11 Year Old Girl Kills Herself Because of Poverty

A girl aged 11 hanged herself in a Philippines shanty after leaving a letter and diary depicting a life in rampant poverty, newspapers here reported Thursday.The case put a human face to poverty blighting the nation, where nearly 14 percent of the 87 million population live on less than a dollar a day.

“I just want to finish studying and to buy a bicycle,” she wrote in the letter, which was addressed to a television programme that grants wishes to viewers.

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Quote of the Day: Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein taken from The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

Under Bush, the state still has all the trappings of a government – the impressive buildings, presidential press briefings, policy battles – but it no more does the actual work of governing than the employees at Nike’s Beaverton campus stitch running shoes.

If you want to truly be terrified, trust me Al-Qaeda has nothing on the conservative republicans and their plans to deregulate everything, privatize everything and enrich themselves beyond your means. Read the book that tells you what’s really behind all the bullshit we get force-fed by the media.