- Pratap Chatterjee
Pratap Chatterjee (b.
Birmingham ,United Kingdom ) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and was raised in India, although he now lives in California. He serves as the executive director ofCorpWatch , an Oakland-based corporate accountability organization. [cite web |work=CorpWatch |title=CorpWatch Staff and Board |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11316] He is also a producer and radio host atKPFA -FM inBerkeley, California .cite news |work=Tribune Business News |title=Employees Return to Berkeley, Calif., Radio Station after Lockout |date=1999-08-05 |first=Dana |last=Hull |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6659206_ITM]Chatterjee has served as a community advisor to KQED, the San Francisco public radio and television station. He was a member of the board of the [http://www.apen4ej.org/ Asian Pacific Environmental Network] from 2001 to 2005, and was an Environmental Commissioner for the city of Berkeley from 1998 to 2003. [cite news |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |title=Protesters urge boycott of bonds for World Bank |first=Larry |last=Margasak |page=A07]
In the late 1990s, Chatterjee did a great deal of research surrounding the 1849
California Gold Rush and how it affected Californian American Indians. [cite web |title=Gold, Greed & Genocide |url=http://www.1849.org/ |publisher=Project Underground |location=Berkeley, CA] In 2004, Chatterjee published the well-received "Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation".cite news |work=New Internationalist |title=Iraq, Inc: A Profitable Occupation (Book Review) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131758390.html |date=2005-04-01] He has been published in a number of popular media, including the "Financial Times ", "The New Republic ", "The Guardian ", and "The Independent ". He often appears as a guest expert in a wide variety of media ranging fromFox TV to "Democracy Now! ".cite news |work=Political Affairs Magazine |title=Book Review: Iraq, Inc, by Pratap Chatterjee |date=2005-10-07 |url=http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/1977/1/123 |first=Gerald |last=Horne] His writing has won a number of awards, from the National Newspaper Association andProject Censored , among others. He helped start a new project called [http://crocodyl.org/user/pratap Crocodyl] , which aims to research corporations using wiki technology and global South/North collaboration.Bibliography
Books
*cite book
first = Pratap
last = Chatterjee
year = 2004
title = Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation
publisher =Seven Stories Press
id = ISBN 1-58322-667-2
*cite book
first = Pratap
last = Chatterjee
year = 1996
title = Gold, Greed, and Genocide: Unmasking the Myth of the '49ers
publisher = Project Underground
*cite book
first = Pratap
last = Chatterjee
coauthors = Matthias Finger
year = 1994
title = The Earth Brokers: Power, Politics and World Development
publisher =Routledge
id = ISBN 0-415-10963-9Articles
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "
Diyarbakır Dispatch: Border Guard." "The New Republic", February 13, 2003. [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030224&s=chatterjee022403]
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Gold, Greed, and Cyanide." "Dollars & Sense ", January 1, 1999. Economic Affairs Bureau; 26 pages. ASIN B00098L4SK.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Scramble for the Caspian: Big Oil Looks to Divvy upCaspian Sea Oil Riches." "Multinational Monitor ", September 1, 1998. Essential Information, Inc.; 11 pages. ASIN B00098K6R0.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Guarding the Multinationals: DSL and the International Private 'Security' Business." "Multinational Monitor", March 1, 1998. Essential Information, Inc.; 9 pages. ASIN B000986GQK.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Toxic Racism:Chippewas Resist Deadly Dumping." "Dollars & Sense", May 1, 1997. Economic Affairs Bureau; 6 pages. ASIN B00097N7RC.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Peru Goes Beneath the Shell: Shell Oil Co.'s Natural Gas Operations in Peru)." "Multinational Monitor", May 1, 1997. Essential Information, Inc.; 7 pages. ASIN B00097O95G.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "The Mining Menace ofFreeport-McMoRan ." "Multinational Monitor", April 1, 1996. Essential Information, Inc.; 11 pages. ASIN B00096JXP8.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "World Bank Brownout": Electricity Projects in India Displaces Slum Dwellers." "Multinational Monitor", December 1, 1995. Essential Information, Inc.; 7 pages. ASIN B00093TTDW.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Enron Deal Blows a Fuse." "Multinational Monitor", July 1, 1995. Essential Information, Inc.; 12 pages. ASIN B00093O8GK.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Invasion of the 'Body Shoppers': India's Information Technology Industry." "Multinational Monitor", May 1, 1995. Essential Information, Inc.; 9 pages. ASIN B00093NROY.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "Slush Funds, Corrupt Consultants and Bidding for Bank Business." "Multinational Monitor", July 1, 1994. Essential Information, Inc.; 9 pages. ASIN B00092XK5G.
*Chatterjee, Pratap. "True Confessions of the World Bank." "Multinational Monitor", July 1, 1994. Essential Information, Inc.; 7 pages. ASIN B00092XK60.References
External links
* [http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1m_terra.htm KPFA's "Terra Verde"] Weekly environmental affairs program founded and co-hosted by Pratap Chatterjee; airs Fridays 1:30-2:00 p.m., with audio of previous programs archived at website
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