Begging for Life
Al Jazeera (2015)
Film Review
Begging for Life is an Al Jazeera documentary contrasting begging in Manila (Philippines) and Malmo (Sweden).
The segment on Manila, where begging is illegal but tolerated, the beggars are children. Many are parentless and homeless. Except during global conferences, such as APEC, when police arrest them and lock them up.
The Swedish beggars profiled are Roma* migrants unable to find work in Eastern Europe. Many of the women are single mothers who send the money they earn begging home to family members caring for their children.
Although begging is technically legal in Sweden, the Roma migrants face ruthless harassment by local authorities.
*Roma refers to people of Romani ethnicity. English-speaking people commonly refer to them by the ethnic slur “gypsy.”
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COMING WORLDWIDE:
http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/world-governments-just-issued-war-against-families-video/
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Dr. Bramhall, I couldn’t access the video, but am happy to learn that child beggars are getting attention. They are visible everywhere in the capital cities of Northeast Brazil.
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THIS IS BECOMING A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM, AS GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO ACCEPT INFLUX OF REFUGEES, PUTTING PARENTS OUT OF WORK, AND TECHNOLOGY ELIMINATING JOBS AT RAPID RATE. BEFORE LONG, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE BEGGARS. GOVERNMENTS DO MAKE LIVES MISERABLE. MEANWHILE THE COST OF EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE IS SKYROCKETING.
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Good point, futuret. It’s a difficult question. According to most reputable analysts, most jobs have been lost because factories close up and move to third world sweatshops. I also think it’s important to look at the root cause of the refugee crisis: the belligerent US foreign and trade policy that is killing so many 3rd world civilians in their own countries.
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I AM NOT A HUGE SUPPORTER OF ANY GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE AT BASIC EVIL AT THE ROOT. THEY ARE ALSO CHANGING SO FAST, IT IS BEYOND ANY CITIZENSHIP TO ADJUST, OR EVEN BEGIN TO ACCEPT. THEY MAKE THE RULES, AND CONSIDER US AS SLAVES TO FOLLOW. ONE THING THEY COULD ALL DO, IS STOP THIS BOMBING AND JUST CONCENTRATE ON DEFENDING THEIR OWN BORDERS. GOING TO BOMB CIVILIANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, JUST MAKES THEM LOOK FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT SEEM THESE DAYS THERE ARE NO HAVENS FOR ESCAPE, CORRUPTION AND CHANGE ARE EVERYWHERE.
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I’m with you there, futuret. I believe we need to do away with the state and arrange for people to govern themselves.
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THIS ONLY INDICATES HOW A GOVERNMENT CAN CONTROL JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THIS MODERN DAY ERA, AND HOW CORRUPTION IS BOUGHT AND SOLD:
http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/watch-computer-programmer-testifies-under-oath-he-coded-computers-to-rig-elections.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=628188b905-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-628188b905-387744166
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Rosalien, you can also see the video at the Al Jazeera website: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2016/01/begging-life-160126130424263.html
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