Live 8 - A Chance To End Poverty
"There is more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars finally get to tilt the world on its axis," promised Bob Geldof at the press conference. Once again, the air is starting to hum with the sound of turned up amps, as massive preparations get underway for the Live 8 concerts.
Twenty years ago, Live Aid was launched in response to the famine that had crippled Ethiopia. The fundraiser became an unforgettable moment in history, drawing together rock and pop musicians. Live Aid helped to raise $40 million for famine relief. Unfortunately, while the event generated global goodwill, the reverberations were short term, and poverty continued to worsen throughout the so-called Developing World.
Bob Geldof has made it quite clear that Live 8 is not Live Aid 2. As the world's most powerful men come together for the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, the five concerts being held in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and Philadelphia, hope to highlight the continuing problems of poverty and debt that are endemic across the globe.
Live 8's goal is to exert pressure upon the world leaders, so that debts are eliminated once and for all. With steely conviction, the organisers are convinced that world poverty can be brought to an end. If so, it will indeed be a historical moment.
These events are a wonderful opportunity to empower the people, so that they are heard by the politicians. For too long have these so-called democratically elected leaders been allowed to shut their ears to the cries. This is a chance for every single one of us to make a difference. We should all embrace this event, and let it be known that it is intolerable that people should be expected to continue living in extreme poverty. It is an outrage!
For more information, visit the official Live 8 website.
Bob Geldof has made it quite clear that Live 8 is not Live Aid 2. As the world's most powerful men come together for the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, the five concerts being held in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and Philadelphia, hope to highlight the continuing problems of poverty and debt that are endemic across the globe.
Live 8's goal is to exert pressure upon the world leaders, so that debts are eliminated once and for all. With steely conviction, the organisers are convinced that world poverty can be brought to an end. If so, it will indeed be a historical moment.
These events are a wonderful opportunity to empower the people, so that they are heard by the politicians. For too long have these so-called democratically elected leaders been allowed to shut their ears to the cries. This is a chance for every single one of us to make a difference. We should all embrace this event, and let it be known that it is intolerable that people should be expected to continue living in extreme poverty. It is an outrage!
For more information, visit the official Live 8 website.
2 comments:
.."These events are a wonderful opportunity to empower the people, so that they are heard by the politicians."
Sorry, but i'm much more cynical about this than you. People like Bob Geldof actually do the corrupt politicians in those countries a favour by allowing us bleeding heart rich westies to patch up their serious problems so that they can continue their ways and do nothing. What we think of as "helping", actually makes matters worse. People shelling out their dosh for Band Aids (literally) means the Politicians in all countries can now relax instead of "hearing our voice". It actually "removes" a burden off thier shoulders, rather than pressurising them for any lasting change. Helping Sudanese people only serves to allow the U.N and U.S to dither instead of the situation becoming SO bad that they HAVE to act eventually (even if militarily) against the corrupt Sudanese rulers who are intent on continuing their ideological split of muslims and non-muslims by starvation, resettlement, and by the sword or rape. Bob Geldof does not realize this, in his rants. Politicians allow him to speak angrily to them, smile as if they give a damn, and then Bob continously falls into his ego trip of "savour" everytime, as if they've actually listened to him and done any lasting help. He and other pretentious celebritys suffer from wealth guilt and this kind of event takes the burden off their shoulders too, aswell as off Tony Blairs. Personally i think most of this is pretentious nonsense (did you see today how on Ebay the "Deluxe front stage tickets" complete with Champagne and Finger Buffet were being sold for profit?) and i dont know why people keep falling for the illusion that these events actually "change the world". All they do is buy the corrupt politicans more and more time to dither.
You were right!
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