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Published on Tuesday, 04 August 2009 19:00 | | 
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Winner of 26 international awards; provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time
'THE CORPORATION is just brilliant - visually, intellectually, and morally. This film has redefined the documentary genre.' Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
'Move over, Michael Moore! Securing the participation of so many kings of capitalism was one of the film-makers most vital accomplishments.' Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New York Observer
'This vivid and often mesmerizing film lifts the veil from one of the most important and least understood features of modern age: the extraordinary powers that have been bestowed on virtually unaccountable private tyrannies, required by law to act in ways that severely undermine democracy and the most elementary human rights, and that pose a serious threat even to survival.' Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT
Published on Monday, 03 August 2009 19:00 | | |
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At last! A surfer who doesn't go with the flow!
An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen
by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews
from scientists
Published on Sunday, 02 August 2009 19:00 | |
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And now learn to fold a t-shirt...
Published on Friday, 31 July 2009 19:00 | |
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Located just two inches below the navel our centre, or Hara as
it's known in Eastern traditions, is a powerful physical and spiritual
energy point.
Anger, stress and emotional pain can leave us feeling distinctly off-centre. Anastasia Stephens looks at some techniques that help to re-connect us to our Hara, boosting our overall health and sense of well-being.
Published on Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:00 | |
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'I couldn't believe what was going on. I was just really concerned for the children. They were hiding under my skirt, holding on to my legs and screaming my name. I was trying to hide them in the cupboards. I was desperately trying to open the door to get them out but I couldn't because my arm was such a mess. It must have been the adrenaline that kept me going.'
On 8 July, 1996, the children, parents and teachers of St
Luke's Church of England Infants School in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton were
enjoying a teddy-bears' picnic. Then suddenly Horrett Campbell, a thirty-three-year-old
local man with paranoid schizophrenia, burst on the scene wielding a machete and
the day turned into a nightmare.
Published on Wednesday, 29 July 2009 19:00 | | |
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For many years Nan Goldin and her work has fascinated me, writes Clea Myers
Her self-referencing photographs connect with me on such a visceral level, I find perusing them akin to being blasted with ice-cold water. Add her personal battles with addiction and we could be soul sisters.
Wishes aside, I am delighted that her recent work- all about sexual dependency - is currently on show across the Channel at the Parisien Photographers Institute, Les Rencontres d'Arles, July 7-13 September 2009.
Drusilla Beyfus, veteran journalist and esteemed author, interviews her for The Daily Telegraph.
Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 19:00 | | |
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What is the role of non-violent action in helping
to end violent conflict and build peace? In many of complex and
challenging conflicts in the world, where civilians are increasingly
the targets and victims of violence, does non-violence have a positive
role to play?
By Craig Zelizer
Within the field of conflict resolution, what is the role of
non-violence and is using force to end a conflict ever justified? There
are widely diverging perspectives on this within the field, among
scholars and practitioners. Some would argue that trying to stop
violence by using force is only adding fuel to a fire. While others
would stress, that using force to end genocide or extreme violence is
morally justified and necessary. It is most important to stop killing
and injustice and that with the proper intervention, at times using
force may be necessary.