Pratap Chatterjee

Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and grew up in India, although he lived in California for many years. He serves as the executive director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based corporate accountability organization.^[1] He also works for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism ^[2] in London. He writes regularly for The Guardian ^[3] and serves on the board of Amnesty International USA ^[4] and of the Corporate Europe Observatory ^[5]

Previously he was a producer and radio host at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California ^[6] and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress ^[7] Chatterjee has also 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.^[8]

His first book was a critique of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, written with Matthias Finger, titled The Earth Brokers: Power, Politics and World Development (Routledge Books, 1994) that analyzes the United Nations response to global environmental crises.^[9]

In the late 1990s, Chatterjee did a great deal of research surrounding the 1849 California Gold Rush and how it affected Californian American Indians ^[10] which resulted in a booklet titled Gold, Greed & Genocide which he later turned into a DVD with a 16-page classroom activities and discussion guide distributed by Oyate.^[11]

Chatterjee has traveled extensively in Central Asia and the Middle East to investigate the role of private military contractors working in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2004, Chatterjee published the well-received Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation (Seven Stories Press).^[12] His footage was used in Michael Moore's 2004 film Fahrenheit 9-11 and he was interviewed in Robert Greenwald's film Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers ^[13]

In February 2009, Chatterjee published a detailed history of the role of Texas companies Halliburton and KBR titled Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War (Nation Books).^[14] In March 2009, he published several videos and an article of the failure of development aid in rural Afghanistan that was circulated via TomDispatch and on Salon.^[15] He followed this up with an article on the poor treatment of Afghan translators working under contract with Ohio-based Mission Essential Personnel for the U.S. military.^[16]

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!.^[17] His writing has won a number of awards, from the National Newspaper Association and Project Censored, among others.

Bibliography

Books

• Chatterjee, Pratap (2009). Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War. Nation Books. ISBN 1-56858-392-3. ^[12]
• Chatterjee, Pratap (2004). Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-58322-667-2. ^[12]
• 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.  Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

Articles

• Chatterjee, Pratap. "Diyarbakır Dispatch: Border Guard." The New Republic, February 13, 2003.
• 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.

References

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
• Pratap Chatterjee - Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War, February 18, 2009, talk at Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon, from recent book tour.