"Thirst" Chronicles the Fight Against Water Enclosures  In 2004,
filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman produced a landmark
documentary, Thirst, which describes the attempted privatization
of water systems in Bolivia, India and California. Now the
producers and a third collaborator, Michael Fox, have produced a
book that focuses on nine citizen campaigns in the United States
to prevent corporate enclosures of water.  Thirst: Fighting the
Corporate Theft of Our Water (Jossey-Bass) shows what happens
when water is turned into a market commodity and is no longer
regarded as a basic human right. It also shows how multinational
water companies do not deliver on the ideological promises of
the “free market.” They invariably end up raising prices for
water, reducing infrastructure investment and providing poorer
quality water and worse service while striving to limit
organizational transparency and accountability.  The film
Thirst, first seen on the Public Broadcasting System in the
U.S., introduced the internat