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				<title><![CDATA[Slavoj Zizek: How Corporations Make Profits by Associating Themselves with Charitable Causes]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In this Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA) animated video, Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek, investigates the ethical implications of charitable giving, as suggested by big business. Zizek draws attention to an important debate while the creative genius of the RSA illustrators is enormously entertaining to watch.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Behind Mexico's Bloodshed ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The discovery of 72 murdered migrants in Mexico last week has directed international attention to a country in the grip of a violent war between competing drug cartels. The reasons behind the violence in Mexico are complicated. But among them, investigative journalist, Bruce Livesey, highlights the role of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has fueled the drug trade in two ways.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Withdrawal or Enduring Presence? US Military Continues to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Iraq Bases ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[In his Oval Office address Tuesday night, President Obama said the US had closed or transferred hundreds of bases to the Iraqis. But many US bases remain in Iraq, as well as the massive US embassy in Baghdad, the size of eighty football fields, reports Democracy Now, as it features a report on the reality of US bases in Iraq.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Direct Peace Talks between the Palestinians and Israeli's (Again) ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet face to face for the first time in Washington DC for direct talks after months of shuttle diplomacy and proximity talks via Middle East peace envoy, George Mitchell. Analysts as well as the Palestinian and Israeli public are skeptical about the meeting leading to any concrete results. Link TV sets out five myths in relation to this latest round of "peace talks." ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[UN Slow to Respond to Gang Rape of 154 Women and Five Boys in Congo ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Eve Ensler: "There is a history of colonialism and racism in the Congo...I was in Bosnia in 1992 when women were being raped in the war...But I will tell you, you know, within a year and a half, when it was heard that 20,000 to 40,000 white women were being raped in the middle of eastern Europe, that war got ended, and those women got protected. It's been thirteen years in the Congo. Thirteen years."]]></description>
				<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Why Isn't the World Rushing to Rescue Pakistan? ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[At least 20 million people have lost their homes as a result of the floods in Pakistan. The UN has asked the international community for US$460 million in emergency aid, but pledges of support have been poor. Snehal Shingave from the University of Texas contends that America's wars and geopolitical interests, as well as a general sense of Islamophobia in the West, are the reasons behind this poor response to the plight of the Paksitani people. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange, Slams Sexual Abuse Charges ]]></title>
				<link>http://sacsis.org.za/site/Entertainments/detail.asp?iData=265&amp;iCat=599&amp;iChannel=19&amp;nChannel=Entertainments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[On Friday, 21 August 2010, Swedish authorities issued an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, citing two charges of rape. Six hours later, the charges were dropped. Assange contends that this is clearly part of a smear campaign, as the allegations were withdrawn six hours later. He reports further that Wikileaks was warned by Australian intelligence, on the 11th of August, to expect "this sort of thing."]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Bollywood Tragicomedy Highlights Indian Farmer Suicides ]]></title>
				<link>http://sacsis.org.za/site/Entertainments/detail.asp?iData=264&amp;iCat=599&amp;iChannel=19&amp;nChannel=Entertainments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Peepli Live is a Bollywood movie that engages with the issue of farmers' suicides by telling the story of debt-ridden farmer, Natha, who decides to take his life so his family can benefit from a government compensation programme. Natha's planned suicide descends into a surreal and farcical event, as the media descend on his village to film the first ever  "live suicide," while politicians jump onto the bandwagon seeking to gain maximum political mileage from his heartrending circumstances. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Will Chinese Workers Challenge Global Capitalism?  ]]></title>
				<link>http://sacsis.org.za/site/Entertainments/detail.asp?iData=263&amp;iCat=599&amp;iChannel=19&amp;nChannel=Entertainments</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In China this year, there has been a wave of strikes in foreign owned factories, especially in the export-oriented sector. While last year, there was a wave of strikes in the state-owned enterprises sector. The combination of these two waves of strikes represents the beginning of a longer-term trend. For decades China's economic development was based on the massive exploitation of cheap labour pools. This is about to come to an end. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Americans Desperate for Public Housing ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A report that highlights the desperation of poor Americans. According to this MSNBC report, last week 30,000 people turned up close to the city of Atlanta just to get an application form for public housing. People queued for hours in extremely hot weather, some passing out from heat exhaustion, simply for the opportunity to get on the public housing waiting list.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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