Tag: Favela
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Olympic Bus Apartheid and The Invisible Poor
The Olympics is about to start in Rio, if they get it finished in time, LOL. It’s interesting though that apparently 11 bus lines from the poor North of the city have been cancelled so poor people don’t come into the richer south where the tourists and Olympics are. Also near the airport a wall…
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Cultural Appropriation Police
Not often I post a response to an article here, well, it always seems a little like hearing one-side of a conversation. But their comment system relies on Facebook (!), and given the fact I block the shit out of big bad Google and Fakebook I can’t actually comment. This article on ‘The Difference Between…
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John Oliver tackles the FIFA World Cup
I was going to post the ‘You can take the world cup and stick it up your arse’ picture, but I think this video by John Oliver says more eloquently why you can do that. Especially worrying about Qatar, but also the dead kids and displaced people from the Brazilian favelas in the ‘Pacification’ areas…