China’s economy depends on a system regulating workers from around China and beyond. In Guangzhou, the migrant metropolis, Mukul Devichand hears stories of anger and reform.
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Guardian Focus podcast: UK riots | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Riots and looting that began in north London have spread to other English cities. Jonathan Freedland, Dave Hill and Stafford Scott discuss the causes of the worst civil unrest in a generation â and how…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2011/aug/10/guardian-focus-podcast-uk-riots
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The Wire’s David Simon - KQED’s Forum
"The Wire" creator David Simon calls his critically acclaimed HBO series "a political tract masquerading as a cop show." In this political year, we talk with Simon about the presidential election, the state of journalism and the war on drugs — as well as about his recent HBO miniseries on Marines in Iraq, "Generation Kill." Simon is also author of books including "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" which inspired the Emmy Award-winning television program of the same name. He is currently writer in residence at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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How the `Poor` Become `Poor`- Debating Global Civil Society and Constructions of Poverty
Speakers: Professor David Campbell, Teresa Hanley, Dr Ruth Kattumuri, Dr Sally StaresChair: Professor Mary Kaldor
