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The 'Our Water, Our Right Coalition,' a civil society-led advocacy, has commended the 23 members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) who wrote a letter of solidarity siding with Lagos citizens in their struggle against water privatisation.
Members of the Congressional Black and Progressive Caucuses stand in solidarity with Our Water, Our Right coalition in Nigeria in protecting water systems from privatization.
On Wednesday, 23 members from the Congressional Black and Progressive Caucuses issued a letter of solidary to the Our Water, Our Right Coalition in Nigeria which is leading an ongoing struggle for water access.
Last December, the Trump administration and its corporate backers, passed a massive $.19 trillion tax giveaway to corporations and the uber-wealthy. And paid for it by slashing vital services that people rely on. Now they want to do it again.
The U.S. government, at the behest of the infant formula industry, bullied governments into weakening safeguards that protect mothers and newborns. Stand with us as we continue a 40 year legacy of challenging corporate abuse.
A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly.
The actions of the Trump administration this month have been devastating. This moment requires us all to unite to demand justice. A broad coalition, with immigrant-led organizations at the helm, is organizing #FamiliesBelongTogether rallies across the U.S. on June 30.
Thanks to a growing movement of people like you, a bill to restore net neutrality passed in the Senate and is moving to the House. Urge the House of Representatives to vote to restore net neutrality and ensure a fair and open internet.
In Lagos, Nigeria, massive corporations like Veolia are trying to control our water systems. If they succeed, it could have huge consequences for millions of people in Lagos, as well as the rest of Africa and the wider world.
Across the U.S. and around the globe, people are demanding an end to the fossil fuel industry's stranglehold over our institutions.
