mexico: “Agua 
Mi Sangre”   


The list of institutions that organsie the conference


University

Yildiz Technical University (YTU)
YTU Club for Environment and Technologies


Workers’ Organizations

DISK- Progressive Workers’ Unions of Turkey
DISK / United Metalworkers’ Union
DISK / Municipality Workers’ Union
DISK / Revolutionary Mining Workers’ Union
DISK / Revolutionary Health Workers’ Union
DISK / Hotel&Restaurant Workers’ Union 
Turk-Is / Petroleum Workers’ Union
Turk-Is / Aerospace Workers’ Union
Turk-Is / Food Workers’ Union


Public Employee’ Unions

KESK/SES-Health Employee’ Union
KESK/SES- Anatolian Branch of Health Employee’ Union
KESK/Teachers’ Union-Branch 2
KESK/Teachers’ Union- Branch 6
KESK/ Broadcasting Employee’ Union- Branch 8
KESK/ All Municipality Employee’ Union- Branch 4
KESK/ Road and Construction Employee’ Union – İstanbul Branch
KESK/ Forest and Agriculture Employee’ Union – İstanbul Branch 


Farmers’ Union 

Turkish Confederation of Farmers’ Unions


Chambers

TTB- Association for the Chambers of Turkish Medical Doctors
TTB- İstanbul Chamber of Medical Doctors
ISMMMO- İstanbul Chamber of Accountants
IVHO- İstanbul Chamber of Veterinaries
TMMOB- Chamber of Environment Engineers
TMMOB- Chamber of Architectures
TMMOB- Chamber of Agricultural Egineers
TMMOB- Chamber of Meteorology Engineers 
TMMOB- İstanbul Chamber of Environment Engineers
TMMOB- İstanbul Chamber of Food Engineers
TMMOB- İstanbul Chamber of Map and Cadastre Engineers
TMMOB- İstanbul Chamber of Geology Engineers
TMMOB- Buyukkent Branch of Architectures’ Chamber
TMMOB- Marmara Branch of Forest Engineers’ Chamber
TMMOB- İstanbul Branch of Chamber of Agricultural Engineers


Associations

Association of University Proffesors
Association for Contemporary Lawyers
PERGAMON
Opposition Shelters of People
YAYED- Association for Research, Aid and Training on Local Administrations
Association for Veterinary, Public Health and Socail Studies


Other Groups

Allianoi (Initiative) 
Anti-MAI Working Group Against MAI and Globalization
Edirne Platform: Water is Life
EGECEP- Egean Environment Platform
Environment Platform for Ida and Madra Mountains
Marmara Performers Theatre Group
Cultural Cooperative of Accountants
Association for Consumer Rights
Waterpolitics- Network 




Organisations from other countries


CEO- Corporate Europe Observatory (Europe) 
TNI- Transnational Institute (Intl.)
IATP (U.S.A)
Council of Canadians (Canada)
PSI - Public Services International (Intl.)
FFOSE-(Uruguay), 
COMDA-(Meksico), 
Red-Vida (Bolivia), 
African Water Network (Ghana)
Focus on the Global South (Philipinnes, India and Thailand)
Mumbai Paani (India)
World Water Contract (Italy)
International Rivers (Intl.)
Water for All/Food & Water Watch  (U.S.A)
Blue Planet (Canada)
Springs Foundation (G.Britain)
HLRN (Egypt)


      
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