A communist utopia that deserves our attention. Its founder warns that we in the West are living off tomorrow's wealth, which he considers a big mistake.
Sunday 27 November 2011
Friday 25 November 2011
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Sorry, your suffering is not newsworthy...
It looks as if we are happy to hear stories of people in Africa killing eachother or dying from 'natural causes' such as famine, but that we don't want to know about any suffering, illness and death that we cause ourselves.
The video is from Amnesty International and there's also a short TV news report (from a channel not usually seen in Europe).
It seems that Shell has been extacting oil in Nigeria for years... at extreme environmental and human cost: entire ecosystems emptied of life; fishermen reluctantly turning to mopping up spilt crude oil; and Shell even paying armed men to allegedly 'silence' any voice of protest.
The thing is - when is the last time you heard about any of this?
Why don't we hear anything? Who carefully choses what we information we consume? And what does our news say about our society's values and priorities?
The video is from Amnesty International and there's also a short TV news report (from a channel not usually seen in Europe).
The thing is - when is the last time you heard about any of this?
- Last year Shell faced a compensation settlement of 100 million dollars.
- This year a UN report stated that it will cost up to 1 billion US dollars to clean up.
Why don't we hear anything? Who carefully choses what we information we consume? And what does our news say about our society's values and priorities?
Tuesday 8 November 2011
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