Monday, May 13, 2013

Rubber barons and land grabbing in Southeast Asia

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Global Witness has produced an excellent report on collusion between Vietnamese state-owned enterprises, local government officials and Deut...
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Monday, May 6, 2013

How to feed a growing world

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An exciting round-table (that is more than an hour long, but worth it) with activist and best-selling author Raj Patel ( Stuffed and Starved...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Adivasis against the land grab in Kashipur, India

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This remarkable video, created by ActionAid India, highlights the struggles of adivasi people against land grabs in rural India. Their stru...
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Stuart Hall: Thatcherism

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During the 1980s, living in England during the Thatcher years, one of the most profound influences on my intellectual development were the w...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Recent activities, fall 2012

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The start of the 2012 - 2013 academic session signals both the end of a very busy summer and the start of busy fall. Indeed, the session ha...
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Global wealth inequality

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For the past 7 years I have commenced my first year course with a lecture on global poverty and world income inequality. I have just seen a...
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The closure of the Canadian International Development Agency

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Last week I offered some background to the Canadian government's decision to close the Canadian International Development Agency by merg...
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