“In Guatemala City, a place called “The Mine” can deliver both a means of survival and a grisly death. Every day, dozens of residents salvage a living by scouring the massive dump for scrap metal. Facing the threat of mudslides, collapses, and disease, they can potentially earn twice the daily minimum wage. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd documented their efforts. — Lloyd Young”
Source: Boston.com
See, my main problem with organizations like Join(RED) is that while they do good work under the surface, their superficiality and crass marketing undermine their cause. Forget about the fact that they try to make it fashionable to support AIDS research, as if we need a cool t-shirt or an annoying socially conscious Hallmark card to awaken our altruism. It’s the fact that they’ve helped the PR effort to equate Africa with AIDS.
<a href=”http://thisweekinblackness.com/2009/12/01/blackandre/”>Jamil Smith - What’s Black and Red and All Over?</a> (via tiredofbeingignored) (via ihatethismess) (via clingtomymouth) (via lams)
So this happened.
After months of complaints by European dairy farmers angry over low prices, protesters in Brussels on Monday poured milk onto the streets, hurled eggs and other missiles, and started fires that filled the air with black smoke.
Source: bigcrisp
