Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The plundering of afghan begins

Afghan gold mining project approved!--no supprise there, but why is it no supprise???

interesting how without hesitation in seemingly seamless action we begin to extract resources from Afghanastan as if in the innocuous act of reaching into our own pant's pocket. A few weeks back my brother was assigned by his history teacher to compare and contrast "traditional" colonialism with neo-colonialism and decide which of the two was "worse." A worthy assignment but flawed in the structure of the question: requesting the students to rationalize one form of oppression above the other in a simple act of defferentiating which is more acceptable than the other...

earlier this year...mineral deposits were found

my favorite commentary on the subject

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