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bm293 Chiquita Banana and Colombian Paramilitaries
The history of the banana industry is one filled with corruption, crimes against humanity, and secret agreements. One such crime took place in this decade in Colombia, where one of the largest banana companies in the world – Chiquita, paid off one of the most brutal paramilitaries, in order to continue to do business... »
Evidence to Convict A Murderer
Many visitors to this site and readers of this blog are no doubt listeners or watchers of democracy now, perhaps the most important 60 min of audio one can consult in the average day. Well last friday’s show is one I had to listen to a second time. People often fall back on slogans like,... »
Talking about the Killing Fields
Although I’ve arrived back home in Amsterdam, my mind still drifts regularly back to Cambodia. In conversations with friends and day dreams as I ride my bike around town, I think most about the killing fields and that horrible torture prison known as S-21. It was last friday that Mr. Lee and I set out... »
Remembering Stolen Lives in NOLA
One year ago this week I was in NOLA, heading down the Gulf Coast seeing how people were dealing with the damage and neglect of the Federal Flood. Here’s an excerpt from one of the posts on the subject of housing in New Orleans, It was probably my second day in New Orleans and I... »
Drowning Torture
Waterboarding is one of those words that is pushed on the public in order to distract or mislead people from thinking about the actual crime it involves. On the latest edition of On The Media, they did a fantastic job of exploring the manipulation of this word and what it means. At one point,... »