The poorest 20% of the worlds population holds 2% of the wealth.
That means the other 60% account for 16% of the worlds wealth.
80% of the worlds population lives on $2 a day
Thursday, July 15, 2010
food for thought
The richest 20% of the worlds population earns 82% of the worlds income.
The poorest 20% of the worlds population holds 2% of the wealth.
That means the other 60% account for 16% of the worlds wealth.
80% of the worlds population lives on $2 a day
The poorest 20% of the worlds population holds 2% of the wealth.
That means the other 60% account for 16% of the worlds wealth.
80% of the worlds population lives on $2 a day
Thursday, July 08, 2010
part of history
As part of my masters in social work degree (in Israel) I am required to take a course called "Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, and the Welfare State". It has fascinated me all year to study and discuss these issues and the anti-corporate globalization movement. Less because the topic interests me, and more because I find myself studying the very movement at the very years in which I was an undergraduate student taking part of it all (2000-2004).
Sitting in a "globalization" course today and studying the beginning of the movement I marvel at the fact that I am part of the course material I am today sitting and reading. A decade ago I didn't imagine that the issues we discussed, debated, looked into, decided upon - that the technical details we figured out - how to cross the border into Quebec, how to get college funding for flights to Miami (FTAA 2003), how to build an affinity group, how to find information on the web regarding transportation to D.C., housing during protests, meeting locations, times, etc. would all become part of course material I would be studying a mere decade later.
As I sit now preparing for the take home final, and I read, for the first time, the first article assigned, I find myself reading some of the very points I made as I stood and spoke in class several months ago relaying our ideology, experiences, stories and sharing this picture.
i took this photograph and developed it myself. this is a picture of the photo. the blurriness at the top is not a technical error but rather the clouds of teargas that filled the sky.
Sitting in a "globalization" course today and studying the beginning of the movement I marvel at the fact that I am part of the course material I am today sitting and reading. A decade ago I didn't imagine that the issues we discussed, debated, looked into, decided upon - that the technical details we figured out - how to cross the border into Quebec, how to get college funding for flights to Miami (FTAA 2003), how to build an affinity group, how to find information on the web regarding transportation to D.C., housing during protests, meeting locations, times, etc. would all become part of course material I would be studying a mere decade later.
As I sit now preparing for the take home final, and I read, for the first time, the first article assigned, I find myself reading some of the very points I made as I stood and spoke in class several months ago relaying our ideology, experiences, stories and sharing this picture.
i took this photograph and developed it myself. this is a picture of the photo. the blurriness at the top is not a technical error but rather the clouds of teargas that filled the sky.
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