Pratap Chatterjee
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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 of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based corporate accountability organization. He is also a producer and radio host at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California.
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 Asian Pacific Environmental Network from 2001 to 2005, and was an Environmental Commissioner for the city of Berkeley from 1998 to 2003.
In the late 1990s, Chatterjee did a great deal of research surrounding the 1849 California Gold Rush and how it affected Californian American Indians [1]. In 2004, Chatterjee published the well-received Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation. 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 from Fox TV to Democracy Now!. His writing has won a number of awards, from the National Newspaper Association and Project Censored, among others. He helped start a new project called Crocodyl, which aims to research corporations using wiki technology and global South/North collaboration.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- Chatterjee, Pratap (2004). Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-667-2.
- Chatterjee, Pratap (1996). Gold, Greed, and Genocide: Unmasking the Myth of the '49ers. Project Underground.
- Chatterjee, Pratap; Matthias Finger (1994). The Earth Brokers: Power, Politics and World Development. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-10963-9.
[edit] Articles
- Chatterjee, Pratap. "Diyarbakır Dispatch: Border Guard." The New Republic, February 13, 2003. [2]
- 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 up Caspian 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 of Freeport-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.
[edit] External links
- 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
