In Chapter 73, Vandana Shiva discusses how developed countries export toxic waste to less developed countries since it has become economically cheaper to ship the waste than pay fees within the home country to properly dispose of it. 2,000 tons of hazardous wastes were being "generated every day in India without adequate safe disposal sites," at the time Shiva wrote the … [Read more...]
Globalization’s Destruction of Small Farms: Monsanto and India
In response to "Ecological Balance in an Era of Globalization" by Vandana Shiva. To Shiva, " [the] seed is the first link in the food chain. It is also the first step toward freedom in food" (507). Globalization has given way to corporations such as Monsanto, who have made seeding into an monopolized industry and have put small scale farming at risk all around the world. … [Read more...]
Digital Media Activism: Anonymous
Responding to "The New Digital Media an Activist Networking within Anti-Corporate Globalization Movements" by Jeffrey Juris In his piece on digital media activism, Jeffrey Juris makes three points about anti-corporate globalization movements and their use of digital media networks: Movement networks are locally rooted, but global in scope. Anti-corporate … [Read more...]
Why Charlotte Burned: What’s Really Going On in the Queen City
Why Charlotte Burned: What’s Really Going On in Charlotte “If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it even make a sound? Better yet, if a man is being burned alive and no one interjects, was he ever even a man?" The city of Charlotte was burning long before media reported on the “riots” of this week. While CNN and government debate the … [Read more...]
Why Slumdog Millionaire wasn’t popular in India
"In the same year that Jurassic Park grossed $6 million, Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! grossed $60 million," (Terrell 376). In Bollywood versus Hollywood, Heather Tyrrell situates Bollywood against Hollywood in order to explain western cinema's inability to monopolize the cinematic market in India. For starters, Bollywood actively offers popular anti colonialist sentiments because it … [Read more...]
