Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

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Robin Broad is a professor at American University. John Cavanagh is the director of the Institute for Policy Studies. They’re the authors of The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed.

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