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September 12, 2007

The Shock Doctrine

The previous post drew attention to the worrying lack of transparency of organisations such as Amnesty. That is of course nothing beside the lack of transparency - or the degree of worry about it - of the organisations they have their attention on, or of governments in general.

A short film by Alfonso Cuarón based on the book 'The Shock Doctrine' by Naomi Klein has come to our attention which explores that theme. Unfortunately I don't have time today to expatiate on its merits. I suggest you watch it for yourself, and then take a little time to digest (if you have a strong stomach) its implications. Watching it will take rather less than 7 minutes of your time, and I can assure you it will be worth it.

September 12, 2007 in Human Rights | Permalink

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Debating climate change in the Security Council
Education lies at the heart of the UNA's work. On 25th November branch members took part in a long-planned Model UN Security Council event with Year 12 students at Broomfield School in Enfield. In role as national delegations, NGOs, UN agencies and corporate interests, the students debated emergency climate change issues, including carbon emissions and refugee policy. We hope they learned something about the UN, something about climate change and something about negotiating. We certainly did!