Make Trade Fair

I found a really effective YouTube Film made by some teachers at a school, that addresses Fair trade.

Have a watch...

Why do the poor get poorer and the rich get richer?

Globalisation, trade and the free markets are the talks of today. Many envision or talk about a future where people of different nationalities and cultures will be able to share and trade resources across boundaries in a manner that will benefit all of humanity.

But, how fair is trade when a nation's own global trading policies together, with international corporations' desire to increase their profits result in manipulated international trade pacts and agreements, so that they are most favourable for themselves? How free is the free market?

Why do the poor get poorer and the rich get richer?

Execution of Saddam Hussein

Do you think Saddam Hussein's demise will now give way to reconciliation?

I believe I may speak for many that I think the hanging of Saddam Hussein will not end the violence in the country.

Many in Iraq hailed the hanging of the tyrant Saddam Hussein as a deserved punishment for a man it holds responsible for killing and torturing millions of Iraqis and others from neighbouring countries who suffered during his despotic regime.

Like many people, I was clued to the television when it was finally announced Hussein was to be executed, however had mixed reactions over the event. I have reflected over the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

'The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it… Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate…. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; Only love can do that'.

Perhaps we need more men like Martin Luther King Jnr in this world ...

What is your idea of freedom?

C. Wright Mills (an American sociologist) once said:

'Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them — and then, the opportunity to choose'.

How would you describe freedom?

Teach a man to fish...

What do you think about the message contained on this sign?