While the pirates story has dominated the corporate media, there has been little to no discussion of the root causes driving piracy. We speak with consultant and analyst Mohamed Abshir Waldo. In January, he wrote a paper titled “The Two Piracies in Somalia: Why the World Ignores the Other?” Full Story »
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Knee jerk war lovers hear of pirates and want to invade Somalia, without hearing about the plight of the people who have turned to piracy. Goodman provides the story of the Somalis and how their waters have been fished by thieves and polluted by environmental criminals from more developed countries who not only fail to act, but now harass legitimate Somali activities on the oceans, which protects the foreign thieves.
Environmental destruction and depleting the oceans of fish is shown here to have costs, costs which are usually ignored when focused on short term ... More »
A virtually sourceless story other than rather vague references from one "Analyst". The article suffers from logical disconnect, we became criminal pirates because only foreigners can catch our fish and dump waste here? Somlia's problems are due to its behavior as a gangster nation.
Somalia and it's citizens has rejected through violence any form of Democracy or structured Government. They have rejected similarly any and all ... More »
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