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On AlterNet: dubai

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "dubai"

Dubai May Finally Be Broke, But It's Been Morally Bankrupt All Along

Dubai May Finally Be Broke, But It's Been Morally Bankrupt All Along

Johann Hari, AlterNet AlterNet: World. November 30, 2009.
Yes, it has Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts and the Gucci styles, but beneath these accouterments, there is a dictatorship built by slaves.

Dubai's Lesson to America: How the Middle East's Shangrai La Became a Hell on Earth

Dubai's Lesson to America: How the Middle East's Shangrai La Became a Hell on Earth

Johann Hari, Independent UK. April 16, 2009.
Dubai is a living metaphor for the neo-liberal globalized world that may be crashing -- at last -- into history. And the fall has been ugly.