since the next post is going to tell a pretty desperate story, i wanted to show this sign of urban vitality first. i wandered into it today, around noon, on the sidewalk in front of the ufrj school of music in lapa.
sábado, 16 de outubro de 2010
hoje na lapa...
como a próxima postagem vai relatar uma história bastante desesperada, queria mostrar antes esse sinal de vitalidade urbana que encontrei hoje, por volta do meio-dia, na calçada a frente à escola de música da ufrj na lapa.
since the next post is going to tell a pretty desperate story, i wanted to show this sign of urban vitality first. i wandered into it today, around noon, on the sidewalk in front of the ufrj school of music in lapa.
since the next post is going to tell a pretty desperate story, i wanted to show this sign of urban vitality first. i wandered into it today, around noon, on the sidewalk in front of the ufrj school of music in lapa.
quinta-feira, 14 de outubro de 2010
limpeza urbana/urban cleansing
suco me ligou hoje à tarde para avisar que os restantes materiais da ocupação carlos marighella estavam sendo descartados. em preparação para a próxima fase, seja ela o que for, o interior do prédio está sendo depositado na rua.
suco called me this afternoon to tell me that the material remainders of the carlos marighella squatters' occupation were being discarded. in preparation for the next phase - whatever that is - the inside of the building is being deposited on the street.
suco called me this afternoon to tell me that the material remainders of the carlos marighella squatters' occupation were being discarded. in preparation for the next phase - whatever that is - the inside of the building is being deposited on the street.
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choque de ordem em tempo real, com direito ao um grande sorriso do governador sérgio cabral.
(a mancha preta nas fotos da fachada vem de um esforço rapidamente implementada para cobrir grafite anti-governamental).
shock of order in real time, with a big smile from governor sérgio cabral.
(the black stain in the photos of the building's facade comes from a quickly implemented effort to cover anti-government graffiti).
quarta-feira, 13 de outubro de 2010
more dipshittery from alexei barrionuevo/nyt on latin america
hey guys,
i don't mean to nitpick in the midst of the truly amazing rescue of the miners, but you keep catching my attention by making it sound like you're writing for "the economist." for example:
"The race to save the miners has thrust Chile into a spotlight it has often sought but rarely experienced. While lauded for its economic management and austerity, the nation has often found the world’s attention trained more on its human rights violations and natural disasters than on uplifting moments."
- Alexei Barrionuevo and Simon Romero, NYT, 10/13/2010
your imagined universal approval board lauding chile's austerity - presumably the same one that's "concerned" about brasil turning to the left - does not exist. a lot of people around the world, especially in latin america, are not so cool with government "austerity" measures, especially when they leave people uneducated, hungry, and homeless.
since you don't give us any idea of what kind of time frame you're talking about - but also since chilean human rights abuses have really been a non-issue during michelle bachelet's presidency - i have to wonder if you're talking about this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet
...whose austerity measures and economic management forced more than half of the population into abject poverty for a couple of decades, opened the country's natural resources to unrestrained international exploitation, and did away with any sort of leverage that well-represented workers might exercise. such as, just off the top of my head, safely maintained gold and copper mines.
please check this out, if you haven't already: http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine
find the whole times article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/americas/14chile.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
i don't mean to nitpick in the midst of the truly amazing rescue of the miners, but you keep catching my attention by making it sound like you're writing for "the economist." for example:
"The race to save the miners has thrust Chile into a spotlight it has often sought but rarely experienced. While lauded for its economic management and austerity, the nation has often found the world’s attention trained more on its human rights violations and natural disasters than on uplifting moments."
- Alexei Barrionuevo and Simon Romero, NYT, 10/13/2010
your imagined universal approval board lauding chile's austerity - presumably the same one that's "concerned" about brasil turning to the left - does not exist. a lot of people around the world, especially in latin america, are not so cool with government "austerity" measures, especially when they leave people uneducated, hungry, and homeless.
since you don't give us any idea of what kind of time frame you're talking about - but also since chilean human rights abuses have really been a non-issue during michelle bachelet's presidency - i have to wonder if you're talking about this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet
...whose austerity measures and economic management forced more than half of the population into abject poverty for a couple of decades, opened the country's natural resources to unrestrained international exploitation, and did away with any sort of leverage that well-represented workers might exercise. such as, just off the top of my head, safely maintained gold and copper mines.
please check this out, if you haven't already: http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine
find the whole times article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/world/americas/14chile.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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