Editing Bhopal disaster (section)

=== Local ===
[[File:Dow Chemical banner, Bhopal.jpg|thumb|Protest in Bhopal in 2010]]
Since 1984, individual activists have played a role in the aftermath of the tragedy. The best-known is [[Satinath Sarangi]] (Sathyu), a [[Metallurgic engineering|metallurgic engineer]] who arrived at Bhopal the day after the leakage. He founded several activist groups, as well as [[Sambhavna Trust]], the clinic for gas-affected patients, where he is the manager.<ref name="Eckerman2005" /> Other activists include Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, who received the [[Goldman Prize]] in 2004, [[Abdul Jabbar Khan (activist)|Abdul Jabbar]] and [[Rachna Dhingra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/2004/Asia|title=Rashida Bee & Champa Devi Shukla|work=Goldman Environmental Foundation|date=18 March 2022|access-date=23 October 2012|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227190314/http://www.goldmanprize.org/2004/Asia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2009/12/crusader-for-victims-truth-of-bhopal.html |title=An Indian Muslim's Blog: News, Views & Urdu Poetry Website: Crusader for Victims: The Truth of Bhopal Gas Tragedy and its Aftermath-Part III |publisher=Anindianmuslim.com |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=25 October 2012 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911093011/http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2009/12/crusader-for-victims-truth-of-bhopal.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after the accident, other representatives from different activist groups arrived. The activists worked on organising the gas victims, which led to violent repression from the police and the government.<ref name="Eckerman2005" />

Numerous actions have been taken: demonstrations, sit-ins, [[hunger strikes]], marches combined with pamphlets, books, and articles. Every anniversary, actions are performed. Often these include marches around Old Bhopal, ending with burning an [[effigy]] of [[Warren Anderson (American businessman)|Warren Anderson]].

When government aid was ineffective, activist groups such as Zahreeli Gas Khand Sangharsh Morcha (Poisonous Gas-Event Struggle Front) mobilized. Morcha was heterogenous in its membership, including gas victims, volunteers from smaller towns, and middle-class activists from large cities. Morcha outlined a four-pronged approach: 1) counter governmental and company efforts to remove the disaster from the press 2) mobilize gas victims 3) present alternatives to governmental programmes 4) establish a larger network of organization to debate more systemic issues. Morcha took a revolutionary approach but lacked constructive engagement with the state. Afterwards the Bhopal Gas-Affected Women's Trade Union formed. BGPMUS protested the closing of a sewing centre and saw effective action.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Rajan R |date=1999 |title=Bhopal: Vulnerability, Routinization, and the Chronic Disaster. In The Angry Earth Disaster in Anthropological Perspective |editor1=Smith |editor2=Hoffman |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |pages=257–277}}</ref>