THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, UNA PELÍCULA DE NAOMI KLEIN Y ALFONSO CUARÓN

Comp@s, por favor no dejen de ver esta película corta - en realidad la introducción al libro del mismo nombre escrito por Klein-. Es una breve pero contundente historia acerca de la "doctrina del shock", mediante la cual, gobiernos han implementado las políticas de libre mercado.

" this is the secret of the history of free market: it was not born in freedom and democracy; it was born in shock"

Fast Facts, Shocks and their Aftermath from the Shock Doctrine Short Film

Chile, 1973

* 50,000 tortured
* 80,000 imprisoned
* Public spending cut by 50%
* Incomes for the rich up 83%
* 45% of population in poverty

Wars – Falklands War, 1982

* 910 people die
* Thatcher's popularity doubles
* She privatizes gas, steel, airlines, telephones
* She declares war on unions
* Thousands are injured
* Unemployment triples
* Number of poor increases by 100%

Massacres

* China 1989 – hundreds killed
* Thousands jailed and tortured
* China becomes sweatshop to the world
* China embraces "free market" capitalism
* Factory wages: $1/day

Russia, 1993

* Yeltsin attacks parliament
* Hundreds killed
* Parliament burned
* Opposition arrested
* 72 million impoverished
* 17 new billionaires created

Terrorist Attacks – New York, 2001

* Attacks launch "War on Terror." It is privatized.
* US spy agencies outsource 70% of their budgets
* Pentagon increases budget for contractors by $137 billion/year
* Department of Homeland Security spends $130 billion on private contractors

Invasions – Iraq, 2003

* The most privatized war in modern history
* US decrees 200 state companies will be privatized
* Hundreds of thousands killed
* 4 million displaced

Natural Disasters – Sri Lanka, 2004

* 35,000 dead
* Coastline handed over to hotels and industry
* Nearly 1 million displaced
* Fishing people forbidden to rebuild homes by the sea


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chido y buen camino...

y a reponernos del shock...

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