Tim Høiland
3Sep/11Off

Weekend Video: Net Losses

Normally, the videos I post for your weekend enjoyment are short, maybe 3 or 4 minutes. They're often music videos or teasers for films. This time I want to share a longer video. It's a fascinating 45-minute look at how the English Premier League is changing, from recreation for working class families to the big business it is today. That change means people like me are able to watch, which is great, but as the show reveals, these changes have their drawbacks too. Soccer fans will appreciate this.

28Jul/11Off

Protests stop a mine in El Salvador, for now

Here's another quick update from El Salvador regarding a highly contested mine and what life is like for anti-mining activists. The story of one of the murdered activists mentioned in this clip, Marcelo Rivera, was included in Jamie Moffett's documentary Return to El Salvador. See my interview from last summer with Jamie here. This video clip is three minutes.

28Jun/11Off

Singing with murderers in Argentina

Yesterday I stumbled upon a video segment from Artscape, an Al Jazeera English television show dedicated to "[giving] expression to the creative forces behind many of the world's headline stories." This particular segment focused on a hellish prison in Argentina, where the country's worst criminals are being rehabilitated through music. Apparently, recidivism rates are being drastically reduced as these men are discovering life beyond the cycles of violence that have defined their lives. I like this quote from Juan Pablo, the psychologist who leads the choir:

If you want to get rid of crime, you can’t just make the criminal disappear. You have to give him another chance. I feel responsible. You can’t just moan about crime and do nothing.

The segment is below. It's 25 minutes long and worth every minute.