{"id":21996,"date":"2012-10-08T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=21996"},"modified":"2012-11-03T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T14:14:52","slug":"the-koodankulam-conflict-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/10\/the-koodankulam-conflict-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Koodankulam’ Conflict Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idinthakarai-Tamil Nadu, India – October 2, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0The \u2018Koodankulam Conflict\u2019 Map<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 US<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THEM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n<\/span><\/p>\n

ACTORS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fisherfolk, farmers, workers, Dalits, Muslims, women, children etc.<\/p>\n

Supporters in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and rest of India.<\/p>\n

Supporting political parties,<\/p>\n

Social movements, Human rights groups etc.<\/p>\n

Some sections of Media<\/p>\n

Some international friends<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Government of India<\/p>\n

Government of Tamil Nadu<\/p>\n

Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, CISF, Tamil Nadu Police, Central and State intelligence agencies etc.<\/p>\n

Atomic Energy Commission, DAE, NPCIL, AERB etc.<\/p>\n

Political parties such as Congress, BJP, DMK, AIADMK etc.<\/p>\n

Indian Bureaucracy<\/p>\n

Much of Indian Media<\/p>\n

US, Russia, France governments<\/p>\n

MNCs of these countries<\/p>\n

Spy agencies of these counties<\/p>\n

IAEA etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

POSITIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nuclear power is bad, ugly and expensive.<\/p>\n

Nuclear power plant is dangerous and unwanted.<\/p>\n

Let us think like a creative leader and look beyond thermal and nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s consider \u2018New Energies\u2019.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s put Indian citizens\u2019 interests first.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nuclear power is good, clean and cheap.<\/p>\n

Nuclear power plant is safe and badly needed.<\/p>\n

Let us continue our colonized thinking and persist with thermal and nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s consider nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s put foreign countries\u2019 and their MNCs\u2019 \u00a0interests first.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

INTERESTS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Safeguarding India\u2019s natural resources such as sea, seafood, land, ground water, air etc.<\/p>\n

Protecting ordinary people\u2019s livelihood and sustainable development.<\/p>\n

Ensuring everyone\u2019s food security, nutrition security, water security etc.<\/p>\n

Avoiding health problems of ordinary people; and protecting the progeny.<\/p>\n

Protecting Nature, Life, Future<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Producing more electricity and ensuring energy security and national security.<\/p>\n

Promoting the development agenda of the rich and famous and powerful.<\/p>\n

Ensuring the power brokers\u2019 profits, commissions and kickbacks.<\/p>\n

Ignoring such hidden costs and persisting with short-term gains.<\/p>\n

Money, Money, Money<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

GAIN<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

A few menial jobs<\/p>\n

Low income from shops, services<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lots of good jobs<\/p>\n

Lots of contracts, sub-contracts<\/p>\n

Money, Power, Prominence<\/p>\n

Electricity<\/p>\n

Good life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

LOSS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

350+ serious cases and legal hassles<\/p>\n

Police action and harassment<\/p>\n

Loss of income and wealth<\/p>\n

Natural resources<\/p>\n

Livelihood<\/p>\n

Health<\/p>\n

Wellbeing of children and grandchildren<\/p>\n

Future<\/td>\n

None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

ATTACKS FACED<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dangerous false cases such as sedition, waging war on the State etc.<\/p>\n

Arrests, imprisonment, torture.<\/p>\n

Imprisoning women, juveniles, and children.<\/p>\n

Legal hassles, refusing bail.<\/p>\n

Police searches, attacks and harassment.<\/p>\n

Having anti-social elements vandalize private properties and homes with police connivance.<\/p>\n

Attack on negotiating team.<\/p>\n

Intelligence departments\u2019 psychological warfare.<\/p>\n

Tear gas attack, lathi<\/em> charge, firing.<\/p>\n

Murder by police.<\/p>\n

Aerial harassment of Coast Guard planes.<\/p>\n

Death threats.<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nonviolent and peaceful siege, processions and agitations (for a few hours).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

SLANDERS FACED<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Instigated by opposition parties.<\/p>\n

Small group\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n

Fishermen struggle.<\/p>\n

Christian struggle.<\/p>\n

Foreign countries\u2019 and agencies\u2019 plot.<\/p>\n

NGO-funded struggle.<\/p>\n

Missionaries\u2019 and priests\u2019 protest.<\/p>\n

Struggle promotes smuggling in the sea and coasts.<\/p>\n

Undertaken to harass governments.<\/p>\n

Struggle promoted by incentives such as Rs. 500, biriyani<\/em> and alcohol.<\/p>\n

Misguiding innocent people.<\/p>\n

Stubborn and unwilling to listen.<\/p>\n

Receiving foreign money.<\/p>\n

Using human shield.<\/p>\n

Character assassination of leaders, casting aspersions on leaders\u2019 integrity etc.<\/p>\n

Accusing of using violence.<\/p>\n

Publishing leaders\u2019 addresses, contact numbers, emails in a newspaper.<\/p>\n

Doubting people\u2019s sanity and sending psychiatrists.<\/p>\n

Arresting foreigners and connecting with struggle.<\/p>\n

Linking us with Naxalites, terrorists, ISI spies etc.<\/p>\n

Insulting women and questioning their morality.<\/td>\n

None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

MACHINATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

None<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Telling half-truths and non-truths to people.<\/p>\n

Dividing people with the help of immoral media persons.<\/p>\n

Setting up corrupt media persons against the struggle.<\/p>\n

Spreading rumors and\u00a0 harassing people.<\/p>\n

Dividing people along caste and religious lines.<\/p>\n

Trying to instigate violence in the protest programs.<\/p>\n

Trying to \u2018buy\u2019 weak protestors.<\/p>\n

Splitting people by creating gangs and planting goons.<\/p>\n

\u2018Buying\u2019 media and media persons.<\/p>\n

Instigating businessmen and industrialists against people.<\/p>\n

Using scientists and experts to confuse people.<\/p>\n

Setting up proxy protesters against the struggle.<\/p>\n

Setting up religious leaders to influence people\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n

Distributing freebies.<\/p>\n

Canvassing students and youth in colleges with government influence.<\/p>\n

Doing campaigns with government influence.<\/p>\n

Creating artificial power cuts.<\/p>\n

Sending in spies and agents to endanger peace.<\/p>\n

Promising houses, roads and other \u201cdevelopment\u201d projects.<\/p>\n

Promising crores of rupees and wooing panchayat<\/em> leaders and local leaders to the government side.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

FAVORED SOLUTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Abandon all NPPs<\/p>\n

Focus on \u2018New Energies\u2019<\/td>\n

 <\/p>\n

Start more NPPs<\/p>\n

Produce nuclear energy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

THE WAY OUT<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Announce a moratorium on all nuclear activities all over the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Present a Cost-Benefit-Procedural Impact analysis of NPPs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Do financial, energy, environmental, social audit of the existing NPPs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Set up an \u201cempowered and independent\u201d regulatory authority.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Ensure transparency, accountability, and popular participation in nuclear installations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Facilitate a national debate on nuclear deals, Uranium mines, reactors, waste dumps, and nuclear bombs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0 Let people decide what they need!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

____________________________<\/p>\n

S.P. Udayakumar, Ph.D. \u2013 Tamil Nadu, India:<\/em>
\n* SACCER-South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (promoting life-long, life-wide and life-deep education)<\/em>
\n* TRANSCEND Network, South Asia Convener (TSA) (For Rethinking South Asia)<\/em>
\n* People\u2019s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)<\/em>
\n* National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM) (For a Nuclear-Free India that has No Deals, No Mines, No Reactors, No Dumps, and No Bombs).<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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