El documental nos muestra la abrumadora crisis a la que se enfrenta Rusia, concretamente Moscú, por medio de los relatos de estos niños que viven en condiciones deplorables, y que a su vez en muchas ocasiones se enfrentan a la brutalidad policial y a la muerte, que de forma directa o indirecta se cruza en sus vidas.
“Después de que Iraq invadiera Kuwait en 1990, los Naciones Unidas (empujados fuertemente por los E.E.U.U., y el Reino Unido) impusieron duras sanciones a Iraq que duró 10 ños (1991-2001); las restricciones ásperas en las importaciones de todo, incluyendo el acceso a las medicinas dominantes, dieron como resultado millón de muertes, de las cuales la mayoría eran las mujeres y los niños.
Más muertes que las dos bombas atómicas caídas en Japón y 9/11 combinado. El propósito era el cambio del régimen, pero nunca vino. La mayoría abrumadora de ésas matanzas era pobre, mayor, mujeres y niños. El periodista premiado Juan Pilger ha documentado la realidad de las sanciones de la O.N.U en esta película documental.”
David Reimer (August 22, 1965 as Bruce Reimer – May 4, 2004) was a Canadian man who was born as a healthy male, but was sexually reassigned and raised as female after his penis was accidentally destroyed during circumcision. Psychologist John Money oversaw the case and reported the reassignment as successful, and as evidence that [...]
Drugs to improve soldiers abilities? To confuse enemies? Devices controlled by or controlling peoples minds? Will neuroscience provide the weapons of the future? Jonathan Moreno, nationally distinguished bioethicist, discusses the connections between national security and brain research and argues that there is a need to contemplate the ethical, political and social implications of these advances.
Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American film maker Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba. (Wikipedia)
From his childhood in Valparaiso to his death during the Pinochet military coup on September 11, 1973, the life and works of Chilean president Salvador Allende.
Creativity and play are closely connected, and play can be a form to arrive at collaborative creativity. In this session, Dr Sugata Mitra, known from the ‘Hole in the Wall’ project, will share with us how Indian children have explored new technology and found compelling ways to use it.
