By Mark Bahnisch on January 23, 2010
When disaster strikes, there’s always a reflex to suggest that politics is a dirty word, that humanitarian considerations trump any sort of consideration of the context of the impact of horrendous events. There’s something of the ‘act of God’ and [...]
Posted in Activism, Developing world, Disasters, International, Media, Politics, Sociology | Tagged agency, Aristide, Ben Ehrenreich, debt, disaster, disaster capitalism, earthquake, facebook, global sociology blog, haiti, History, humanitarian response, Hurricane Katrina, IMF, Katrina, Medecins San Frontieres, Media, Naomi Klein, Peter Hallward, Rebecca Solnit, representation, Saskia Sassen, Slate, Slavoj Žižek, social context, Sociology, US, USA |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 19, 2010
Numerous stories on Australian television tonight indicated that aid, rescue efforts, and medical care are all reaching Haitians belatedly, very inadequately, and in a somewhat disorganised fashion. The logistical and other challenges involved in responding to a catastrophe of this [...]
Posted in Disasters, International, Media, USA | Tagged aid, Cuba, disaster, Doctors Without Borders, earthquake, haiti, La Figa, Medecins San Frontieres, Port-au-Prince, US, USA |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 22, 2009
In the wake of the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, we’re starting to see some more thoughtful analyses which go beyond the proximate causes of the imbroglio to gesture to more structural factors. Robert has already cited George [...]
Posted in Climate change, Developing world, Disasters, Economics, Energy, Environment, Imperialism, International, Politics, Sociology, USA | Tagged barack obama, Climate change, collective action, Copenhagen, Energy, George Bush, george monbiot, Naomi Klein, oil, Open Democracy, political economy, Politics, Sociology, US, USA |
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