While thrillseekers in the west demand the drugs, and their governments react by trying to stop the supply, farmers will continue to grow the illicit crops unless they are offered a real alternative way to make a living.
Terrorism / Whakatumatuma
WILL BUSH GO TO WAR WITH IRAN?
And if so, what impact will this have on the state of the world? Are there any peaceful alternatives? In the wake of 9/11, the world has become a much more terrorism-aware place.
TERRORISM… ARE WE BENG PLAYED?
Have you ever stopped to think what this word “terrorist” actually means? And who it can be applied to? The word itself is thrown around so often these days; it gives us the feeling that terrorism is on some kind of rise. You could even be forgiven for thinking that pre-September 11, terrorism hardly existed the way it is being talked about now.
WAR ON LIBERTIES
The world, since September 11 is a different place. The media permanently talks about the latest ‘terrorist threat’ and we have a whole new vocabulary: ‘war on terrorism’ and WMD. There is a lot of fear, and in this state of fear we are quietly allowing our freedoms to slip away.
Fahrenheit 9/11
By Corrina Howland, age 14, Wellington
Fahrenheit 9/11 is Bush-bashing at its cinematographic best. The documentary provides an insight into Michael Moore’s many theorems about George Dubya and takes viewers step by step through the scandals and subsequent cover-ups made by the Bush government upon the issue of the Iraq War.
