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| No Home Fit For HeroesA series on veterans returning from the Iraq war who found themselves homeless. Assignment for the Guardian UK Weekend Magazine to illustrate article by Gary Younge "No home fit for heroes." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/02/usa.iraq |
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IraqCoverage of the Iraq war in 2003 and 2004 while on assignment for Harper's Magazine working with New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein.
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The General Company for Vegetable Oils Industry
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The vegetable oil company produces cooking oil, hand soap, laundry detergent, shaving cream, and shampoo. In July of 2003, the company’s manager was shot to death with his driver. Press reports speculated that the manager was murdered because he was in favour of privatizing the plant in the midst of the new economic changes being imposed throughout Iraq, but workers are convinced that he was killed because he opposed the plan. A new manager who was in favor of privatizing the plant took over, and a fight where shots were fired and the manger's bodyguard was stabbed three times in the back broke out between the management and workers. If the factory is privatized, two thirds of the wokers will lose their jobs, their only way of making a living.
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| GreenlandThe US Air Force evicted the Inuit of the Thule region from their traditional hunting lands in 1953, when they came to build a base there. They gave them four days to leave the place they and their ancestors had been living for close to 1000 years, promising them new modern homes with electricity that never materialized. In 1968, the US Air Force crashed a B52 bomber carrying four MK28 nuclear weapons into the ice, forever contaminating their hunting grounds. Since then, they have created a new home for themselves in the town of Qaanaaq, the second most northerly town on the planet, and are fighting in international court to regain their land. They have retained their relationship with the animals, the land, and the weather that play such a defining role in the austere arctic environment, while coming face to face with the modern world in a very short period of time. |
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| CalcuttaCalcutta is infamous for its poverty and is one of the worst examples of urban decay that there is in the world. It is home to 100,000 street children, 150,000 slum dwellers, and 200,000 homeless people. 50% of Calcutta’s residents live below the international poverty line. Street children are incredibly vulnerable to drugs and prostitution. All slums in Calcutta have been deemed illegal, and therefore face frequent demolitions by police. However many problems the poor in Calcutta face, they rely on very tight-knit communities of extended family and friends to survive, and it is these warm and vibrant communities of support that makes life bearable. |
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| Protests against the Republican National ConventionAn unprecedented number of anti-RNC events swept New York City during the week of August 29-September 4, 2004. Some highlights include a 5000 bicycle strong Critical Mass, a banner drop on the Plaza Hotel, ACT-UP activists disrupting White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card's speech, 500,000+ people flooding the streets during the mass march on the 29th, the gathering in Central Park of thousands after the march defying the Mayor's ban on a rally there, the 'Mouse Bloc's' disruption of Republican delegates excursions to Broadway plays, The A31 day of direct action which included street parties, spontaneous marches, die-ins, and sit-ins blocking delegates, the 'Billionaires for Bush' hilarious street theater interventions all over the city, and a candlelight vigil in Union Square to remember those who have died as a result of the Bush Administration’s policies. The protests were the largest against a political convention in U.S. history, and police arrested more than 1700 people. Of course the events are too numerous to mention here, for a full archive of coverage of the events, visit nyc.indymedia.org. |
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| MaasaiAs tourism becomes more widespread throughout the Maasai Mara in southern Kenya, the Maasai are more exposed to western culture. As a result their economy is moving from being based on cattle to being based on tourism and currency. This has made them less self-sufficient and led to rapid cultural loss. The irony of it is that although they have been displaced from their land to create game preserves to protect the abundant wildlife in the area, the Maasai are the original conservationists in the vicinity. They are most likely the reason that the region still has so many thriving species. The only reason a Maasai will kill an animal other than their stock of cattle and goats is if it attacks one of their people or livestock. Still, through all the changes, the Maasai have retained more of their vibrant and colorful culture than most other African tribes. They are truly a people in transition, as many of them straddle traditional and modern ways of living. |
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| Argentina's economic collapse and popular uprisingIn the winter of 2001, Argentina defaulted on its loans of more than 132 billion, the first time a country had done so in years. From this moment the economy was in free fall. People began looting shops and supermarkets so they could feed their families. The president, Fernando De La Rua, declared a state of emergency, suspending all constitutional rights, and banning meetings of more than three people. Over a million people took part in protest in Buenos Aires alone. That night the finance minister resigned, and over the next 24 hours of street protest, police killed 22 demonstrators. The president resigned shortly thereafter, and was evacuated from the presidential palace by helicopter. Within a fortnight four more governments fell. |
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Cancún: Protests against the World Trade OrganizationThe protests against the WTO in Cancún kicked off with the suicide of Lee Kyung-Hae, a Korean farmer who traveled halfway across the world to climb atop the security fence and plunge a knife into his heart, while wearing a sign that said “WTO Kills Farmers.” Although his was a tragic death, his act made a lasting impact. As a result of the protests both outside and within the meetings themselves, The WTO talks completely collapsed after the Kenyan representative of the Group of 22 (the developing-world alliance of 22 nations, led by Brazil, India and China, which represent more than half the world's people and about 80% of its farmers) said, "The meeting is over. This is another Seattle," and walked out on the last day of the conference.
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