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Links 2 Reality / August 2005 – The Video Edition
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1. A one hour Interview with Manuel Castells http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Castells/castells-con0.html
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“Through technology the rich countries are able to do ‘instant’ wars, while the poor countries go through ‘machete’ wars for years and years.”
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Have you ever wanted to understand what the hell is going on in the world? A one-hour interview with Manuel Castells, the Spanish-Catalan sociologist, author of the “Information Age” trilogy. This interview covers the main concepts of his books about planetary socio-economic/cultural trends and global dystopias. TO WATCH or READ.
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2. The Power of Nightmares – a BBC Documentary
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The story of how the New-Conservative fundamentalists in the US and the Islamic fundamentalists in the middle-east set themselves on collision course long before 9-11. A three hours documentary produced by the BBCand premiered in 2005.
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WATCH IT ON: http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares
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3. Advertising hard on Advertising
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Advertising and marketing are fundamental for contemporary Cultural Industries. With millions of evident and hidden messages flowing through conglomerated media pipelines at planetary scale, a good share of what people know and expect in life comes from the Ads machine. This video – produced by a Canadian ad agency – throws a sharp critique on the reality of that ‘fine art of separating people from their money’.
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For more on marketing and ads: http://www.nologo.org/ and http://adbusters.org/
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. Action of the month: "Clinton Global Initiative", New York – September 15-17, 2005
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An encounter of leaders from different fields to strategize on immediateand pragmatic methods to reduce poverty; use religion as a force for reconciliation and wars resolution; implement new strategies and technologies to combat ecological collapse; and strengthen governance. Another step to make people, at every level, start acting!
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NO-C Movie: SUMAS Y RESTAS (Addictions and Subtractions)
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A very well documented look at the social problematic behind the drug-traffic business in Colombia in the early 1980’s. Produced from a Colombian perspective and independently of the Hollywood cartel of studios and distributors. A connecting dot between the production of illegal crops and the unstoppable demand and consumption of hard drugs in the rich countries. A film by Victor Gaviria.
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NO-C Book / HYPERSPACE: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes.
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Is there only one Universe or a collection of Multiverses? Michio Kaku, the Japanese-American theoretical physicist explores the amazing concepts that have challenged the imagination of every child: time travel, higher dimensions, wormholes, and the real science behind the quest to find such answers and understand the thoughts of God.
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WATCH an Interview @http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4483221.stm
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Links 2 COLOMBIA:
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Publicados en Revista Número 45, varios poemas de Victor Gaviria. Pensamientos del director de cine colombiano que trascienden laviolencia a través de sueños y recuerdos.
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Vote por JUAN VALDEZ - CAFE DE COLOMBIA
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