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Gogirlgo
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 Posted: 06/20/05 - 19:09 Post subject: Without looking it up
how many of you know who Ken Saro-Wiwa was? Just curious.
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Posted: 06/20/05 - 20:46 Post subject:
I have no clue who he/she is/was.
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Posted: 06/20/05 - 21:58 Post subject:
nope
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 01:39 Post subject:
He was the Nigerian writer and activist. A person with a real social concious (a bit like you Gogirl) He fought for ecological and social justice.
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robp
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 07:24 Post subject:
Didn't he pitch a no-hitter for the Tokyo Giants?
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 08:47 Post subject:
Is he that dude that made those bad@ss samurai movies?
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TOsteve
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 08:54 Post subject: Re: Without looking it up
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | how many of you know who Ken Saro-Wiwa was? Just curious. |
I only had a vague recollection of his name and pictured him as some kind of social activist.
What I've read about him online this morning sounds interesting. Any reason you're bringing him up Go? Besides sparking people's interest?
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 08:58 Post subject:
Phar Lap is right. And he was killed by his government under pressure from Shell Oil, executed on some trumped-up charges. He was a member of the Oganti people, whose land was being "resourced" by Shell and who were getting nothing out of the deal.
To me, Mr. Saro-Wiwa is an example of what happens when gov and Big Corp are too close to each other. His case was taken up here under the Alien Tort Claims Act, and was fought by the Center for Constitutional Rights. I met one of the lawyers who worked on this case a few years ago.
This is the sort of work I would like to do, although I'd rather try to effect change in policy before it would get to litigation.
I asked the question because I wonder if the general American population has a sense of this sort of situation outside of its country, and this board is a good source to get that kind of sense.
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 09:05 Post subject:
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TOsteve
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 09:18 Post subject:
A few weeks ago I read an interview with Professor Chomsky where they were talking about the emergence of state & corp and their relationship. Nothing terribly new, but a decent foundation read for anyone who hasn't thought much about the two social constructs. FWIW here's the link:
http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20050518.htm
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 09:25 Post subject:
| TOsteve wrote: | A few weeks ago I read an interview with Professor Chomsky where they were talking about the emergence of state & corp and their relationship. Nothing terribly new, but a decent foundation read for anyone who hasn't thought much about the two social constructs. FWIW here's the link:
http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/20050518.htm |
Interesting you should mention it--it's his sister in law who is the lawyer I met who worked on the case.
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TOsteve
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Posted: 06/21/05 - 09:46 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: |
Interesting you should mention it--it's his sister in law who is the lawyer I met who worked on the case. |
Name dropper! 
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