In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades. [...more]
What started out with a single complaint about a Florida slaughterhouse turned into a tale of intrigue and suspense as investigator Gail A. Eisnitz unearthed more startling information about the meat and poultry Americans consume. This shocking story follows Eisnitz as she becomes submerged in a slaughterhouse subculture, venturing deeper and deeper into the lives [...] [...more]
[wp_youtube]TpGMiAlVM6g[/wp_youtube] Key Facts Cluster munitions pose an immediate danger to civilians during attacks due to their inaccuracy and wide dispersal pattern. After conflict, cluster munitions pose a lasting hazard due to the high number of landmine-like submunition duds that litter the landscape.The shapes and small size of cluster munitions are appealing to children, who mistake [...] [...more]
People from Western cultures such as the United States are particularly challenged in their ability to understand someone else’s point of view because they are part of a culture that encourages individualism, new research at the University of Chicago shows. [...more]
By working as a teacher in Australia's rural communities, Sinem Saban came to understand the forces that keep the country's Aborigines at a disadvantage to the rest of society. She is currently making a documentary about the treatment of the Aborigines at the hands of the government – specifically its drive to take ownership of their ancestral land and force them to pay rent as tenants. [...more]
Keeping good women down can cost a lot, many billions, says a new United Nations report. The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2007 claims that the Asia-Pacific region is losing roughly the same amount of money as the entire Vietnamese economy every year due to lack of employment opportunities for women. And what’s lost keeping women out of school? Enough money to keep the entire economy of Lebanon running. [...more]
