Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
I watched The Devil’s Miner (website) last night for the first time (it was originally from 2005) and what a film this is. The central question of the film is
How do we live in dignity?
Especially when you are 14 years old, living in Potosi, Bolivia, and you work at a mine inCerro Rico, “the [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Via the BBC:
“Cuba has authorised sex-change operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens, officials say.
The move is the latest in a series of policy changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February.
Raul Castro’s daughter, who heads the National Centre for Sex Education, spearheaded the changes [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Seems like the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General, Pascal Lamy, deplores that lack of regulations that could have prevented the current economic troubles (via the BBC):
“The boss of one of the world’s most important economic organisations has said the lack of regulation in world markets was the root cause of the financial crisis which has [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Via Le Monde, a new society has been discovered in the Brazilian rainforest close to the Peruvian border, largely hunters and gatherers, obviously, by the looks of it, but not nomadic with some horticulture, according to Le Nouvel Observateur. They seem to have never been exposed to the larger world. According to Survival International, there [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
I have already written about the predatory state in the case of Gabon. But here is an interesting story of what happens when a government fights back and demands retribution for predatory governance by a previous administration. This is what is happening in Zambia (via the BBC ):
“The Zambian government [...]
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Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’ll be on the BBC Radio — 5 Live with Richard Bacon – this afternoon at approximately 4:35 pm pst.
We’ll be discussing the latest on the Democratic primaries with other guests including an Obama supporter, Michael Carmichael who blogs at the HuffPo; an Independent for Hillary, Sarah Chase; and a Republican, Stacy Hilliard who works for Conservative MP [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It’s been a crazy 24 hours with tech issues galore. But we’re back on track and the voters are turning out in droves in Pennsylvania.
I’ll be doing an interview on late night BBC radio this afternoon, at approximately 4:00 pm pst. You can tune in here: 5 Live with Richard Bacon. We’ll be discussing the [...]
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