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. He also works for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London. He writes regularly for The Guardian and serves on the board of Amnesty International USA and of the Corporate Europe Observatory

Previously he was a producer and radio host at KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress 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.

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.

In the late 1990s, Chatterjee did a great deal of research surrounding the 1849 California Gold Rush and how it affected Californian American Indians which resulted in a booklet titled Gold, Greed & Genocide [1] which he later turned into a DVD with a 16-page classroom activities and discussion guide distributed by Oyate.

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). 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

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). 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. 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.

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.

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. 
• 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. 

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.

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.