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Gerald Derome
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A website for creating dialogue amongst the youth of the developing third world
April 6, 2005 - 08:29 AM
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I had just noticed that the U.N.s "Millinium Development Goals" are in many ways the same as my own epqanna movement but not as deep or far reaching.
If the Media here would put as much effort or pay as much attention to the U.N.s needed initiative as it did to present and past issues like the; death of a Pope, Micheal Jackson trial, axis of evil, Clintons office non_sex adventure or even Britneys Spears virginity then those goals may be attained in the time frames specified.
The reasons why it is not put in the limelight or front pages is that those who control, influence and own the main Media streams have much to lose. The U.N.s "M.D.G." is a direct attack on Capatalism even though they do not say or write IT.
With capatalism two people born within seconds of each other in even the same hospital room can lead two quite different lives.
One could live in total comfort and safety all their lives, not even because of their efforts or work, while the other in an opposite quadrant, total discomfort and danger.
The U.N. does not come out and say IT, but, the M.D.G.s are a direct attack on capatalism fundamental principles of peoples rights & freedom to accumulate, hoard, hide and the stretched abuse and waste by some while others are left with next to nothing.
It is unfortunate that the U.N. does not have the power, guts or willingness to attempt, to ensure that the most important issues facing not only Mankind, but, all life is brought at the forefront of all the worlds medias.
Freedom to waste, abuse, hoarde, hide and of course ignore what threatens individuals personnal fortunes are legally protected with capatalism.
p.s. The only people here who talk about the dead Pope is the main stream Media, and that my friends has been constant and unwarranted. It is keeping the seductions and indoctrinations of those pillars in power at the forefront and alive. There are more important issues!
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MDGs ? why pay any interest
April 6, 2005 - 01:31 AM
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true guys!
I can recall, in the year 2004 I applied for a UNs youth summit in Ukraine dedicated to MDGs. It is only via UN site that I could find some information and most of it was of that "bla bla bla for -an- expert" sort that it would make any sane man sick, but once you get into it becomes clear that UN is just to much of a machine (of sorts) to come up with an initiative like this. Can you think of Coffi Anan speaking about Tsunami of Iraq mentioning MDGs?
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Re: A website for creating dialogue amongst the youth of the developing third world
April 6, 2005 - 09:14 AM
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Good point. I never heard of MGDs until I was asked to work on the project here at TIG. I've not heard one peep about it on the news.
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Media Just Like any other business
April 28, 2005 - 10:17 AM
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I do agree that the media have not accorded the same importance to this issue of MDGs just like they have for other aspects.
Personally as a person leaving in the Subsaharan part of the world, I have noticed that the only reason why international media has come to highlight anything is if there is something to fall back on for the capitalists..Oil..Diamonds..Timber.etc...
But come to think about it..are media just like anyother business?..That the old traditional media roles and assumptions society had for their media are no more..and that today the media are being driven by profit and the need to sale in numbers...or else they close up..When we see it this way..we tend to understand their case in the era of increasing costs of production and taxes...
But this should not stop us from hoping for the best..We have seen excellent examples of societies that are looking within themselves for their own solutions to the prevailing challenges of poverty and disease...
What is important is the inspiration..remember to keep hope alive...
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Storytelling as a means of changing popular opinion
July 4, 2005 - 12:47 PM
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Yesterday, I watched an insightful movie called "The girl in the Cafe". A young woman accidentally bumps into an employee of the Chancellor of England as he prepares to present at the G-8 conference. They get to know each other and eventually fall in love but along the way he tells her about what he is doing and she becomes passionate as well. She actually confronts some of the heads of state at the G-8 conference.
I bring this up because storytelling can be very moving. At one point in this movie the young women mentions to the man that his reports would be more persuasive if they had pictures rather than statistics.
Goals like eradicating poverty and decreasing infant mortality are lofty, but how can we bring the consequences to life so that the typical citizen in a capitalistic country can stand up and take action on them?
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Re: A website for creating dialogue amongst the youth of the developing third world
July 6, 2005 - 04:18 AM
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I agree the media should start publicising the MDGS .. I never heard of it until I was asked to work on an international team/project www.youngmdg.com
I doubt 3 of every ten Jamaica/ 1 of every 10 jamaican youth you meet knows about the MDGs.
Whicih is very sad.
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Martin Tairo
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Re: A website for creating dialogue amongst the youth of the developing third world
November 24, 2005 - 10:01 AM
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Its quite hard for media to publicise issues that dont arouse the attention of their audience. One may rush to blame them but since we are the audience, we must take a major part if not all the blame.
What we have understood as interesting news is what is mainly negative, like disasters and scandals. Media houses that spend most of their airtime showcasing development issues dont survive the competition tide.
We need to have interest in development issues for the media to be able to entertain us with them, otherwise, they will stick to their usual, disasters and scandals.
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Re: A website for creating dialogue amongst the youth of the developing third world
November 28, 2005 - 11:06 AM
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United Nation itself has alot of problem. From an experience of my friend, who work closely with UN official in solving H5N1, they corrupted and bribed thousands of dollars on Tamiflu selling. My country is third world country, so all medicine is supported by US, but UN is the org that take responsibilty for distributing Tamiflu. The money that US sponsored goes to the pocket of UN officials secretely. My friend argued for such action,but one person hard to say any thing while the whole media against him, Wow, lots to say, but it's needed for reforming UN assap.
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